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mike0001

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cucumbers beth
« on: June 18, 2013, 12:19 »
hi

I have a flowering beth cucumber plant , meant to be mini but its getting quite big, how big do the beths actually grow ?

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Re: cucumbers beth
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2013, 12:31 »
sorry do you mean the cukes or the overall plant? I know the cukes are small maybe 6-7 inches but I should imagine the plant will be full sized

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Re: cucumbers beth
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2013, 12:40 »
Pick them at about 4ins, tie the plants up to a cane  :)

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Re: cucumbers beth
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2013, 12:44 »
i left one on a windowsill and it has like tenticles that has climbed up the net curtain  :lol:

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Re: cucumbers beth
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2013, 21:44 »
Beth Alpha produces a lovely baby, lunch box cucumber.  It's definitely an indoor variety. 

I grow mine (two) in builder buckets, inside a four shelf plastic blow away with the shelves tied vertically to the back frame - which is inside the greenhouse.  A cane each is tied to the middle shelf supports. When young, the plants are tied in to the cane, then they scramble up the frames and shelf trellis themselves. They will reach about 5 foot tall and spread wherever they like in the blow away.  I don't bother pinching out any growing points but remove the odd leaf to improve ventilation around the plant.



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