female cucumber

I bought a female cucumber plant that had around 10 buds or what ever there called 2 flowered but have since fallen off but now 2 others have flowered but so have stayed on

is this normal to happen ??? or maybe it could have been me watering from above so i now water diretly into the pot and not from above

also whats the best way to support them once the cucumber starts growing i have a can either side of the pot and im trying to train the leaves etc around them is this the right thing to do ?/

 

Cucumbers are self-regulating, so once they are developing a couple of fruit, or so, any new flowers that set will turn yellow and drop off whilst the fruit is still tiny. Pick the cucumbers and more flowers will set. (I expect that the stress of moving / planting could easily cause this too)

I support mine with a cane (which is also attached to the roof of my greenhouse to stop it falling sideways). Supporting the plant, and 2 or 3 fruit, is quite a weight, so it needs to be something that till relieve the stem of the plant from that burden, and not topple over!

 

i have the canes supported on my cucumbers and toms i have a length of wire runing the length of the greenhouse and i have secured the tops of the canes to this

 

Hi folks. Glad this was brought up, as my first fruit looks like it has blossom end rot. I assume that's what we're talking about ? I've only grown cucumbers a few times before and never had much luck with them, and the first fruit has ALWAYS dropped off :(
Anyway, there seem to be masses of fruits lining up to take it's place, so hopefully, happy days !
Cheers...freddy.

 

Mine have done that. Got three cues off each in May (which I was well chuffed with) and they haven't flowered since (which I'm not chuffed with) !!

 

My 3 plants will give us a lot of cues. Taking the first-flowers off two of the plants, and several early cucumbers of the third plant , is probably the solution I will use.