Can someone tell me why the flowers are falling off the plant please.
They have little cucumbers behind the flower but they fall off too.
What am I doing wrong?
I'm confused
Cucumber flowers
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Hi Lizzie,
If the plants are still fairly small, they "think" they are too young and not ready to reproduce yet. This happened to my plants a couple of years ago, but eventually they started to produce good cucumbers when they finally got going. Also, they may not have been fertilised, and would be
automatically be shed by the plant. All this is assuming that you are keeping them watered, because stress through insuffient water could be another cause. I am sure they will buck their ideas up soon.
Regards, Lyn
If the plants are still fairly small, they "think" they are too young and not ready to reproduce yet. This happened to my plants a couple of years ago, but eventually they started to produce good cucumbers when they finally got going. Also, they may not have been fertilised, and would be
automatically be shed by the plant. All this is assuming that you are keeping them watered, because stress through insuffient water could be another cause. I am sure they will buck their ideas up soon.
Regards, Lyn
Thanks Lyn.
They're well watered so don't know what's happening. They are still quite small so you're right. The plants are not mature enough to hold the flowers.
Never mind, time will tell.
Cheers Lyn, nice one
They're well watered so don't know what's happening. They are still quite small so you're right. The plants are not mature enough to hold the flowers.
Never mind, time will tell.
Cheers Lyn, nice one
Lots of love
Lizzie
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Sorry to break the thread, but I've been given two pots: one had a courgette in it and the other a cucmber. But no label....
What is the best way of telling the difference (they've each barely got a couple of leaves at the moment)?
What is the best way of telling the difference (they've each barely got a couple of leaves at the moment)?
My thoughts entirely Debbie....
Failing that, when they reach 'true leaf stage', if you still can't tell the difference, find someone with both a Courgette and a Cucumber plant, cut a leaf off each and compare with yours.
YO LIZZIE !
My cucumber plants (Telegraph Improved, open pollinated) have sort of done the same.
The embryonic fruits that first developed 'never came to anything', and it's only about 12" above compost level that they've now started to swell into proper cucumbers, and I reckon it's to do with the pollination. I'm removing male flowers, as seen, to stop cross-poll and bitter female fruits, but I'm pretty certain that it's similar to all our problems last year with courgettes. Remember ?
Lol
Wellie
Failing that, when they reach 'true leaf stage', if you still can't tell the difference, find someone with both a Courgette and a Cucumber plant, cut a leaf off each and compare with yours.
YO LIZZIE !
My cucumber plants (Telegraph Improved, open pollinated) have sort of done the same.
The embryonic fruits that first developed 'never came to anything', and it's only about 12" above compost level that they've now started to swell into proper cucumbers, and I reckon it's to do with the pollination. I'm removing male flowers, as seen, to stop cross-poll and bitter female fruits, but I'm pretty certain that it's similar to all our problems last year with courgettes. Remember ?
Lol
Wellie