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Wed, Jul 2, 14 at 7:14
| So this is my first go around with cucumbers. I have them planted in three gallon pots against the sunny side of a the house growing up a homemade trellis. They're planted two to a pot. They are doing fantastic by looking at them....but...the baby cukes, which are ALL over the place, only get about an inch long, then turn yellow and shrivel up. I've only gotten one harvestable vegetable so far out of.....alot. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Are they planted to thick? There are a TON of flowers. I should have a TON of cuckes. And they are watered well once a day first thing in the morning. The soil never dries completely. |
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| It sounds like they are not getting pollinated. They require bee pollination to mature. May want to try your luck at hand pollinating. |
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| Even all female varieties moderate their fruit set. Frequently the first flowers do not set fruit, but things pick up when the second and third set of branches come into bloom. The plants are probably setting fruit now. |
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| No pollination: It can be due to : No insects (bees ) AND?OR no male flowers around. |
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- Posted by CJ-Speciosa 7a (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 14 at 16:49
| Should I thin them out? Maybe they are planted to thick and the flowers are not seen or sought out because they are hidden under so much foliage......? And hand pollination....I guess swirling a qtip around in each flower would get the job done, no? |
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| yes, so long as you do it in the male first. I use a small paint brush. |
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