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Cucumber

Linda240Linda240 Posts: 21
in Fruit & veg
Hi all,
My cucumber plants in the greenhouse have loads of flowers but no fruits!!
What do you think the problem is please 

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    What type are you growing? @Linda240
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Linda240Linda240 Posts: 21
    Hi there, just looked and have thrown away the packet!!! Don't suppose the inner foil code is any indication is it?
    Thanks for replying 
    kind regards 

  • Linda240Linda240 Posts: 21

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Maybe you have a plant that produces both male and female flowers.
    The male flowers appear first and the female flowers appear a little while later.

    Most greenhouse varieties these days are bred to create plants that are all female and do not need a male flower to set fruit (F1 varieties), but there are still plenty of seeds that produce male, then female flowers.
    I think the only thing you can do is wait and see what happens

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  • Linda240Linda240 Posts: 21
    Thank you, that's probably the answer as look Healthy enough...I need to be more patient and check next time for the F1 variety!!
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    My cucumbers are fruiting now, but they were a bit late this year, I think due to the prolonged cold conditions earlier on. It wasn’t cold enough to harm my plants, but lots of them are later than usual, especially tomatoes, aubergines and cucumbers. Maybe yours are the same. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've just posted on another thread as the OP is experiencing a similar thing with few of her veg
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1057715/no-vegetables#latest

    Perhaps you could take a look and advise too @BobTheGardener, @Pete.8 and @Emerion, although I've suggested something similar re later because of weather etc. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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