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First cucumber on the vine! It might be a little crooked, but hopefully it'll be delicious in a couple of weeks ^^

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[–] concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exciting!! How big do these become?

[–] Rovanja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the vine itself can reach somewhere around 2 meters. The cucumbers are on the smaller side. They become ca 15 cm. I read you are supposed to remove the first few flowers to get more cucumbers in the long run. I have two more growing and gonna test it on them to se if there is a different result πŸ™‚

[–] PlantDna@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the variety. Parthenocarpic varieties don’t need to. Otherwise, usually the first flowers are male only, so you can remove them.

Yay! Always so exciting!

[–] Saturdaycat@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

That's great !

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Such a good idea!!