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Old 07-10-2007, 06:26 PM
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I finally got the piccy of my cucumber off the phone, so thought I'd share it, can anyone better 21"??
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:35 PM
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well done! ours was 11 1/2". how did you get one that big!?
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:40 PM
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Ooh, That's A Bigun!!!
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:41 PM
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Wow!! Can't say as mine got measured before scoffing!
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Old 07-10-2007, 07:14 PM
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We had that many from one plant we could not eat them fast enough
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Old 07-10-2007, 09:48 PM
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Hi Dobby, what variety was it and did you grow it indoors or outdoors?
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Old 07-10-2007, 09:54 PM
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It was Marketmore, sown in April, it sprouted within 2 days and was transplanted into the unheated greenhouse on plot 1 in late April! We've had about 30 cucumbers from the one plant, all of which have been delicious, and rather on the bg size!
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Old 07-10-2007, 09:57 PM
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Just the thing for a french loaf Lol cut it longways .... mind you it would cost a fortune in cheese
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Old 07-10-2007, 09:59 PM
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That beats mine - they averaged about 16". I had so many on each plant I had to bin about 40 this year as they were maturing and going to seed quicker than I could sell them (or eat them myself ) and I love cucumber.
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You're all making me really jealous again, I just had 2 outdoor cucumber plants which got a couple of tiny cukes on them then shrivelled up & died!
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I finally got the piccy of my cucumber off the phone, so thought I'd share it, can anyone better 21"??
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:59 AM
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Well, what can a girl say but 'wow'!!
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I can't believe thats a Marketmore cucumber? Are there multiple varieties of that type?

I grew them this year and last and all were no longer than 12" most more like 8". They had good girth (most important apparently ) but not the length. I feel somewhat inadequate now...
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Yes, I feel rather cheated too, I had loads of cucumbers, good taste too but my marketmore were quite short and stubby. What's the secret Mr Dobby?
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It's not fair Mrs. D., you've got magic on your side!
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Old 13-10-2007, 03:22 PM
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Lol Sue! Weeeeell, I've always said, if you've got it, then flaunt it!!

Just back from the plot now, there's still another 2 cucumbers on the marketmore plant in the greenhouse, one is 16" long and about 2 1/2" in girth, the other about 12" long by about 2" girth, as we've still got the one we picked on Tuesday (Mr D is going to post a piccy of it later), I left them where they are for the time being!

Looks like we are going to have a bit of a cucumber glut in the next few weeks, I'm thinking of making a big batch of either Tzatzikki or a garlic and cucumber dipping sauce, anyone got any recipies?
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Old 13-10-2007, 10:59 PM
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Default Mr D's latest Cucumber piccy!
Well, we've been having problems with the bluetooth connection on Mr D's phone, but I got it working on my sign on, so I'm posting this piccy for him, enjoy!

He says its the way you handle them!!
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Haha! FAN-TAS-TIC! lol
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I missed this while I was away! Excellent! Well done Mr and Mrs D! Bernie aka DDL
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