[purplebean]

I have never grown indoor cucumbers before but hopefully will have the greenhouse that is in pieces in my garage up and ready to use by next spring. I have been reading various seed catalogues and really can't decide what cucumber to try. any suggestions for easy to grow tasty indoor cues?

[peterjf]

hi there , we grow telegraph F1 , lots of fruits about 15 inches long,

once they start to produce cucs we bank our plants up with at least a bucket of compost manure mix 50/50, and water through the banked material

[agapanthus]

hi there , we grow telegraph F1 , lots of fruits about 15 inches long,

once they start to produce cucs we bank our plants up with at least a bucket of compost manure mix 50/50, and water through the banked material

They are good.......we still have loads on fruit on ours!

[mumofstig]

Do the Telegraph ones have to have the male flowers taken off?

I grew an all female variety Tiffany this year, and it cropped well but I have a pkt of Telegraph seeds, if they are problem free I'll use them next year

Sorry if this is a bit off topic

[agapanthus]

Do the Telegraph ones have to have the male flowers taken off?

I grew an all female variety Tiffany this year, and it cropped well but I have a pkt of Telegraph seeds, if they are problem free I'll use them next year

Sorry if this is a bit off topic

No idea Lesley......I just let mine get on with it!

[mumofstig]

oh goodie...I'll just do the same then

[Jay Dubya]

Hi, Telegraph are not an all female type so you have to take the male flowers off or the cucs get a bit bitter. A good cuc tho i won the section at our local show with a pair of them!!

[agapanthus]

Hi, Telegraph are not an all female type so you have to take the male flowers off or the cucs get a bit bitter. A good cuc tho i won the section at our local show with a pair of them!!

Hav'nt had any bitter ones thus far

[Kristen]

My Cucumber 101 :

Sow early (February if you can keep them at at least  10C at night; a windowsill will do)

They hate having their stems wet - Cucumber is the one plant that I do NOT plunge up to the seed leaves when I pot it on)

Grow some extras in case the plants succumb (As folk on this forum say "Cucumbers wake up each morning and think of a new way to die )

Do not plant out in the greenhouse too early (i.e. wait until the minimum temperatures will be warm enough )

Grow an F1 "All Female" variety - which means that you don't have to worry about removing male flowers

Note that occasionally male flower may still form - e.g. if the plant is stressed.  remove any you see (but, TBH, I've never found it a problem to actually worry about).

Remove the first 3 fruit that set (if you let these set they have a tendency to cause the plant to "stall".  You'll get early Cucumbers, but the plant then won't produce anything for 2 or 3 weeks )

Keep the stems away from wet.  Typically the plants are planted into a "mound" that causes any water to flow away from the stem. Either way, be careful when watering to prevent getting the stem wet.

When potting on (before planting out, or up to the final potting-on), be careful how you hold the plant.  Don't hold by the leaves, and be very gentle! with the plant.

We grow 3 plants (to maturity - we grow more seedlings more than that, just-in-case . This is on the assumption that one may die, leaving us with tow producing-plants;  I reckon that's enough for your "average family". Three plants means giving several away

[cooperman]

I grew cu's in the greenhouse this year for the first time (sortof, see below) - as I was a bit late getting started I bought in from a local nursery a couple of plants - no idea what they where as just labeled "female". Very prolific and lovely tasting. I also grew a few Burpless Tasty Green from seed, although I was a bit late I still had a decent crop.  I tried growing cu's last year but failed abysmally, over watered and killed them off after getting them off to a good start....  but i didnt let that put me off...

[peterjf]

only had male flowers this year , so yes the have to be removed