Cucumbers... From windowsill to...?

Things are looking good! My cucumber plant now lives in the lounge! Put new canes in today as it's starting to climb. Took a pic tonight of it. Is this a developing cucumber?

 

I pot my cucumbers into 5 l pots then stand them in washing up bowls so that they get watered from the bottom.Feed into the pot top with chicken pellet manure and water in once a week.The bowls are top up with water every day leaving about 2 ins of water and touch wood have never had a problem.

 

Still going strong! I put chicken manure pellets on today and keep tying in the new growth... Getting on my nerves a bit though in the lounge ha ha

 

Maybe it was the heat in the blowaway greenhouse? I got mine up to 42C last year! (personal best).

 

Any idea how high these things grow? There is one cucumber growing but it is tiny

 

Well it's the 27th July and I had to move my cucumber plant outside... I had put chicken manure pellets on the soil and discovered that flies must have been enjoying them; maggots were appearing from beneath the soil! I wasn't particularly hopeful but it seems to love it outside and I have several cucumbers growing. These are burpless types...does anyone know how to tell when they are ready? This is my biggest one ( see photo) . The plant is looking a little tired as cabbage whites have laid eggs and the caterpillars are munching away. It's between 8 and 10 inches

 

I don't grow burpless but do grow indoor and outdoor varieties. I have been pulling both for well over a month now.
Inspect the cucumber's skin. A ripe cucumber usually has skin that is medium to dark green in colour. Yellow skin on a cucumber indicates that it is past its prime.
Feel the cucumber. Ripe cucumbers are firm. Cucumbers that are over-ripe are typically puffy, have wrinkled tips and sunken areas.

 

We'll I decided to go for it :-) I cut it and tasted it.... Was soooo nice lol. Here it is, featuring in a burger :-)