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Told you so!! They are far too expensive to buy any other way XX Jeannine

You can get carmen cheaper particularly if several people are willing to buy a bulk pack & divide it between themselves.

Moles is probably the cheapest option if buying in bulk. 25 seeds for £10.45 (£2.09 for 5 seeds if split between 5 people) or £37.30 for 100 seeds (£1.87 for 5 seeds if split between 20 people) etc....

Jungle seeds charge £5.49 for 5 seeds.

Select seeds charge £4.10 for 5 seeds.

Seeds by size 5 seeds cost  £4.00  10 seeds cost  £8.00  25 seeds cost £16.00

Yes plse bupster if still available will pm.

Weeddigga and Susiebelle, have pm'd you and will send out a couple of seeds each as soon as they arrive. I'll try the last on a windowsill and see what happens...

Just been checking the Carmen seeds at £7.99 for 5 they must be good.  Is it possible to save seed from them for subsequent years? dont think my budget can stretch to them unless

The price of cucumber seeds retail is ridiculous. I`m all for growing it yourself but on cus I do think it is worth checking out local suppliers.

Ok I`m plugging but I sell my cus(Pepinex 69 this year) for £1.15p for a well established plant in a 5inch pot.

The seeds from an F1 hybrid cu may well not come true.

Well Jeannine I have ordered mine today so I am hoping for good things next year.
www.citychickens.co.uk

Hey, worldor, that's a gorgeous picture of the bridge on your blog. Where is it?

I have been growing Carman for a few years now and apart from being a great cropper they are a great choice for showing. Last year 1st, 2nd, 3rd, year before 1st and 2nd. I cant recomend them high enough. Only problem is germination, you need 70 deg.

Oh eck, having started all this Carmen talk I hope they turn out to be all that you want..perhaps we should start a Carmen posting for progress, like they do with the pumpkins LOL

XX

Jeannine

I blame you all!!!!!!!!! I have now bought some too (along with some gypsy pepper seeds)

Just emailed this company for prices on the Carmen seeds. They are selling for £4.50 including p+p, but the seed quantity is not listed. Will tell you once I get a reply.

http://www.exhibition-seeds.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Cucumbers_26.html

Fingers crossed. ::)

Last years Carman tubed for show bench

Ok-next season I`ll offer `Carmen`-the cost per 100 is not much more than
pepinex.

And if my customers this year ask for Carmen I know who to blame ;D

Ktlawson does it have to be Cucumber for your Guinea pigs, have you tried Gherkins, you will get shed loads off one plant....just a thought.

 and who would that be Cleo?? XX Jeannine

and who would that be Cleo?? XX Jeannine

no names no packdrill. I often have to advise customers not to buy so many plants. They have bought from GCs without advice on how to grow them. So they think 3/4 fruit is good.

I promise nothing but do give some basic advice and reckon they should get between 6-8 decent fruit-more as they learn.

If you are growing cucumbers for the GP's how about MarketMore?  Not as tasty as BTG, which I grew for the first time last and got a very poor crop...but then, weird year?

I have at least 3 packets of MarketMore - if you want some, just PM me.

Quote from: SMP1704 on January 17, 2008, 21:18:52
If you are growing cucumbers for the GP's how about MarketMore?  Not as tasty as BTG, which I grew for the first time last and got a very poor crop...but then, weird year?

Had no reply to the email reference the cost of Carmen from the website I posted earlier in the post. How did you fair with Marketmore

I grew them for the first time in 2006 and once they established (4 plants) I was bringing home a carrier bag full every week - people started to avoid me :-[ ;D

Didn't grow it last year as I heard that BTG was a better tasting outdoor cuc.  It did eventually pick up when the rain stopped but I only had 6 or 7 fruits from two plants. :'(

I like Wautoma from Real Seeds. I've never counted but I must get around half a dozen per plant, the only problem being the plants I lose to slugs.