Cucumber Plants

[Alison]

I have small holes drilled into the metal of the greenhouse frame which I put strings through to support the vine. So long as you support in enough places then it works well and stops the fruit getting dirty (and trod on) on the floor. I have had problems with melons weighing the vines down but have solved this by building them little net hammocks (apparently you can use old bras too).

[windowsillqueen]

How succesful will I be with cucumbers outside in summer - or is this not a possibility? I do have one wall that is very sunny, if I was to put in a large pot against that wall would I be in with a chance?

[feefeelalabelle]

hiya all, this is my first time of attempting to grow any kind of veg and seem to have been reading for hours on end with no questions really answered from the books to help me, I think ive just bought marketmore??i have bought 3 planty plugs do you think this is enough for 2 adults and a child? sorry i am a complete novice, also ive got 2 planting tubs, the ones what are about calf height, do you think these are big enough for when i replant them? also ive read someone asking if they pin their plants up, do you guys do that? oh and how many cucumbers will one plant gow? that it all queations asked hopefully one of you guys can help me haha x
sounds like all you guys are doing well and hope to see lovely pictures of your crops xxx

[Bazza]

I am also growing marketmore outside for the first time this year. No greenhouse so has to be the outdoor option. Will probably start them off indooors about six weeks before planting out at the end of May.

[braders]

What cucs are people going to grow

Unwins

Long Crop
Tasty King
Mini Munch

Kings

Diana F1

Johnsons

Sacrates F1

and femspot

marion

Growing Spacemaster...very nice taste...these were sown on the 21st of Feb...doing nicely...see pic.

Cheers
braders

[coreopsis]

I'm going for Burpless Green(T&M),Parisian Pickle(The Real Seeds) and Bedfordshire Prize(King Seeds).All of them outside.

[GardeningMike]

Mini-cucumber variety RESTINA... a must for outdoors!

RESTINA is the best outdoor variety I have grown. Its an all-female flower F1 hybrid, very cheap at 47p for 30 seeds from the Lidl food store. It is a very robust plant.

On my patio, where I have grown the plants in pots for the last 2 years, yields have averaged 3.5 to 4.5 Kilos per plant or up to 60 mini cucumbers per plant from June to October with the right cultivation conditions. I train them vertically up bamboos, strings etc to conserve space. Fruit are crisp & suculent, gorgeous for fresh salads, and found they will keep for a week in the fridge. The advantage of mini cucs is that there is no waste left over, no cucumber halves left to go soft in the fridge. Alternatively you can pickle this cucumber but I have never used it as a gherkin.

[Sewing seeds]

Cucumber plant picture

I will have 20 x Femspot, 20 x Pepinex , which are my tried and trusted favourites and this year I'm going to try 10 x Passandra (small cukes ideal for my veg boxes)

Hello sewer rat,

I hope you are still an active member of this forum so that this can get to you. I am a quilter and was looking for a picture of a cucumber plant for a particular project, and came across yours, which would be ideal for what I want to do. I am contacting you to get permission to use the picture or part thereof. Is that possible? I would very much appreciate hearing from you.

Sewing seeds

[Aberdeenplotter]

I know him from another forum. I'll let him know about your enquiry

[sewer rat]

Sewing Seeds
No problem - fill yer boots as they say.