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Ridge Cucumbers

Last post 28-06-2009 9:43 AM by Roundelder. 4 replies.

• 03/06/2008 01:20 PM
  Lloyd Location: Sandy Joined on: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 61	Reply | Contact I often see Ridge Cucumbers described as outdoor varieties.  Will they grow successfully in the greenhouse, or am I wasting my space?  Do they need space to spread over the ground, or can I support with a cane ?  Thanks  Lloyd

• 03/06/2008 05:15 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact They will grow fine in greenhouses and can be trained up sticks or string, but why would you want to grow them when greenhouse cultivars are so much better?  Ridge cucumbers are very second best in most people's opinion.   Boggy     Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 05/06/2008 01:17 PM	In reply to
  Lloyd Location: Sandy Joined on: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 61	Reply | Contact Well having just managed to finish building my new greenhouse, I was in a bit of rush to buy while there were still some plants around.  (Next year will be from seed).   That, coupled with the wife's fond memories of the Ridge cucumbers her Grandfather used to grow, led me to buy a plant. I presume I need to remove the male flowers to stop them from going bitter ?   Lloyd

• 05/06/2008 02:28 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact Well, if it a family tradition it would be impious to deny your wife' s heritage.  No reason to remove male flowers from ridge cucs and in fact doing so would lead to no crop.   Boggy     Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 28/06/2009 09:43 AM

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  Roundelder Location: NW Cumbria Joined on: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 174

  Reply | Contact Well then what do you know  Boggy, I put a (worldwide) search in google "supports in greenhouse for rdge cucumbers" and I'll be damned if it didn't lead me straight to you and this particular thread (albeit a year old now). It has answered my query nicely as my OH and I have almost the same problems 1. bit late finishing my pride and joy greenhouse  2. my OH not reading lables properly in her excitement and  3. me remembering my father growing them. Our only difference is that my OH has grown them from seed and didn't even realise there was a problem until the tendrils started reaching for my tomato plants. I think I now vaguely recall my old man tying twine up in the GH for the cucumbers to climb up! Anyway, I hope it is not too late but I am putting some of the surplus plants outside and can you tell me what if any support you would use for them?  Cheers Rounder      Wide awake Roundelder