Male/Female Cucumber Flowers

[Stork]

Hi All,

My cucumbers are flying up in the greenhouse.

I now have about 12 flowers on two plants. I think I have read somewhere that you have to remove flowers of one gender or the other but I can't remember which way round it is. Also - how would I tell one from the other?

Each yellow flower has what looks like a small, prickly cucumber behind it.

Any suggestions gratefully received. And next year I'll keep the seed packet!

Stork

[Stork]

[Svea]

leave them alone!

at least the flowers with the prickly cuc behind - because those are the females making fruit. if you spot any male ones, on a thin long-ish stalk without a baby bump in sight, then maybe you can take those away.

[deboydoyd]

Presuming they are indoor cucumbers (i'm growing outdoor ones indoors!), remove all the male flower or the cucumbers will taste nasty. Outdoor ones need both male and female flowers.
Male-on a thin stalk

female-with small cucumber behind

[Stork]

Thanks for the tips and the very helpful photo's.

I'll assume they're indoor ones and whip of any guys.

Stork

[pakaba]

Hi
I'm growing cues for the first time this year and bought 2 plants from the local church thrift morning for 30p each they were labeled 'cue ridge'.  I planted them in the greenhouse.  I then found out that ridge cues are outdoor varieties :P 

It's the first time i have read that i need to be pinching off the male flowers... but do i ,are they indoor or outdoor cues..... i am very confused.  (it doesn't take much ;D)

P

[tim]

With ridge, no. Only if you had all-female ones in there too that you didn't want cross-pollinated.