Cu's left it late?

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    Since planting, my two plants were loaded with cu's but only two developed to full size on one plant. Now at the end of the season they have decided to put on a spurt and are growing. Why so late, has anybody any ideas please?
     
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    No ideas Sheal, mine have put on a late season spurt too. For the first time we have a cucumber glut:
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      The leaves on mine look really bad, I can't see them lasting much longer.
       
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      Close up of my 'best' plant. I've got four plants like this in my small greenhouse.
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      That's a good crop there John. :blue thumb: My leaves have looked sad all through the summer and I've cut some off along the way. I'm just wondering whether they are enjoying the cooler, damper air in the greenhouse. :scratch:
       
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      What's annoying is when I pop to RHS Wisley (just a few miles away from me) their cucumber plants look top notch. You might have seen them on the latest episode of Gardeners World:
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01myltn/Gardeners_World_2012_2013_Episode_24/

      The cucumber item is at 2:40, interesting that they start a second batch of plants ready to plant the begining of August and they feed almost every day with high Nitrogen fertilizer. I will copy their methods next year if I remember.
       
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      Yes, they do look healthy, but I'm wondering also, whether it makes a difference not growing them in full sun. I noticed the greenhouse had a ribbed polycarbonate instead of glass.

      I've only grown cu's for two years and to be honest I don't think I'll bother next year, they're too temperamental.
       
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      Yes Sheal, in my experience they don't like being in full sun. I've always grown my cucs in the shade and most years get a respectible crop, but this year there was just too little sun anyway.

      I also half suspect that at Wisley they have backup plants grown inside heated greenhouses with lights, ready to wheel in and replace any sick ones overnight. I reckon that's why they are all in gro-bags so they are easy to move. How else could they grow so much better than mine, apart from them all knowing exactly what they are doing and being on the plot 24/7 :)
       
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