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Re: cucumbers

Stephanie D Green wrote:

> Our cucumber plants are blooming and I need to know since I'm a first
> year gardener if cucumber self pollinates or if you must do it by hand
>
> like squash with male and female blooms.  Can anyone help me?  I
> posted
> this a few days ago and got no response whatsoever!  Also, our
> container
> tomatoes don't seem to be setting fruit while the ones in the square
> foot
> plots are doing wonderfully--is this some deficiency due to the
> containers and if so, what should we add to help them out?
>
> Stephanie Green
> symphony7@juno.com

Hi Stephanie,

I have grown cucumbers for years and they do fine by themselves. I have
never had to do any hand pollination. I always plant two plants to make
sure I get plenty of bee activity.  Always harvest more than I need.
Good luck with yours.

Dick Traylor
USDA Zone 5, Salt Lake City, UT

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