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    lemon cucumbers rotting before they grow!

    My first time growing veg this year. I am so disappointed with the cucumbers, they are rotting at the flower end before they grow more than 1/2". I thought it was damp because I wasn't opening the plastic greenhouse but, it has been open fully for a week now and it's still happening.
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    I had some courgettes do this last year.

    Remove them as soon as you see it, but to be honest I grow in containers so can't comment on the greenhouse thing. Mine got stolen earlier in the year (complete with PLANTED seed trays - GRRR!!!).

    Mine recovered on their own and I had a few but nothing like a full crop.

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      Thanks El Greeno. I have been removing them as I find them.

      Anyone else any idea what the problem is?

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        I've got some but they've only just got started so not sure how they are going to do. I would guess that yours might be a pollination problem, lack of insects in your greenhouse maybe. I'd try shoving a male flower into a female one and see if it helps.

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        • #5
          It's possible that the flowers or pollen were damaged while they were too hot? Or maybe the insects weren't getting to the flowers with the door shut? Either way, give them a feed, and try and keep them damp but not soggy and cross your fingers

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