[Aidy]

Just flicking through the seeds and noticed that according to the packet I can sow my cucumber seeds now, says feb/march, so as this will be the first time I have done cucumbers I was wondering if the experts had theirs in yet.

[DD.]

Too early for me Aidy, generally go Early April - LATE March at a push.

[Penny22]

Hi Aidy,  its my first time this year for growing cucumbers too.  If its helpful; my packet say Feb to May for indoor sowing.  April to May for cold frames.  I intend to start mine off indoors in the next few weeks.

[muntjac]

wont start mine till end the month  ,i still hve no veggies  started off at all i havent sown anything  

[WG.]

wont start mine till end the month  ,i still hve no veggies  started off at all i havent sown anything  

I wish I had your patience because I know you're dead right.  Had a beautiful day here today and my willpower collapsed, even tho my spring is at least 5 weeks later than yours. So I broadcast sowed some leeks under glass for a baby leek crop; and I just know they'll not do as well as the ones I plant next month.  Sigh.

[muntjac]

patiance is a pain in the ass i know ,but then i got loads other fings to get on with i power hosed me greenhouses out today let em dry .left a nice  load of moss bits hanging on the windows ,,,, dont peel it off its actually blocking druaghts out    lit me sulphur candles tonite to kill them bad beasties n bugs .will paint the glass when the air cleared  

[Trillium]

It's interesting to read how impatient so many newbies are to start planting or seeding, and how the old hands are still biding their time because it's too early. Considering that Ontario is still going through it's last big snowstorm at the moment, within 3 weeks it will be mostly melted and I'll be planting out at pretty much the same time as all you lotty folks, mid April outside for peas, possibly earlier. When people tell me that the UK climate is so different from ours, I disagree; it's really just a matter of rain vs snow but we're all out planting together. To cure my cabin fever, I drove 4 hours round trip today to a big garden show to get the smell of peat and compost up my nose and paw up lily bulbs and seed packets, and listen to great speakers. Get to do it again at a larger show on Thursday - and then I'll really be champing at the bit like you lot    

[shaun]

wht type would you guys recomend for the greenhouse ?
also i might be getting my wires crossed here again,
can you grow them in the same greenhouse as your toms or is that something else ?

[DD.]

wht type would you guys recomend for the greenhouse ?
also i might be getting my wires crossed here again,
can you grow them in the same greenhouse as your toms or is that something else ?

I'm trying this type this year (scroll doen to Carmen F1):

http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/list/full-index/c/23

That's only 'cause spend a tenner with T & M, get the most expensive packet free. I ordered another packet of seed for just over £2  total came to only £3 something with postage.

You can grow them in the same greenhouse, I've done it in the past, but cucumbers prefer a damper climate than toms. I've had better results, since I got a second greenhouse, growing them seperately and keeping the humidity up.

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[shaun]

£8 for 5 seeds digger thats a bit steep init  :shock:

so when you say keep the humidity up is it just a case of watering them more ?

[DD.]

£8 for 5 seeds digger thats a bit steep init  :shock:

so when you say keep the humidity up is it just a case of watering them more ?

I wouldn't have paid that much, had I not got them free!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes keep them damp, I grow them in big pots, filled with compost from gro bags, and stand them in a washing up bowl. I water the bowl, not the pot,  I also water the ground in the greenhouse to keep that moist, that's the greatest aid to keeping the humidity up.

[Bigbadfrankie]

Like Karl I have not yet put much in, another week at least realy before its worth doing much. Cucumbers like it warm and wont do much until it is. Later plantings have longer days and dont grow so tall and thin, looking for light. I all ways put Toms and cu's in the same house. They both like loads of water and rich ground. I had over 30 Cu's of my plant last year and had not built the greenhouse until the end of may!!. so dont be in too much panic. We had aubergenes and lettuce in as well. Earlt toms drop their flowers if the get cold so you loose the truss. You could end up looseing the first tow trusses by being early and too cold.

[muntjac]

i have put toms n cucs in same house but mould is a pain with doing that the last of the cucs can go for ages and ur toms finished then you really need to get the old plants out . but i grow toms and chillies in one  cucs another .i have the third greenhouse up and wil use that for extra toms for gate selling if i get a surplus  with doping a lot of hanging basket toms im sure im gonna be ok with toms this year lol.. the cucumber i use is f1 burpless its the only one i find has taste for pickling

[GrannieAnnie]

They also say to water the paths in the greenhouse too shaun about midday, when they are at their warmest, so the water turns into vapour and rises and floats around giving more humidity.  Must admit I did grow my cucumbers and tomatoes in the same polytunnel, but at different ends.  

My favourite cucumber is the Burpless Tastee Green, lovely long cucumbers!! very crunchy

[Jim T]

patiance is a pain in the ass i know ,but then i got loads other fings to get on with i power hosed me greenhouses out today let em dry .left a nice  load of moss bits hanging on the windows ,,,, dont peel it off its actually blocking druaghts out    lit me sulphur candles tonite to kill them bad beasties n bugs .will paint the glass when the air cleared  

Hi Muntjac, What's this about Sulphur candles?
Please tell me more. How do you make them safe and do you leave them lit 24 hours?

Jim