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Title: Cucumbers
Post by: Amazingrotavator(Derby) on July 18, 2014, 17:47:04

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My best crop yet. (Telepathy) :toothy10:

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: chriscross1966 on July 19, 2014, 06:42:05

That's a lot to have in one place... mine have been cropping since mid June (Mini Munch and Bangkok)

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: pumkinlover on July 19, 2014, 07:28:28

Excellent!

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: gardenqueen on July 19, 2014, 10:43:33

My goodness that's an impressive lot of cucumbers. Well done!

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: saddad on July 19, 2014, 11:55:06

I'm very impressed... I'll be adding that variety to my shopping list. We use Bella  and it's doing very well here, just across the road!

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: BarriedaleNick on July 19, 2014, 15:22:49

I always go the the mini varieties but those look spectacular!!

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: small on July 19, 2014, 16:16:38

Crikey, there's an awful lot of indigestion there, well done! I'm looking for a new variety to try, anything special you did for that result?

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: Amazingrotavator(Derby) on July 19, 2014, 18:17:05

Quote from: small on July 19, 2014, 16:16:38

Crikey, there's an awful lot of indigestion there, well done! I'm looking for a new variety to try, anything special you did for that result?

Did nothing special, just plenty of feed and water.They are right at the front of the greenhouse, so got pollinated better. I always have good results with Telepathy though. The Marketmore are just coming on.

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: willsy on July 19, 2014, 22:16:22

Amazing crop there. I picked my first cucumber today.

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: antipodes on July 21, 2014, 10:17:30

I too picked my first cucumber this weekend! So thrilled, they are doing marvellously well this year, I have several fruit on 3 vines. I think that they are variety "Bedfordshire Prize" http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/products/16378#.U8zacrEbDuo (http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/products/16378#.U8zacrEbDuo)

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: Jayb on July 27, 2014, 16:25:59

Stunning crop  :icon_cheers:
Should keep you in salads for a couple of days!!!  :toothy10:

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: grannyjanny on July 27, 2014, 16:56:06

I bought a cucumber plant from  Wyevale store. It had a £4 reduced label but I got it for £1. It had 5 cucumbers on it so my thought was if nothing else develops 20p per cuc isn't bad anyway. I tasted one yesterday & it's quite lemony, not a crystal apple/lemon though. It's a fat little cuc. Any ideas please folks?

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: cacran on July 27, 2014, 22:02:41

I must share this. I have two cucumber plants. Don't know the varieties as I got them from a car boot sale. So far I have harvested about half a dozen decent sized fruits. My lottie neighbour said that I had a huge marrow in the greenhouse, she could see it from her plot. I said I hadn't got any courgettes in there, only cucumbers. I went to take a look. It was a cucumber the size of a marrow. It was growing between  the bench and the window and I had not seen it. One slice will fill a sandwich.

Title: Re: Cucumbers
Post by: squeezyjohn on July 27, 2014, 22:55:33

Wow!  Any chance of some pictures?