male cucumber flowers

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Bitzy66
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Hi everyone
I am a bit confused ,I have put four cucumbers in the greenhouse all doing well the type is" Telepathy F1" I am not sure if I need to pinch out the male flowers on ths one , :? apparantly some types go bitter if they are pollenated but the seed packet doesnt say to or not .
Any advice would be appreciated :?
Thanks
Bitzy
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Nature's Babe
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A lot of F1 are bred to be all female, you could email the company and ask,
then hopefully other customers won't be in the same dilemma!
This year I grew an italian variety, and they are just pruducing little mini cues already, they look terrific and I lost the packet! so if they turn out well will save some seed.
Sit down before a fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconcieved notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
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