Cucumber and humid atmosphere

[COMPOST CORNER]

This is the first year I have got cucumbers beyond the 3" pot stage, I now have two doing quite well in Morrisons buckets. I always read that cucumbers should be kept in a humid atmosphere and to mist the plants to maintain humidity, but how and when?
I have a small spray bottle that produces a very fine mist, but am worried about leaf scorch if done in the sun, and that if I mist in the morning before the sun hits the GH, this will just run down the plant and into the compost.
The plants are in my 6x6 GH with tomatoes and peppers.

Any suggestions?

[Pies]

water the greenhouse floor

[bobleponge]

I rarely mist mine, but watering the GH floor is a good way of keeping things humid. Last summer I grew tommy's and cuc's in the greenhouse, and if the humidity had been too high the toms could have rotted.
As long as they have enough water when producing fruit they should be fine.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Thanks folks, the floor in my GH is usually damp from run off and spillages from watering. I spend half the time trying to get rid of the condensation that forms and the rest of the time worrying about whether it's humid enough for my cucumbers. My but those cuke plants can shoot up. I swear one grew a foot overnight!

[Bramble_killer]

My cucumbers weren't ready yesterday but one grew fast enough ready to be eaten today! They're lovely and speedy when they get goin'

[sewer rat]

Thanks folks, the floor in my GH is usually damp from run off and spillages from watering. I spend half the time trying to get rid of the condensation that forms and the rest of the time worrying about whether it's humid enough for my cucumbers. My but those cuke plants can shoot up. I swear one grew a foot overnight!

Tomatoes don't really like it too humid whereas cuke and aubergines do - try placing a shallowish container of water between the cuke plants and this should help keep the humidity localised.
As regards growing a foot overnight - I have 70 odd cukes and they have had to be tied in and pinched out every second day at the moment - they have gone from 3ft to 6ft in a matter of a fortnight, and I have had 40 cukes so far but the bulk of the plants haven't quite reached first pickings yet. I picked the 40 cukes on Friday, and there must be at least another dozen or so that will be ready to pick tomorrow for the local shop.

[Fat Bob]

I have 70 odd cukes and they have had to be tied in and pinched out every second day at the moment

I have surprisingly managed to grow two cucumbers plants for the first time.

They are about 5' tall with flowers and fruits, what part should I be pinching out? The growing tip when they hit the roof?

[SarzWix]

I just put my cuc's in the centre of the greenhouse and the tomatoes at either end (with the window at one end and the door at the other). The cuc's seem to do fine that way

[sewer rat]

They are about 5' tall with flowers and fruits, what part should I be pinching out? The growing tip when they hit the roof?

I grow all-female varieties which produce from the central stem of the plant. Opposite each baby cuke a small cluster of leaves on a stem will form - these are side shoots and I pinch these out - if you have the room and want more cukes you could leave these on and they will grow away producing more cukes but they will need their own support - best to use netting if you are going to do this.

[Fat Bob]

I grow all-female varieties which produce from the central stem of the plant. Opposite each baby cuke a small cluster of leaves on a stem will form - these are side shoots and I pinch these out - if you have the room and want more cukes you could leave these on and they will grow away producing more cukes but they will need their own support - best to use netting if you are going to do this.

Thanks for that. I'm not going to be greedy, I just want the 4 or 5 on the plant to grow, so I'll get to pinching out.

Apologies for the hijack, CC.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Thanks for that. I'm not going to be greedy, I just want the 4 or 5 on the plant to grow, so I'll get to pinching out.

Apologies for the hijack, CC.

No worries, I'm learning all the time. I read nearly every thread on here and usually pick up something useful, somewhere in each one, precisely because of so called "Hijacks"