[tribs]

I think I may have a labelling error, as my TI cukes appear to have no male flowers and spines on the fruit

I've never grown them before so I don't know whether this is correct.

I've also sown marketmore and long green ridge, but I know marketmore has male flowers as I've grown them many times before.

[mumofstig]

The male and female flowers sometimes get out of sync, but you should eventually have both

[crh75]

Telegraph Improved are smooth-skinned and supposed to be all-female. 

[Sweetpea C]

And there was me thinking that a particular type of cucumber responded to either being read or somehow exposed to a broadsheet.


I have a lot to learn..... :blink:

[mumofstig]

None of the seed companies (Mr Fothergill, Suttons, Kings or DT Brown) say that it's all-female. It's an old heritage variety and the male flowers do need removing to stop bitter fruits.
 
http://www.pennardplants.com/products.php?cat=160&pg=2

[DD.]

I concur!

[A Reyt Tayty]

Telepathy are an F1 hybrid using Telegraph. They are all female. Tried doing some from seed last year. They were lemming-cumbers.

[crh75]

I was reading this linky

Looking again I did not read very carefully, it mentions all-female but does not actually say this is one!


edited to fix long link

[pdblake]

If it's got spines on the fruit then it's probably one of your marketmores

[tribs]

Thanks for the replies. Still no Male flowers but the fruit is looking more like a traditional cucumber now and growing quite long

[seaside]

Telepathy are an F1 hybrid using Telegraph. They are all female. Tried doing some from seed last year. They were lemming-cumbers.

Don't say that tatters, I was happy up until then  I'm growing F1 Telepathy this year, which are all female with no pinching of the males in their prime... I couldn't be so cruel.
Anything but lemmings so far. They've been bashed around, under and over watered, fed badly, close to freezing, left to their own devices. The two that are potted keep yellowing somewhat and look like they're thinking about it, but all four have survived from the propagator and are well alive, kicking and producing very tasty fruit. I'm looking forward to a whole Summer of their offspring.