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George the Pigman

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Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« on: August 06, 2017, 19:23:37 »
I have two different varieties of cucumber plants standing next to each other in large pots in my greenhouse. One is producing lots of juicy cucumbers. The other (Burpee Tasty Green -an all female variety) looks healthy, is growing well and producing lots of flowers but these wither before producing fruit.
Any idea what's happening?

saddad

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Re: Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2017, 10:01:09 »
Had it been the other way round.. I would say lack of fertilisation... but as it's all female that shouldn't be the issue.. not got the tags mixed up?

George the Pigman

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Re: Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2017, 19:50:17 »
The other plant is all female too. Unless the label was mixed up at the garden centre-always possible of course! If that was the case how can I persuade it to fruit?

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Re: Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2017, 19:52:31 »
Try misting the flowers with some clean water this might help the setting process!

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Re: Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2017, 20:47:31 »
Tasty Green always seems to cause confusion. It is an f1 hybrid but it isn't self fertile/all female
It can be grown outside as a ridge cucumber and needs pollination. Can you move it outside, so the pollinating insects can get to the flowers?



Lots of info here
http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/
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George the Pigman

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Re: Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2017, 21:15:58 »
No chance of moving it out. It's twining up a home made trellis in the greenhouse. Why does the label say all female when it's not??

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Re: Cucumber fruits withering soon after flowering
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2017, 01:03:53 »
My Burpee Tasty Green plants are outside and producing loads of cucumbers.  I don't think they like growing in a greenhouse as I grew mine there last year and they only produced a few and didn't taste as good as this years do.

 

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