Topic: My first cucumber of 2007

[Mrs Ava]

Marketmore I think it is.  Lemon cucumber/crystal apples were all scoffed by sluggies, so they were sown again and are still only just germinating.  These are doing well and are covered in fruits.  I picked LOADS today which you can see on my blog.  ;D

[ruud]

Great one E.J,mine are  far from being harvesting.If this is marketmore than i have got the same one.

[pigeonseed]

mine are still tiny babies - and I was quite excited to see them!

I think my seed compost was rubbish this year, everything was very small and slow to grow. I'm not going to buy cheap stuff next year.

very impressed with the cucumber!

[carolinej]

Lovely cuke, EJ.

I think my seed compost was rubbish this year, everything was very small and slow to grow.

Pigeonseed, I had the same problem, and lost quite a few seedlings too, as they were so weak. I bought new stuuff and the difference was amazing. I have cukes in both types of compost, and the difference is startling.

cj :)

[pigeonseed]

I'm getting more cucumbers now. Even though they were off to a slow start, once they started getting good homemade compost and sunshine they started going wild.

It's lovely to see them all nestling

[kt.]

I've had 2 five inch burpless tasty cucumbers from 5 plants. (They are an outdoor variety). Me thinks not to bother with this kind again.

[carolinej]

My chinese lemon cukes are by far the best producers. Hardly any from the others.I'm still waiting for a glut, as I want to try a cucumber relish. Maybe next year......

cj :)