cucumbers

[landimad]

This is the first time I have tried to grow these and dont see the cues on any of them yet. ???
Still plenty of time left to the season and hope they come true for us soon.

[landimad]

[manicscousers]

ah, but those little tiny yellow things are the fruits, ours are growing at a rate of knots now they've started  :)

[tim]

Don't let them fruit until they are 12-18" high!

[tim]

Wait for it - & then they're OFF!!

Passandra

[kt.]

Tim:  Does Passandra produce more crops than Carmen?  How many plants did that lot come off..... you could persuade me to switch varieties next year from that photo.  Which is the better of the two

[davyw1]

KT passandra will produce more cucumbers than carman because of the difference in size, the plant does not have to work as hard to feed the cucumbers so therefor unlike carman you don,t have to nip off every other cucumber so others can develop.

[tim]

KT - I've grown both & now stick to Passandra because:

1. We rarely eat a whole long cu & there's no point eating left overs if there's fresh on the plant.

2. They are lunch box size for the grandchildren & they snack on them at all times when at home instead of lollies!

3. They are quicker to mature.

[Digeroo]

Seed of Passandra very pricey.  Cheapest seems to be 8 for £3.50 but mostly seems to be 5 seeds for  around £4.   Can it be grown outside?

[tim]

"Porch or conservatory".

Simpsons - 5 for £2.70.

Plants of Distinction - 8 for £3.50

[Digeroo]

Shame that rules me out, don't have a porch or conservatory.  Grew Zeina in the sitting room last year, wasn't long before we could not see out of the window.   Loads of fruit.  Have it outside at the moment but even with Slug Killer pellets it is being eaten.

[Sparkly]

KT passandra will produce more cucumbers than carman because of the difference in size, the plant does not have to work as hard to feed the cucumbers so therefor unlike carman you don,t have to nip off every other cucumber so others can develop.

Thanks for that tip! I have carmen growing in the greenhouse and it has lots of flowers and tiny fruits, but no big ones yet.

[cleo]

Plants of Distinction - 8 for £3.50

That`s very reasonable for an F1 hybrid-I think I will offer those next year(25 seeds £10-from `Moles`)

I got very careless during this heat wave and just watered the larger greenhouse with a hose-spray everything=My `pepinex 69` gave up with mildew after a couple of fruit.

That will teach me to actually do what I often preach :-[

[tim]

Of COURSE - forgot Moles who I like to plug.

[davyw1]

Two Carmen that i took off today

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[tim]

Just GREAT!!

Raita for 10??

[kt.]

Well Davey and Tim.   Some good reasoning there that changes my rule of thought to go for the shorter varieties.  You have persuaded me to skip Carmen next year and opt for the Passandra for a change of indoor cukes.  I will still do an outdoor variety such as Burpless Tasty or Marketmore

[alienwithaview]

Hello, everyone

followed the thread with great interest. This is my first year growing cucumbers and I opted for Marketmore (Garden Organics). From the 9 seeds in the packet (!) 6 succeeded, and went into quite large pots in the Greenhouse. When this was too cramped (tomatoes) I planted 2 of the cues outside in the ground, and had flowers and fruit within a few days both inside and out - there seemed no advantage in them being under glass at all.
Being ignorant, I didn't do anything but watered them a lot, as I do with courgettes, and we have since harvested and eaten 4 delicious, ca. 8 or 9" cucumbers - sorry no picture, was too eager to serve them. Perhaps I was just lucky, but I will definitely try these again next year.

[tim]

Being an outdoor variety, there might even be a disadvantage being indoors?

[alienwithaview]

So far, there doesn't seem to be any difference in their development, whether they're inside or out. I had put them in the GH initially because we suffer strong and cold Northerly winds, which had thankfully died down during the warm fortnight. The winds are back on now, so we'll see how the cues outside are coping.

[daileg]

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