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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: chickpeacurry on June 24, 2014, 22:16

Title: cucumbers not producing any cucumbers
Post by: chickpeacurry on June 24, 2014, 22:16

This year I am having real difficulties with my cucumbers.  I have about ten plants some in the greenhouse some outside.  They keep producing flowers but then no cucumbers.  Unsure what the problem is I was expecting to have loads ready by now. 

Title: Re: cucumbers not producing any cucumbers
Post by: barley on June 24, 2014, 22:22

tis a rubbish year for cukes

try hand pollinating the flowers with a small paint brush

brush pollen from male flowers onto the female flowers

Title: Re: cucumbers not producing any cucumbers
Post by: Springlands on June 25, 2014, 09:37

What sort of cucumbers are they - some do not have any male flowers on them.