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  • Cucumber help needed please

    My large plastic greenhouse in the garden has been blown over this morning and is totally broken.
    I have 9 cucumber plants in there. I haven't expected them to do much as the weather has been so bad but as it's my first year I was just happy watching things happen.
    They are about 4 foot tall and the cucumbers on them are about 5" and l;ight green. Is it worth me trying to save these?
    By saving I would have to bring them into the garage and wheel them out when it was sunny. The garage always has the light on during the day so they would probably be getting more light than previously.
    Please help as they are on my patio at the moment and if they are saveable (?) I'd really like to save them.

    E.T.A. They are in growbags, can I repot them in the pots my potatoes were in?
    Last edited by knittywittywoo; 10-10-2008, 07:16 AM. Reason: forgot things

  • #2
    I'd eat them up if I were you. Cold weather will kill the plants soon anyway.

    Shame about your plastic greenhouse ... they only last a season, if that, in windy old Britain
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Can I eat them? The biggest is about 5" long and 1" round and still light green.

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      • #4
        They will taste better smaller and tender. We ate the last of ours last week, the smallest were gherkin size and you could eat them in two bites - best tasting cucumbers ever! It's difficult to go back to the shop bought stuff for the winter!

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        • #5
          Thank you. I didn't want to waste time trying to save plants that would die anyway. I will go pick the cucumbers off.

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          • #6
            I do sympathise, as I had this problem at the start of the season. Mine were got at by the frost last night (thanks to the liars who said it would only go down to 8 degrees!), so I've got to pick off all mine, too!

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            • #7
              Well I got about 8 off the plants. I had known that I planted late but wanted to see what would happen. My 5 year old son came home from school and ate the lot.
              He said they were the best cucumbers ever so I guess thats a positive result.

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