[devondave]

I've got 5 healthy looking gherkin plants growing in the polytunnel, the problem is there have only been 2 female flowers between all the plants, will I only have male flowers or will the female ones come a bit later on, the other question is do I have to cross pollinate and do I remoce the male flowers, hope someone can advise me

Many thanks

Devondave

[mumofstig]

The plants do sometimes get a bit 'disorganised' at the beginning of the season and do all male or all female flowers, but they will sort themselves out For gherkins you leave all the flowers on...simples

[devondave]

thats brilliant thanks, what about pollination do I need to do it?

[Trillium]

Just make sure the bees have access.

[madcat]

I've got the same problem with my courgettes at the mo - they are lovely plants but no girl flowers. Here's hoping they sort themselves out soon! 

[aelf]

I've got the same problem with my courgettes at the mo - they are lovely plants but no girl flowers. Here's hoping they sort themselves out soon! 

Girls always take their time whilst the blokes hang around, waiting! 

[Trillium]

One year I planted a packet of cucumber seeds as I needed a lot of pickling cukes. Annoyed just didn't express it enough when I found that every single cuke plant was a male. Somehow the male seeds were packaged and sold rather than kept for the seed producer. I got zero cukes that year and had to buy them by the bushel, and boy, did that cost plenty!

[madcat]

Girls always take their time whilst the blokes hang around, waiting! 

     Really!

[aelf]

Girls always take their time whilst the blokes hang around, waiting! 

     Really!

You know it's true!