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Picking off Cucumbers

BloodyNoraBloodyNora Posts: 78
in Fruit & veg
First time growing cucumbers and not really sure how you tell when ready to harvest.  They are getting big and starting to lose it's spiky feeling.

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    They look like they might be Marketmore Nora?  I pick mine when they are anything from 8" to 1' (just a minute, that's 20-30cms) depending whether I am eating them raw or cooking them.

    I would say the top one is good to go and maybe wait a week for the lower one. Nice plant though  :)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • BloodyNoraBloodyNora Posts: 78
    Thank you - I'll pick the top one off and try it!
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Pick them at that size even if you don't need them, so that they don't start to ripen (turn yellow) or the plant may stop flowering. ;)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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