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I've had 3 cucumbers of my plant and now it's totally stopped flowering, I've kept it watered and fed but nothing since I removed the last cue 
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Dont worry mine did for about 2 weeks got two good ones then since then the odd ale flower, turned out to be powdery mildew, cleaned the leaves and now the females are back. -
what do you clean the leaves with for powdery mildew?Comment
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Milk and water solution 1 to 10 dilution. It may also be something to do with the variety. Mine are still growing very strongly and There are at least 10 cues in various stages and still flowering. Bast day was about 2 weeks ago when I harvested 7 cues in one day. They are only marketmore and need to be peeled but a great flavour. Will definitely grow again next year.
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Hi I am growing Marketmore for the first time this year and have been quite disappointed. Only 2 cues off one plant and 1 left to come on the other plant. Last year I grew Burpless Tasty Green and had loads - didn't have to peel them either and I reckon they tasted better too. Will go back to growing them again next year!Originally posted by gojiberry View PostForbidden Fruits make many Jams.Comment
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I've been really disappointed with Marketmore, unless I'm being too impatient. There are loads of flowers, but I've only had 2 cucumbers up to now. Might try the Burpless as they were successful for you last year. Were they outdoors in containers, or under glass?Originally posted by ladylottie View PostGranny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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I've been a bit disappointed with marketmore as well. 4 plants and hardly any cukes after the first lot...only made about 6 jars of bread and butter pickles...NO WAY enough to see us through the year!Comment
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This is my worst year for Marketmore, very few cucs & lots of powdery mildew. Will try the Milk & water solution & see if that does anything. Thank for the tip.Comment
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last year had a bumper crop with marketmore... good taste, extremely productive..largely resistant to the mildew everyone else had on the lottie
this year tried wautom, but didn't mulch ,went away for 10 days back to 4 dead plants, 2 straggly things and 10 huge cukes.awwww should know better!Comment
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Oh, didnt know about that, i just used waterOriginally posted by gojiberry View Post
seemed to work lol
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dont know the type of cukes i have growing,i tried marketmore and burpless but forgot to label them. anyway the one at the allotment has one cuc growing, two in the growbag at home so far, one cuc of pne plant.i lost another due to knocking cuc off, and the other plant has a small cuc but doesntr seem to be growing anymore.a good put down line to use !
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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