How many cue's per plant????

I set 4 cucumber plants this year.  One plant had just the one cucumber, another two had three or four but the fourth, up to now, has had fourteen large cucumbers, three small and there are still more tiny ones growing  .  What's the average?  I haven't got a clue how many to set next year  .

Pauline

Hi Trillium,

All I can tell you about my cucumber seeds is that they were all out of the same packet but judging by the way they've taken over the garden, I'd say they were trailing.

Most of our neighbours are keen gardeners and have their own but the few that don't, plus friends, took a couple home with them after each visit.  Plus, of course, the chickens love them  .

Thanks for replying, I'll plant half a dozen next year, just in case.

Pauline

I grew the trailing variety of cukes this year and from five plants have literally had dozens of cucumbers!  Such was the bounty in July that one day I took 7 cucumbers from the plants to give to friends and neighbours and still had two left for us.  Since the beginning of July we have had slightly more than we need from those five plants (we're a family of four).  I will plant the same next year I think - but would quite like to make some dill pickles (I'm American!), so may grow a few more of a different variety for this purpose.

I'm not sure what variety my cues were as they were given to me by my neigbour because he had too many seedlings. They were out door variety and very tasty. from about Mid july to mid aug i was getting a couple of cucumbers a week of each plant. Since Mid august I have been getting 4 or 5 a week of each plant, and my record haul was 12 cucumbers one week!!!!!! As you can imagine my family, friends and work mates are all loving the free cucumbers!