Cucumber leaf question

[Raindancer411]

Hi All, it is my first time growing cucumbers and I have noticed a mark on one of the first true leaves that I want to know if is normal or not. The mark is only what I can describe as the mark made when you drip a drop of water on the a sheet of paper and it sinks slightly.

[Alice]

It's probably just that Raindance - a drop of water that got onto the leaf.
Few plants have perfect leaves. I wouldn't worry about it.

[Raindancer411]

Thank you Alice

[kerryp]

Just to add on to this as people helping/reading it will know about cucumbers... ive planted some but being a complete novice at growing ANYTHING (this year is my first at anything apart from herbs) ive realised i have no idea what to do if they do actually grow!!

Do cucumbers need to be "trained" up canes etc? Im running out of room to put anything as i didnt think about what i would do if all the seeds i planted would grow!!! Could i put them in a pot & put canes in the pot? Ive planted marketmore cucumbers (got packet of seeds from poundland to try out & they're coming up a treat so far Any help on growing them would be appreciated.

[Samwise]

i'm growing mine in a pot with a cane, i put an extra cane in when the cucumbers started to develop, i'm growing mini cucumbers but i don't see any reason why normal sized cucumbers couldn't be grown in a pot as long as the pot is big enough, eating your first cucumber is very satisfying good luck!

[Demeter]

Just to add on to this as people helping/reading it will know about cucumbers... ive planted some but being a complete novice at growing ANYTHING (this year is my first at anything apart from herbs) ive realised i have no idea what to do if they do actually grow!!

Do cucumbers need to be "trained" up canes etc? Im running out of room to put anything as i didnt think about what i would do if all the seeds i planted would grow!!! Could i put them in a pot & put canes in the pot? Ive planted marketmore cucumbers (got packet of seeds from poundland to try out & they're coming up a treat so far Any help on growing them would be appreciated.

Some grow them up supports, others let them scramble. I would think a cane may not be sturdy enough to support cukes? Last year (my first) we made a rough sort of tripod from tree branches and grew one cuke plant up each leg, which worked quite well and will do the same again this year.

[NOG]

I grow every thing in my green houses in pots. I tie string round the pot top below the rim and up to the top of the green house and let the tom or cuecumbers grow u this.

The marks on the leaves are normal like when water splashes on a waxed car.

Don't forget to keep picking your cuecumbers. the more you pick the more you will get. and they grow very quickly.

[rob the roller]

I grow my cucumbers about 2 feet apart in the ground in the greenhouse. I suspend semi rigid plastic netting from a wire strung just below the roof and let them scramble up that. I am not sure a single cane would support the weight of a fully developed plant and all that fruit. The variety you refer to produces comparitively large (and therefore heavy) fruit compared with my the Burpless Tasty Green I grow. If you can't use netting, maybe some sort of lattice work of canes/sticks would do the trick.

[Samwise]

I've got 2 canes supporting mine at the mo cos there are so many cukes on the plant!

[Kath]

Do you need to tie them up then, or do they just climb themselves?

[Florence Fennel]

I abandoned my first attempt at cucumbers when I realised from advice on here that I had started far too early. I have some seeds just emerging, so hope to do better this time. I am hoping for 4 plants and had already prepared 4 x 12" pots outdoors. I have erected a kind of "frame" around the pots with canes and tennis balls covered with fleece, do you think I could wire this up somehow for the plants to climb around in? Sorry, that sounds a bit disjointed - hope you know what I mean!

[indigox]

Can you grow them outside? My garden is quite warm and sunny with brick walls, but do they need a greenhouse? I've never grown cukes (as you can probably tell!)

[sallym]

You can grow Marketmore cukes outside. Grew some in a growbag last year and they did well until the dog decided to eat all the cucumbers.

[glut]

Last knight my 3 lovely healthy Marketmore seedlings were all cruelly massacred by ninja slug...or snail...not a glimpse of a leaf or a stalk left. Gutted.