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first year at growing cucumbers plenty of them but they are all short and stumpy. The skin is quite tuff and the seeds inside are quite large. please help

sue

Hi Suesybabe, welcome to the vine. Your cucumbers sound a bit like mine although I haven't eaten any yet to see what they're like inside. Are they an outdoor variety? Mine are supposed to be 'Marketmore' & get fairly long but they are just getting fatter & fatter without getting longer. If they are outdoor ones then it's normal for them to have a tougher skin than greenhouse ones & you can just peel them before eating & remove the seeds. I grew some a few years ago which were supposed to be mini outdoor ones but got quite big & had large seeds so maybe you need to pick them while they are still fairly small to avoid that. They should taste O.K. though it's just a bit messier to prepare them!

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Hi Suesybabe and welcome to the Vine
What variety are your cukes and are they indoor or outdoor ?

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thank you for your prompt reply. i really dont know which variety i brought but next year i will take more notice in the seed packet.

Hi suesybabe, I decided to taste my cues after posting my reply & the one I cut was very hard skinned with large seeds in so I peeled it & flicked the seeds out before I sliced it up- tasted alright, posting a couple of photos I took for you to compare with yours.

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Hi Suesybabe and welcome to the vine. Sue A my marketmores look quite a bit like that. They haven't grown long either just stubby. I am not complaining the fact they grew and have fruited as well as they have has made me a very proud lady.

Taste so much better than shop bought even with skin and pips.

Still haven't mastered the photo thingy

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thanks for your replies again. I like the piccy's and yes mine are the same ( short and stumpy) is this because they were outdoor ones ?

Think it probably is suesybabe, the ones I had though were outdoor but look a lot slimmer & longer on photos of the variety, but I suppose it just varies with the weather, watering, feeding etc. & mine turned out a bit 'stumpy'.

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