Cucumber variety

[cptncrackoff]

I'm after a cucumber variety to grow 1 or two plants indoors (glass greenhouse) and 1 or two outside in a warm sunny position (in pots).

would I be right in thinking all female varieties are lower maintenance!?

I have grown crystal apple before, the taste was nice but I didnt get many cues.

I'd like a good cropper with few seeds in them, nice and sweet, not too bitter, preferably smooth skinned (for the kids). I don't ask for much!!

thanks
jon

[simmo 66]

I grew Burpless Tasty Green outside last year, cropped really well, very few seeds and the bumps rubbed off easily with a cloth so they were nice and smooth. This year i`m trying Marketmore and a Dill variety for pickling.

[grenhouse]

F1 is far easier in the greenhouse. Last year I grew Femspot which was excellent, however got hammered by red spider mite halfway through the season. This year I have Picolino and bangkok (unwins) so will see how they get on.

Outdoors I grew burpless which was excellent, just leave it to do it's own thing!

steve

[JamesM]

I've got an F1 variety although the exact name escapes me- it's the first year i've grown cucumber and at the time i read up that this particular F1 type was easier than an all-female variety and was smooth skinned. If i get a chance to get out to the shed tomorrow i'll try an get back with the name but no doubt someone else will have suggested it by then

[Alison]

I often grow passandra in the greenhouse / polytunnel and they're fab. You only get about 4 seeds to the packet (think the last lot I bought were about £3 for a pack) but last year I was harvesting several fruits every week from a single plant and giving away more than I could eat. It's an all female variety and no probs at all.

[Jono]

I grew T & M Masterpiece outside last year. They did really well. Was picking three or four cucumbers a week in the height of summer. Very tasty too.

[Woofster]

I too have grown passandra which I recommend and also Cucino which is a small (4 - 6ins) cucke which makes and ideal snack. I grow them in my greenhouse but my neighbour is successful with them in pots against a sunny south facing wall.

[Potstubsdustbins]

For the last 3 years I have grown a variety of cumbers but this year have decided to stick with F1 Baribal. Its produces lots of mini cumbers about 6" long which I like as then we always eat fresh. I grow them in pots both in the GH and outside. But you will need room the 1 in the GH grew up a 6` cane and then a further 6` along a rope in the roof space.

I only have a problem my son loves cumbers and is prone to walking in the GH picking one and eating it before he gets back to the house.

Colin

[Jono]

My six inch cucumbers were always much nicer than the ones I didn't spot and grew bigger.

[vicky]

I grew Zeina an all female F1 from T & M, lovely but expensive seeds....although for probably about 10 cukes per plant the seeds don't work out as expensive in the long run!

[phil the shed]

i'm a bit limited for space this year and would like to grow a bush variety. sure i've seen it somewhere can anybody help......

[unclefudgly]

Grew a yellow round variety called lemon last year, very prolific. Plenty of bright yellow cukes the size of a largish tennis ball. Crisp sweet flesh, though skin was a bit thick at times.

[Davyburns]

Grew Burpless, last year and they cropped really well. I am trying Armenian Yard Long, Wautoma, And Telepathy this year. 2 of the Burpless already have lots of Flowers

[cptncrackoff]

Thanks for all the replies, the general theme seems to be tasty small cues, smaller fruits would suit us better. Having read everyones reply I have chosen a variety that no-one suggested Socrates from D T brown.

I'm a little later than I would have liked but heres to a large crop of small tasy cues!

[cptncrackoff]

Seeds arrived on the 8th, all the seeds sown on the 8th popped up yesterday, that was quick!! 2 day germination...