Cucumbers

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Cucumbers
« on: May 31, 2020, 22:10 »
Hello,
I知 wondering if I come have some advice please. I知 growing cucumbers for the first time outside- tasty king f1.

The plants are about a foot tall, already have loads of yellow flowers on. Is this normal? Do they need removing if they are male? There is at least one obvious female one.

Thank you in advance
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mumofstig

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Re: Cucumbers
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2020, 22:17 »
According to Unwins it's an all female variety, so there shouldn't be any male flowers to remove..
https://www.gardenhealth.com/unwins-cucumber-tasty-king-f1

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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2020, 22:23 »
Well, they look like male flowers to me... but I知 no expert!  :wacko:


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Re: Cucumbers
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2020, 05:19 »
Marshall's say differently and have this under their "How to" and "Aftercare" headings:

"Do not remove male flowers (those without a fruit behind them) as these are necessary for pollination of the female flowers."
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: Cucumbers
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2020, 08:00 »
Well that痴 just confused me even more! I致e read conflicting information about whether to remove or not, based on whether they are outside/inside greenhouse...


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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2020, 08:34 »
This old, unfortunately unanswered, thread on this forum suggests that pollinated fruits are bitter:
https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=43074.msg506861#msg506861

Very tricky one this, and not a situation the suppliers should have put you in - if you remove all the male flowers you risk getting nothing, if you don't there's a risk any cukes will be bitter.

Hopefully someone will come along who has grown this variety and knows the answer - I'd probably just wait and see, and if the fruits are bitter, remove all subsequent male flowers.
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