Cucumber seedlings

[Hyacinth]

When potted on, can they be buried up to their 1st true leaves/and/or seed leaves, like toms, please?

[Hyacinth]

[ALAN HOWELL]

Hi Alishka,  hope you are well.

As to Cu seedlings,I try NOT to subject the stem to any unnecessary moisture as they Very easily rot off.

I usually sow two to a 3" pot and discard the weaker one allowing the remaining one to develope a nice root ball b4 transplanting.

Hope this helps regards...Alan

[Hyacinth]

Many thanks for swift reply, Alan ;D

[Ricado]

ive read that you should sow in a pot half full, and fill up the pot as the plant grows.

Isnt it quite a job to stop cucumbers becoming leggy, hence the reason for doing this ?

[Hyacinth]

ive read that you should sow in a pot half full, and fill up the pot as the plant grows.

Isnt it quite a job to stop cucumbers becoming leggy, hence the reason for doing this ?

Certainly mine are all legs and no body! even tho they were planted at the correct depth......I'll try earthing up, keep on the dry side & see what happens - space in the pot,  so no root disturbance. Only the 2nd time I've grown cucumbers, so learning.

[ALAN HOWELL]

Hi
cos they get so leggy,I don't sow mine till April,then as soon as they germinate I put them in the g/house during the day and bring them in at night.If you have no g/house do the Geoff Hamilton trick with the wooden  box and cover it with polythene,or a seed tray with perspex cover.As long as they get a few hours good top light they should not get too leggy.  good luck....Alan

[Hyacinth]

Alan,many thanks - you're a star! If I can still sow in April, I'll play around with these now, still knowing that April's not too late to sow & bring on. As I've written, this is only my 2nd yr at cucs, so still new. To explain, tho..usually I start off toms, courgettes & chillis mid-march......this year I'm going to not be around (poss) for most of march, so thought if I could get them grown to a sturdy decent size & potted on, I could off-load the lot onto a friend to caretake, & certainly can't do that with seedlings. So a bit of experimentation going on, here ::).....cheers! Lish