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More leggy plants

LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
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This time it’s my cucumbers! They’re growing well but seem very long. They’re on the floor next to the patio doors, SE facing, roughly. 



Can I plant them deeper into a bigger pot?

The other 2 don’t seem so bad. 


I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think you can probably do that @Latimer, but it's not something I grow, so don't take my word for it.

    I love the bit in your signature strip!  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    I'd be careful about putting the cukes into bigger pots at present. Compost looks wt too tho that could be the pics.  They do look very leggy and I suspect they need a lot more warmth than you can give them at present.  I'm finding that cukes are being particularly "picky" this year if that is any consolation  :)  
  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    @Fairygirl I speak only the truth!

    @philippasmith2 I'd just given them a water so that probably why, they aren't sitting in water or anything. I was happy they all germinated! I did the cukes indoors but the courgettes in the plastic greenhouse and only one of those has sprouted. I've had trouble with a lot of stuff from seeds this year, absolutely nothing from the spring onions or the spinach and they've both been easy in the past.
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Courgettes I sowed recently have only just got going a bit - in the house. Just not warm enough really until quite recently. Haven't grown them for a very, very long time. 
    I've just realised you said potting them into a bigger pot as well as deeper. I should have said planting deeper, but not a bigger pot as such. I'd agree with @philippasmith2 re the problems with that. It's always tricky with plants at that stage and this time of year.  Probably best left for a little while though. 
    If you had a clematis/rose pot that might be ok - deeper but not bigger as such, so less chance of too much soggy compost. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    The only clematis pots I’ve got are the size of the ones that acer is in and I think they would be too big. 

    I’ll take a chance on them for now and see how we get in. Maybe I’ll sow a couple more just in case. 

    As for courgettes, it’s lucky that one plant can feed an entire family for a year, because that might be all that survives of mine. 
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
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