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Re: NO CLUES.....?

If its not too late in your growing zone why not try some of the
greenhouse type cukes that require no pollinators....
.They are all female and self pollinating.Shepard's is carrying one
called 'Holland'which I have grown before and it was great ,non
bitter,fast growing,12"-14"inches for me.Several of the seed houses are
carrying this type but cant think of which others at the moment.Just a
suggestion.
Connie

Lorraine Hoag wrote:

>  My "Seed to Seed" book by Suzanne Ashworth tells how to hand
> pollinate melons. she describes the Armenian cucumber, although grown
> and used like a cucumber it is botanically a melon and will cross with
> all other varieties of C. melo, regardless of group.
> I can type it out for you if you are really interested. It is kind of
> long. And she says hand-pollination is even less effective than insect
> pollination and that even the insect pollinated plants abort 80% of
> the female blossoms.
> Glad I'm not growing cucumbers.
> L
>
>
> At 03:11 PM 7/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >so nobody knows how to pollinate cuc's
> >by hand if ya have a bee shortage..?
> >and thats cucumers fer the sticklers out there
> >
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