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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: grawrc on June 07, 2010, 22:00:02

Title: what size are cucumber plants
Post by: grawrc on June 07, 2010, 22:00:02

I'm growing Crystal apple cucumbers and "gherkin" cucumbers for the first time this year. They are now ready for planting out but I don't really know what size the plants will grow to and how much space they will need. Can anyone help?

Title: Re: what size are cucumber plants
Post by: Jeannine on June 07, 2010, 23:16:51

Hi, Crystal Apple  plant will grow the same size as any other vining cuke. Re the gherkin one.. gherkin is a description  rather than a variety, I know it says Gherkin on some UK packets, (one of my pet hates,)but    they  do come as vining and as bush,  however most pickling cukes are bush , do you have any other info.

XX Jeannine

Title: Re: what size are cucumber plants
Post by: chriscross1966 on June 08, 2010, 03:45:00

My gherkins last year were four-five foot vines with some fruiting sideshoots, this year I plan on a row of them planted 6" to the stagger.... I want a lot of gherkins.....

chrisc