Saving Cucumber seed

I am growing Burpless Tasty Green Cucumbers (all female) if I save the seed from these will they be any good for next year??

I may plant some later cucumbers of a different variety will this effect the saved seed, I guess this will cause cross-pollination will that matter or should I stick to one variety for this year if I plan to try and save seed.

Dave

 

They are an F1 cross, so to the best of my understanding will not come "true" from seed. I wonder if they will actually have any seeds if they only have female flowers?

 

I agree withe Kristen, Dave. They are all female F1 plants. You shouldn`t have seed from them.:thumb:

 

Hi All

Thanks for the replies, looks like I will have to pay for seed again next year, I wouldn't mind so much if they weren't so expensive.

I guess I should have read the clue on the packet stating "all female variety" not thick just a bit confused

Thanks again

Dave

 

£ 2.00 for 20 seeds. I only grow two plants a year (bit risky if any die though!) so the seed would probably last me three years. Cucumbers are 58p in Tescos at the moment (well, 97p if you want an organic one ...) so I don't reckon its too bad, I've had 6 cues of my two plants already. Personally I want a female-only flowering variety to save me having to pull the male flowers off.

What I could do with is a web site that easily lets me swap seeds / plants.

 

Yes you are all right I am just being mean that's all.

The seeds are dear but in the long run yes there are worth it , I am convinced (I think)
I normally grow 10 plants each year I only have 9 this year suffered a casualty in the early days.

Thanks for all the replies

Dave