I just wanted to share some good news....
Weeks ago the plant looked beautiful with all these bright yellow flowers, but no cukes. I know the flowers were male and female, so pollination was not the problem. I even spotted a bee the other day checking out my cukes...good little bee! I had all these little tiny cukes, but they would grow a half inch and then shrivel and die. I was heartbroken. Well last week, I was sadly looking over the cucumber plant wondering what was wrong...when I spotted it...a beautiful 5 inch cuke! It was hidden amongst the leaves and hard to see. But, once I saw it, I beamed! It was like, "Here I am! LOOK at me!" Anyway, the gardening bible says to pick the cukes at 6 inches, so we waited a couple of days and then enjoyed our first cuke! It was delicious!
Well today, I went out to see how the plants fared after all the rain and none of my presence, and that is when I noticed how happy everyone was! I was looking at the cukes again hoping to spot a missing 5 incher, when lo and behold...a beautiful cuke laying on the soil in all its 7.5 inch glory! HOLY CUKE!!! I picked it, congratulated the plant, and brought it in to measure! Oh, my heart is happy!
Yes, I am weird!
I would post a pic, but I can't figure it out!
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That great!! I know what you mean. You work so hard to grow these babies and you want a reward for the time and patience. I have lemon cukes (round & yellow) that I planted from seed. They have climbed high up and they are popping like crazy. They are the size of a baseball and have a mild sweet taste. I am so excited!!! You are not the only one who feels the way you do about your veggies!!
That's great!What variety of cukes do you grow?I know where you're coming from,my cukes were growing like crazy and we had several 1 inch and then a hailstorm hit killing most of our cukes and small tomatoes.I was so happy when we canned our first jar of pickles a week ago,but now they're not producing little cumbers
I have no idea what variety. They are from seed, but I threw the packet away. These are special cucumbers to me because a couple of days after I planted them, I watched a friend's dog and he dug in my veggie garden. I was so mad. But, two little cucumber seeds must have survived the digging because those are the two plants I have now.
At least 2 did survive,hopefully the dog won't eat your cukes too!I have about 7 that grew from our seed packet.They're not doing that great considering we actually have good weather for them to thrive in right now,but like I said,the hailstorm did them in.
I don't know my variety either,I still have the seed packet but I always forget to go check it.
I don't know my variety either,I still have the seed packet but I always forget to go check it.
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