Cucumber - Burpless Tasty Green

[Garden Manager]

Does anyone grow/know this variety? Can anyone give me some clarification as to which type it is please? Ridge or greenhouse. I have got it on the understanding that it is a greenhouse type that can be grown indoor or outdoor and last year when i first grew i had one plant inside and one outside. the indoor one cropped better but succumbed to red spider mite, while the outdoor one just sulked in the poor summer weather.

This year I have 3 plants, one in the greenhouse in a large pot, one outdoor in a similar sized pot and one in the ground. All have a wigwam of canes to support them. All of them have flowers on them male and female, although the indoor plant has mostly male flowers on it. The outdoor plants are starting to set fruits. I need to be sure which type i have as to whether i need to remove the male flowers as i understand it ridge types don't need the males removing but greenhouse types mostly do or the fruits turn bitter. Have I got this right? Can someone set me straight please?

On the subject of removing male flowers on curcubits, do i need to do this with courgettes to encourage fruiting? My plants always produce lots of males to start with, so i wondered if removing them helps females and fruits to develop?

[Garden Manager]

[davyw1]

I grow burpless in the greenhouse, the are an F1 so there is no need to remove any of the flowers. I think growing them outside comes down to where you live, but as all cucumbers like humidity the best results would come from growing them in the GH.
The main cause of bitter cucumbers is not necessarily cross pollination but
Too hot – One of the most common reasons why a cucumber is bitter is due to heat stress. If a plant is stressed due to heat, it may start producing bitter cucumbers.

Uneven watering – Another possibility for what causes bitter cucumber is if a cucumber goes through alternating periods of drought and overwatering, the stress from this can cause the plant to produce bitter fruit.

Temperature fluctuations – If the temperature fluctuates dramatically from one extreme to another over an extended period of time, the plant may start producing bitter cucumbers.

[Chrispy]

I grow these both indoors and out.
You will want to leave the flowers on.

I have 2 in my cold greenhouse (actualy 3, but one for some reason had only grown 6 inches so I am not counting that).
So far I have picked 6, 4 largish still on plants, if it was like last year I will be picking 2-3 every week.

Last year did not get a single decent fruit from those outside, the year before was better, and looks like they will do better this year, but this only means a few fruits from each plant, a fraction of those grown in the greenhouse.

[kippers garden]

I grow this variety outside (as i haven't got a greenhouse).  I have found this the best outdoor cucumber so far and you don't need to remove any flowers.   The skin is prickly though so i do peel the cucmbers before eating.

[TISH]

Do you pinch out the tops after it forms 6 leaves (read that in the veg expert book), mine have been in the ground for a month now and no fruits yet...1st time growing. Also growing a white variety (outdoors).

[davyw1]

Do you pinch out the tops after it forms 6 leaves (read that in the veg expert book), mine have been in the ground for a month now and no fruits yet...1st time growing. Also growing a white variety (outdoors).

Pinching out the tops after six leaves depends on how you want to grow them. Doing this would allow the side the side chutes to grow from which you would get your cucumbers or you let the main stem continue without being pinched out and pinch out the side chutes after two sets of leaves have developed.