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caroline7758

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When to sow Cucumber?
« on: February 13, 2007, 14:47:45 »
i'm growing cucumber for the first tme this year. I've got a heated propagator in the house but no heat in my greenhouse. When should i sow? I'm in Yorkshire, BTW.

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Re: When to sow Cucumber?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2007, 14:54:05 »
we'll be starting ours early march and we're in manchester, start in the house, progress to the cold greenhouse

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Re: When to sow Cucumber?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2007, 15:18:57 »
Like you I live in Yorkshire and I don't sow mine till the end of April.

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Re: When to sow Cucumber?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2007, 15:33:04 »
Mine sometimes don't get sown till mid-May. Crop till mid-October. Better safe than sorry!

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Re: When to sow Cucumber?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2007, 16:21:23 »
Good job I asked! Thanks- I'll hang fire for a while yet.

 

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