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male cucumber flowers

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:16 am
by Bitzy66
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

Re: male cucumber flowers

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:54 am
by Nature's Babe
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.