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    cucumbers - pots or grow bags

    I have 6 very nice looking cucumber seedlings - and now don't know what to do
    Do they need a tall pot? I have read something about a 40cm pot - or can they grow in grow bags?
    Do I need to stack them? Should they stay in the greenhouse?

    Help!
    Thanks
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    I had success growing them in flower buckets an 12" pots.

    What type of cucumber are they? Ridge types (e.g Marketmore ) can be grown outside but other varieties may need the greenhouse.

    Where in the world are you as there will be different answers if you're in Dorset than if you're on the Isles of Lewis

    Edit - erm, would you be in Bristol then

    (Facepalm)
    Last edited by Jay-ell; 06-05-2016, 07:12 PM.

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    • #3
      I'd put them in pots as grow bags are a pain to water.
      Last edited by WendyC; 06-05-2016, 09:36 PM.

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      • #4
        I'd put them in pots too & you could water from below to avoid water around the stem which causes stem rot. I grow a carman cucumber in my kitchen in a pot about 12" diameter & outside I've used bigger pots in the blow away,not much difference except they grow really well in the kitchen & I can look at it a lot.
        Edit because it's 10" tall & 10" wide.
        Last edited by Jungle Jane; 06-05-2016, 07:55 PM.
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        • #5
          I to use larger pots cumbers are suicidal at the best of times so I like to give them every chance.
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          • #6
            I've also used Haxnicks patio planters which for the same floor space as a couple of pots hold considerably more compost - but I have to admit that the cucumbers I grew in them got a bit argy and kept trying to cosh me with their cuces.

            I had Marketmore and Chinese Slangen in a 1 meter patio planter in my blow away and got sick of cucumbers mid season.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
              ... but I have to admit that the cucumbers I grew in them got a bit argy and kept trying to cosh me with their cuces.
              Pardon?? No idea what you said then lol
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                Originally posted by SarrissUK View Post
                Pardon?? No idea what you said then lol
                Argy = adjective - Boisterous, argumentative
                Cosh = noun - short stick or club, verb - to cosh, to knock someone out using a cosh

                Basically they kept trying to throttle me and bash me on the head.

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                  haha cool, I get ya now!
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                  • #10
                    Many thanks guys
                    Pots it is then - I don't have much room and 6 plants so will try some outside and leave 3 inside and see how I get on. I wasn't really expecting them to do anything as the seeds were out of date by 3 years!

                    Do they need any support??

                    Jay-ell - actually I have moved!! But just to somerset

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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by bristol280zx View Post
                      Many thanks guys
                      Pots it is then - I don't have much room and 6 plants so will try some outside and leave 3 inside and see how I get on. I wasn't really expecting them to do anything as the seeds were out of date by 3 years!

                      Do they need any support??

                      Jay-ell - actually I have moved!! But just to somerset
                      Pop three canes into each pot and make a wigwam and start tying them in they will send out tendrils and grab hold of anything as a support.

                      They'll also try and grow extra branches so you may want to pinch most of these off to focus the plants on growing flowers and fruit.

                      My mother had one in a pot on her back step which only gets a couple of hours sun and still got a couple of cucumbers.

                      They can be left unsupported but they'll sprawl all over the place and the slugs will munch on the cucumbers.

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                      • #12
                        make sure you check whether you have indoor or outdoor varieties!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
                          Argy = adjective - Boisterous, argumentative
                          Cosh = noun - short stick or club, verb - to cosh, to knock someone out using a cosh

                          Basically they kept trying to throttle me and bash me on the head.
                          Jay-ell, I'm a tad worried, I understood perfectly what ya was saying, without the translation .....
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