cucumbers under glass

[pongeroon]

Am I right in thinking cucumbers should not be grown in the same glasshouse as tomatoes? If so, why??

[alan refail]

Cucumbers and tomatoes need slightly different conditions. I'm not certain about the details as I have never been bothered to find out - probably something to do with cucumbers needing higher humidity. I suspect all replies will be the same as mine - I always grow and always have grown tomatoes and cucumbers together - unless we hear from someone with two greenhouses/tunnels.

[macmac]

ditto to alan, we've always grown both together as we don't have the luxury of two greenhouses,i've heard the same "do not grow...." warnings but hey live dangerously

[Gilly C]

I do the same as Alan but put the cucmbers away from the door but no idea why my Father used to put a polythene wall around his cue but thats going back a long time nearly 30 years since we lost him and the plants are better now esp all female varieties

[Tigger]

I grow them in the same tunnel but I put the cucumbers by the door and I always keep a couple of buckets of water by them to help the humidity. I do have two tunnels (very greedy ) but I vines in the other one to provide shade, so I grow peppers, chillies and melons in that one.

[pongeroon]

Thanks guys, I planted the cucumber seeds yesterday and wondered where they were going to go. I grew two miniature cucumber plants in with the toms last year, and nothing terrible happened, so I guess they will be OK.