Re: Lemon cucumbers

In a message dated 7/26/99 4:00:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
stuart.oakley@virgin.net writes:

> Cucumbers DO have separate male and female flowers. The females have a tiny
>  cucumber just behind the flower, the males don't. 
>  
>  Its best to remove any male flowers as soon as they form as if the female
>  flower is fertilized the fruit is meant to have a bitter flavour. Don't
>  worry, the cucumber will form even if it is not pollinated! This is not
>  true of cougettes, melons etc which need to be fertilized before the fruits
>  form.
>  
>  In my experience the male flowers usually develop during cooler periods,
>  but this may be a trait of the varieties I grow which are 'all female' F1
>  hybrids.
>  
>  Hope this helps.
>  
>  Stuart
>  
I'm confused on this pollination with cucumbers. In my indoor Hydroponic 
system I seem to have to manually pollinate the female flowers to get fruit 
otherwise they just wither and don't do a thing.

Jim    AnW Oregon
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