First cucumber almost ready!

[Samwise]

I'm getting really excited as my first cucumber is nearly ready to be picked and eaten! There are at least 8 others on the plant so looking forward to a nice first crop! I'm especially excited cos I've never grown cucumbers before and it seemed a bit touch and go in the beginning!

[SarzWix]

Yayy! That's brilliant Samwise (you don't have to wait til it's perfectly full sized to eat it ) I bet you reeeeally enjoy that cucumber!

[rana]

Amazing................I've only just sown mine...........

[Victoria26]

me too rana! I need to spend less time at work and more time in my allotment!

[coreopsis]

Lucky you Samwise,hope you'll enjoy it
I planted mine a week ago,checked yesterday and nothing happens(yet)

[Demeter]

Crikey - when did you sow?
Sounds brilliant

(I've sown what I thought would be "earlies" which are still only about 8" high, my "main" cukes won't be sown til May! But they are for outdoors lol)

[coreopsis]

They were sown last week,I'll wait a while and if nothing happens I'll sow them again.They are on the windowsill facing south.Still got some seeds left so it's not a disaster(yet)

[Alice]

Brilliant Samwise. When did you sow them and where have you got them ?

[Samwise]

I may have sown it a tad early...in February lol but it's been growing on various window sills and seems to be thriving. Cut off the cucumber today and it tasted gooood now I just have to wait for the other 8 to grow...

[Demeter]

Mmmm, my mouth is watering.
Went for a picnic today, could have done with a cuke to munch
Well done you - if I had more windowsill space it might be tempting for next year!

[GardeningMike]

I may have sown it a tad early...in February lol but it's been growing on various window sills and seems to be thriving. Cut off the cucumber today and it tasted gooood now I just have to wait for the other 8 to grow...

Are all your windowsills, that this plant does the daily rounds on, in full sun? Cucs need a lot of sun and warmth. Very well done Sam, a cucumber harvest by April is quite an achievement!!!

[Samwise]

Thanks The first windowsill, when it was but an ickle seedling, got the most sun and it shot up in a very short time, the second windowsill didn't get much sunlight but the first flower and the first ickle cucs started appearing at this stage. The windowsill it's currently on gets quite a lot of sun and the plant is currently producing huge leaves and more and more cucs every day lol the first cuc was very tasty and between us we ate it for dinner