General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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two plants in a 5 gallon bucket - already outgrown my trellis and almost sagging down to the top of the bucket
should I grab another trellis, or just let them sprawl? covered in female flowers - cucumbers will be coming out of my ears shortly |
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Cucumber plants sprawl all over the place! My trellis is 6' tall and the vines get taller than that and also sprout new vines off of the main ones. I vote for another trellis, but I guess it's because I'd worry about things nibbling on the ones on the ground- or someone stepping on them! Some cukes don't grow as straight if they aren't hanging.
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Join Date: May 2014
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We go with the sprawl....
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I decided to get some 6' bamboo stakes and give the vines some new real estate on which to climb. so far, so good - lots of male and female blooms, 4 developing cukes on the plant as of today,
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I got some bamboo stakes and have been guiding the growth - check out my cucumber sprawl
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Looks really happy! You'll be harvesting cukes in no time.
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I have harvested one cuke so far - it was a little bitter; there are 3 on the plant now, but holy jeez check out this sprawl of vines from the pics today - this thing needs a fence to run down
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Bitterness is a sign of inconsistent watering. Thus self-watering container with a float regulator is ideal if you are not around to water throughout the day...
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harvested 3 cucumbers from the two sprawling straight eight cucumber plants this morning - they will not stop growing, but production has been low; may have to rethink my cucumber plant choice next year
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Shapes not right on the straight 8's.
They are not happy about something. |
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gotta be inconsistent watering - but I try my gosh darnoodleydest to water a lot, and consistently
eh, nature - what cha gonna do?
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I was wondering if it could be poor pollination. That could explain the low numbers of cukes too, if you were getting flowers.
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lots of Bumblebee action around the vines, but I have seen more than one female flower wither and die.
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Straight Eight's went bitter for me too, dropped them long ago. Also a a few of the long Asian and Armenian varieties did not like the dry heat, and I'm done growing those too.
AS for an OP I went to Marketmore's several years ago, still water the same way and they've not been bitter. And Diva's are a good one too, I've got them on a fence line and it's been 105F for a month, still sweet and crisp, and they self-pollinate. |
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