Just read about yellow cucumbers and it could be cross pollination I've got yellow as well and it has been said that courgettes and squash being too close can cause this and make the cucs yellow and bitter tasting...
Up the allotment today and found 3 yellows ones that were near my courgettes, these are in the polytunnell.
I grow them in conservatory called la diva, of i leg them grow to much they will turn yellow and if I don't use them straight away they turn yellow but i still use them
If developing cues are going yellow then fall off the plant it's likely they were not pollinated properly or the plant is not able to carry the number of fruit that have set.
Just read about yellow cucumbers and it could be cross pollination I've got yellow as well and it has been said that courgettes and squash being too close can cause this and make the cucs yellow and bitter tasting...
The cross-pollination doesn't affect the flavour of this year's fruit - it only affects the fruit grown from seed which is the result of cross-pollination. If you don't grow plants from your own saved seed there's no problem with growing courgettes and cucumbers near to each other.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Thank you all for the tips ,sorry I didn't thank you earlier but I got no e-mail alert .
Happy gardening.
My cucumbers are also staying yellow any one know y
I also use tomatoe food on cucumbers
not much rain in Lincoln , so no blight on outside toms
Just read about yellow cucumbers and it could be cross pollination I've got yellow as well and it has been said that courgettes and squash being too close can cause this and make the cucs yellow and bitter tasting...
Up the allotment today and found 3 yellows ones that were near my courgettes, these are in the polytunnell.
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/cucumber/when-to-pick-a-cucumber-how-to-prevent-yellow-cucumbers.htm
If developing cues are going yellow then fall off the plant it's likely they were not pollinated properly or the plant is not able to carry the number of fruit that have set.
Did anybody else have lots of male flowers ?
L have fruit on some are green some are yellow on the same plan
The yellow ones are over-ripe.
The cross-pollination doesn't affect the flavour of this year's fruit - it only affects the fruit grown from seed which is the result of cross-pollination. If you don't grow plants from your own saved seed there's no problem with growing courgettes and cucumbers near to each other.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.