[kari]

This cucumber is one of my few success stories in my short time growing my own, i'm ridiculously devoted to it & talk to it when I pollenate the female flowers




All of a sudden it has loads of flower buds & more than a dozen little baby cucumbers, i'm feeding it once a week.  Should I be removing some of the cucumbers & limiting the plant to just a few at a time? Also the plant is rambling all over the place, i'm popping in stakes to support it, is this ok, do I just let it go where it wants?

Thanks for being patient with allmy newbie questions

[JayG]

Let it do its own thing; it's going great!

(If you want yours to look like mine, you can always give it a dose of weedkiller!) 

[8doubles]

That`s a healthy looking plant,
What do you say to it ?
Is it a secret ?
Looks like i need a word or two with mine.

[Salmo]

Yes, what is a good chatup line for cucumbers? Do you tell them what lovely curly tendrils they have?

[DavidT]

Kari, is it a ridge cucumber ( outdoor ) or greenhouse cucumber? Only ridge ones want pollinating. Greenhouse cucs mustn`t be pollinated.

[mumofstig]

It's prickly...so looks like a ridge one to me

[DavidT]

Having cleaned my glasses, I think you could be right Lesley.

[kari]

Thanks everyone, I will leave it be then & look forward to a nice harvest, its called 'Perfection Ridge' i'm really pleased with it, 50p from a local nursery when it was a tiny yellowy looking thing.

Its in my conservatory next to an open window which its trying to escape out of so it doesnt get too hot & at night I close the window

Hubby thinks i've gone a bit bonkers as I greet it every morning with a 'good morning gorgeous, show me your cucumbers'   i'll not mention what I say once I get the paintbrush into its flowers

[sclarke624]

The one year I did cucumber in the conservatory it went mental.  Kept missing cucks that were hidden at the back. LOL

Looks great.