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Female cucumbers


On Wed 18 Mar, Allan Day wrote:
> On Wed 18 Mar, Nathan Sarvis wrote:

> What exactly is a female cucumber?
 
> Nathan Sarvis
> Denton, Texas
> 
>  
 Sorry about the 'Female Cucumber' phrase . Cucumbers come in two
 types these days:-
 1. The original type which bears male and female flowers. Fruit is
 formed on the female flowers. However if these have been pollinated
 by the male flowers the seeds form and spoil the fruit from a
 culinary point of view, so the male flowers have to be removed
 2. The modern F1 hybrid cucumber is bred fom two different parents
 and is sterile in that it bears only female fruits, thus the labour
 of removing the male flowers is avoided. Moreover the yield is extremely
 high and the quality excellent.
 Reccommended varieties are Passandra(a 'mini, replaces Petita),and
 Bella, Mistraal(both long ones) but most are good amd new ones are being
 introduced every season. Look for those with resistance to mildew. Note
 Cucumbers need a misty atmosphere to discourage red spider mite, fix up
 an automatic system if you can to spray at least twice a day on hot days,
 and keep water away from the stem of the plant as they are inclined to 
 collar rot.
 

-- 
Allan Day 41 Villa St. Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
Tel:- 01432 275443 (+answer m/c)


On Wed 18 Mar, Allan Day wrote:
> On Wed 18 Mar, Nathan Sarvis wrote:

> What exactly is a female cucumber?
 
> Nathan Sarvis
> Denton, Texas
> 
>  
 Sorry about the 'Female Cucumber' phrase . Cucumbers come in two
 types these days:-
 1. The original type which bears male and female flowers. Fruit is
 formed on the female flowers. However if these have been pollinated
 by the male flowers the seeds form and spoil the fruit from a
 culinary point of view, so the male flowers have to be removed
 2. The modern F1 hybrid cucumber is bred fom two different parents
 and is sterile in that it bears only female fruits, thus the labour
 of removing the male flowers is avoided. Moreover the yield is extremely
 high and the quality excellent.
 Reccommended varieties are Passandra(a 'mini, replaces Petita),and
 Bella, Mistraal(both long ones) but most are good amd new ones are being
 introduced every season. Look for those with resistance to mildew. Note
 Cucumbers need a misty atmosphere to discourage red spider mite, fix up
 an automatic system if you can to spray at least twice a day on hot days,
 and keep water away from the stem of the plant as they are inclined to 
 collar rot.
 


On Wed 18 Mar, Allan Day wrote:
> On Wed 18 Mar, Nathan Sarvis wrote:

> What exactly is a female cucumber?
 
> Nathan Sarvis
> Denton, Texas
> 
>  
 Sorry about the 'Female Cucumber' phrase . Cucumbers come in two
 types these days:-
 1. The original type which bears male and female flowers. Fruit is
 formed on the female flowers. However if these have been pollinated
 by the male flowers the seeds form and spoil the fruit from a
 culinary point of view, so the male flowers have to be removed
 2. The modern F1 hybrid cucumber is bred fom two different parents
 and is sterile in that it bears only female fruits, thus the labour
 of removing the male flowers is avoided. Moreover the yield is extremely
 high and the quality excellent.
 Reccommended varieties are Passandra(a 'mini, replaces Petita),and
 Bella, Mistraal(both long ones) but most are good amd new ones are being
 introduced every season. Look for those with resistance to mildew. Note
 Cucumbers need a misty atmosphere to discourage red spider mite, fix up
 an automatic system if you can to spray at least twice a day on hot days,
 and keep water away from the stem of the plant as they are inclined to 
 collar rot.
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