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cucumbers.
« on: August 03, 2011, 07:57:46 »
I have a cucumber measuring nineteen and a half inches so far, anyone got a longer one.  Just wondered. :D

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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2011, 08:14:46 »
Well now u ask.....  ;D

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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2011, 08:41:25 »
I've got a five inch white wonder....  :-X

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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2011, 09:04:53 »
I have a cucumber measuring nineteen and a half inches so far, anyone got a longer one. 

This forum gets ruder every day!
 :P  ;D  ;D  ;D

IMore seriously... can't beat that, I picked one about 12 inches long but the taste was gorgeous, it was my first so I was dead proud of myself. Haven't got fruit on the melon-cukes yet but they are slowly getting there.
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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2011, 09:11:03 »
I have a big one too!



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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2011, 09:12:55 »
My OH s keep turning yellow and dropping off  :o :'(
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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2011, 09:18:22 »
i have a tasty crunchy piccolino  :)

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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2011, 10:36:23 »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
LOL!
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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2011, 11:14:57 »
I never bother to measure mine, must be a bloke thing......... ;D
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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2011, 19:16:03 »
i have a few that would measure up to that



The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2011, 21:51:24 »
I have a twelve incher but i dont use it as a rule
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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2011, 07:47:59 »
Adrian Mole springs to mind ;D ;D ;D.

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Re: cucumbers.
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2011, 09:24:20 »
my hubby's cues not to big ,but he showed me his massive marrow,wonderful.

 

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