[mrs bouquet]

Have been growing them in the greenhouse in growbags, and 4 of them are ready, they are very long and straight, very tasty and they don't have a poly-tube wrapped around them !!!   We shall have to eat them quickly, as there are lots more coming up behind this lot.     I am really, really pleased.  regards,  Mrs Bouquet

[Yabba]

WOW, you can get cucumbers that don't have a poly wrapper? ... well I'll be damned!

Unfortunately, my cucs so far have been bitter  as hell guts me to say that the plastic wrapped cr@p tastes better than mine :'(

Enjoy them, and try not to feel to guilty as you think of me with my failed cucs

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[Spana]

Lucky you My one in the greenhouse has red spider mite

[Yabba]

*splutters* don't mention red spider mite, still fighting them in potting shed ( where chilli's are ) ... weirdly they only seemed to hit the sweet peppers and marys jommander

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[mumofstig]

Well done Mrs B i've just cut my 2nd strange year, got lots of cues coming but not a single properly ripe tomato. Cut a couple only just there really and a bit too sharp even for me
I think the cues are dealing with the weather better than the toms 

[peterjf]

spray as for blight  for red spider mite in your greenhouses , they will die in AGONY       

ha ha ha ha ha

[Brambles]

I feel very lucky as I have had cucumbers for months in the greenhouse, have not had to buy one since begining of April.   Sadly they are slowing down now, lots of mildew on larger leaves (spraying with milk/water helps)...   I just wish there was a later variety that would carry me through a few more months.   I don't use growbags any longer, but huge pots full of compost, I find that works much better

[Smudgeboy]

Brambles - I'm growing cukes for the first time and they are only just beginning to form into fruit.

I'm trialling two - one in the greenhouse which is in an old bucket with the bottom cut out, which is planted into the indoor bed and then filled with compost. It got off to a flying start and is a good 5ft high, but only about three fruit are showing so far, the largest of which is maybe six inches.

The second was started off insode and then moved outside into a large container when we had some good weather. It was very sorry for itself for a while, and even now is only about three feet high - but it has possibly seven or eight fruit on it, which all look healthier than the ones in the greenhouse.

I'm theorising that a) moving it outside strengthened it; and b) it's had more (and more consistent) watering from the rain. But it's all guesswork!

Obviously this sounds like a lter variety - I'll go and check which one it is in the morning and post back.

[cooperman]

WOW, you can get cucumbers that don't have a poly wrapper? ... well I'll be damned!

Unfortunately, my cucs so far have been bitter  as hell guts me to say that the plastic wrapped cr@p tastes better than mine :'(

Enjoy them, and try not to feel to guilty as you think of me with my failed cucs

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you probably have a variety that has both male and female flowers, you need to remove the male ones (they dont have a tiny cue behind them) as if they fertilise the female fruits they will be bitter...