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Cucumber confusion
Mitchamitri
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OK so my cucumbers two years ago were sweet and juicy. Last year they were bitter and horrible (different seeds) . am I supposed to grow all female or the other type to avoid this ? Poly tunnel grown, I don't get much time to get out there so needs to be pretty maintenance free.
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It all comes down to sex in the end!
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
You can grow all female varieties or pick the male flowers off, but with a lot of the outside ones it doesn't seem to matter.
You need an all female F1 variety such as Pepinex or Cucino. The seeds are expensive, around a pound each, but save a,lot of bother. Cucino are very prolific.