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Problem Growing Tomatoes and Cucumbers together in Greenhouse
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Hi, I finally saved up and got a greenhouse installed last year! Yaay! Midway thru the year so no time for seeds, I just bought small pots of tomatoes and cucumbers and put them in some v. large pots \ compost along the back wall.
The tomatoes did very well, the cucs were terrible, barely grew or cropped at all. I don’t know what they were as I lost the label but they were indoor type and minis.
It’s a very hot GH, so I applied shading. It’s possible the cucs were too hot, they grew pale. Also the variety could have been poor. I think I watered them enough.
The tomatoes did very well, the cucs were terrible, barely grew or cropped at all. I don’t know what they were as I lost the label but they were indoor type and minis.
It’s a very hot GH, so I applied shading. It’s possible the cucs were too hot, they grew pale. Also the variety could have been poor. I think I watered them enough.
I’m used to growing crops outside, it’s been c8 years since I last had a GH.
Has anyone else had problems growing cucs and toms in the same GH?
Or can suggest which cucs are most reliable?
They do like different conditions... I’m wondering if I should keep the cucs outside.
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What seed did you use, was it a greenhouse F1 hybrid variety (all female flowers) and not an outdoor variety, some varieties can be sown outdoors and in the greenhouse but, not all outdoor varieties do well in the greenhouse.
If you used a non F1 hybrid variety did you lack pollination from the male to the female flower, was there a lack of bees around to pollinate?
Using the right variety for a greenhouse makes all the difference. I'm going to give these a shot this year and try one other variety just in case these don't perform
Some helpful information on cucumbers can be found here
Don't give up I think its just case of getting the right variety. I've tried different varieties and some years its been a total loss. That's why I always go for the F1 hybrid all female varieties now as you cut out that worry of pollination .
Good luck may your cucumbers be long and sweet
Kili
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I only grow 1 cucumber (which produces masses) which I grow at the opposite end to the door and I do have shading which is down for most of the summer
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.