OL - cucumber can be about 15cm or so, and will still have prickles, because they are outside cucumbers. Greenhouse cucumbers don't have prickles possibly because they are all female cucumbers. So harvest it, rub prickles off with fingers and enjoy.
I cant remwmber the rule for when cues are ripe, dunno if it was when the ends are rounded? But all of the ones ive grown had spikes, they rub off easily-go on.....do it, eat one!
Ha ha Panda, I think you may have misread, Lily and I are going to share George Clooney (when he sees the light and dumps his current girlfriend for us ), is it George you want to share or cucumber?
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Thanks Panda, if only I knew you were right but unfortunately that isn't and never has been the case, but that's another story
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Thanks for the hoop thingy (that's a good name for it!) comment.
Can anyone answer the cucumber question......I'm desperate to eat one but they are still prickly!!
You'll have to fight me for George Lily
Nite nite Lesley
We could share OL, one day with you the next with me
Think home grown cues are a bit 'bumpy' not smooth like shops. My FIL used to grow them, very tasty
OL - cucumber can be about 15cm or so, and will still have prickles, because they are outside cucumbers. Greenhouse cucumbers don't have prickles possibly because they are all female cucumbers. So harvest it, rub prickles off with fingers and enjoy.
Rebecca.....raw salmon? That's Sushi, chefs in Japan train for years to make that and you have it down to a fine art in a night, well done
Fab news about the cucumber, might go and eat it right now
I suppose we could share Lily, seen as your my friend.
Am I not your friend OL?
Can I have some 
Ha ha Panda, I think you may have misread, Lily and I are going to share George Clooney (when he sees the light and dumps his current girlfriend for us
), is it George you want to share or cucumber?
Either or OL . . . . I'm not fussy