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osmotherly02
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Can you grow outdoor cucumber in a greenhouse ?
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osmotherly02
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Yes I believe that you can osmotherly, and in fact I was wanting to post a question regarding cucumber on here too - I intend to grow two or three cucumber plants - I have already got the seedlings maturing in the cold GH - they are approx 3 - 4 inches tall with three or four leaves and they need repotting. My question is can we carry on growing them in bigger pots or do we have to use growbags? What sort of support should we give them.
Hi Guernsey, last year I grew my first ever cucumbers in pots in the greenhouse.
I used black supermarket flower buckets I got free by asking nicely, I drilled some holes in the bottom and filled them with the same growbag compost I used for the toms.
For support I stuck a bamboo cane in the pot and tied it in loosely with twine as it grew.
They didn't really get too high but it helped support the weight of the fruits.
Hi, I grow cucumbers each year in the GH in black buckets in multi purpose compost. I created a string support around the eves of the GH and put canes in the buckets and tie the cumbers to the canes, and canes to the string.
My tip for cumbers is they love warmth but not direct sunshine, I water the floor to create the humidity that they like... I don't grow toms in the same GH as humidity isn't good for toms. I shade the cumbers with fleece attached to the inside of the GH with clothes pegs
When you plant them make a raised area of compost at the base of the plant and try to avoid wetting that when you water. Poke your finger into the compost to check if they need water, sometimes they wilt if they are too wet. Little and often is what mine get
I see no reason why outdoor ones can't be grown in a GH ..considering our weather
Make sure they are outdoor cucumbers and not gherkins.
Enjoy
Cucumbers can also be grown in the ground, always did this in the past, in the glasshouse and outside, in the garden, never used a container, ensure they are planted on a ridge as they don,t enjoy wet situations.
Thanks for all the advice, which we have noted & will try to follow - I will post some pictures as they grow. We have plenty of big, black plastic plant pots so will use them & bamboos. Can't wait to see our first cucumber form - they are amazing plants - the same family as melons, squash, courgettes & sunflowers I believe.
What variety/s are you growing? I've gone a bit cucumber mad these last few years....
I'm growing "long green ridge" Sophie. No thought given to variety, it was in one of those salad collection mixed packets, bought last year when I decided to have a go at some edibles.
I didn't let them get too big before picking and they were lovely, fresh and crunchy in a summer salad.
I was sick of the supermarket cucumbers I had previously been buying barely lasting 2 days before going mushy in the fridge.
Definitely a veg I'm going to continue to grow every year now so will be interested to hear others recommended varieties.
Lovely kitty, one I've heard of but never tried. Will pop it in the list
I love lemon cucumber telegraph and marketmoRe. This year I'm trying Cucamelons for the first time and am beyond excited haha. Can't wait already.
It is a Thompson & Morgan seed Sophie - and they all germinated! I will have to get the name off the packet in the GH tomorrow & let you know, that is if I can find this thread again!