Hello
I looking for some help i purchased on ebay a Cucumber petita plant and it has really growing well with little cucumbers on about 1" so far and now has started to flower, Is there anything i should do in regards to feeding it and looking after it i have never grown cucumbers before.
Cheers
Brogusblue
I grew Petita last year, and have one plant this year (four varieties altogether).
I found they liked to be kept well watered (but not waterlogged!), and I fed them with a high potash feed once every two weeks. I also am a great fan of liquid seaweed which helps strengthen the plants and make them more disease resistant (it's not a fertiliser), I give them a slurp of that every two weeks as well, and spray the foliage with a weak solution once a week too. One plant can be hugely productive, keep picking the fruits when they are at the length you want them and they will continue to produce;if you miss one, it will signal to the plant to stop.
Your plants are ahead of mine, I've only just potted mine up into their final pots inside half growbags yesterday!
Take off all the cus for the first foot at least.
Nothing much to add apart from make sure it`s well supported and try not to leave it too wet just where the stem is at soil level-cus have an alarming habit of rotting off until they are established.
It`s a good variety-the fruit are best at about half the size of standard F1s-ie half the size you see in supermarkets
Hello
Here's my pride and joy after a mid week scare with the leaves it was scorching with tomato feed according to the RHS thank goodness, Thanks Tim for the advice i have taken off about 6 cucumbers and it has doubled in size and the cucumbers are really coming on now. I will grow this again next year my marketmore got hit by frost the other night and look a bit poorly, So here's the updated pictures of my cucumber.
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Cheers
Brogusblue ;D :D
Wonderful thanks for the pics!! I'm off to take the babies off my plant now! give the plant a chance eh!