Growing Cucumbers

I am growing six Cucumbers, planted from seed

Lidl Hybrid non bitter Konas

There are no details on the packet, other than plant half inch deep

All six seeds grew,
Three are now in the ground in the Greenhouse, about eight inches tall and strong

Three outside against a fence, about four inches tall
two of these turned white and the leaves dropped off about four weeks ago VANISHED , but are now up and running about three inches tall

I have not a clue what to do with them
Do I have to check for flowers, and remove male ones ?
Or do I just let them do whatever they do ?

No information other than Lidl, Konas Hybrid non bitter

Thanks

Jack McH

 

Jack, as the plants grower taller they will need some support or they will collapse from the weight of the cu's. I 've created some obelisks from canes and wired them together.

 

Hiya Jack.

I don't know much about CU's, but regarding flowers, if it's an 'all female', there should be no male flowers, therefore not an issue. I hope this helps, a bit

 

Hi jack, you could be in for a surprise, when we went to the nursery to by some cucumber plants for our green house the lady serving was a friend of my wife and told us we only needed one because they can produce up to 90 cucumbers each palnt

 

That is my problem Scrungee
I do not know about the flowers, it just says Hybrid non bitter
Now IF it was a specialist cucumber all female, then I leave the flowers on anyway
But if other type, then you leave all the flowers on if outside, and remove the males if inside or the fruit becomes bitter, or some such

I will just keep going
I was suprised that the two that died to white outside came back in tendays as strong plants again ?

Jack McH

 

If they're labelled non bitter, it would suggest to me they are all female. So let them do their own thing.

 

Spot on. However, there are F1-all-female outdoor ones, and indoor ones (based on the outdoor ones) where you don't have to take the flowers off ... minefield! but thankfully those types are rare.

That's what they do when chilly (although they don't always recover - the old saying applies: "Cucumbers wake up each morning thinking of a new way to die" !)

Only issue I would have with that is that Cucumber plants tend to just drop dead, therefore worth having some spares. Once the plant has got to a decent size it will normally be fine, so if you are getting to large a crop and "can't give them away" them pull some plants out.