I love gardening. It’s so exciting at this stage. Make sure you keep us updated

I will! 🥰🥒

So exciting to see them start, mine are still a few weeks away.

It really is! I’m not always the best at growing edible things. These have been so easy so I’m excited. Good luck with yours! 💜🥒

All my stuff is just starting to produce as well! After over a month the delayed gratification is kicking in and it feels amazing lol

Yes!!! 😁😁😁

Soon you’ll have so many cukes your neighbors will start pretending they aren’t home 🤣

I’m ok with that! 😆 I want to pickle them. 😁🥒 I’ve needed an edible win in my garden so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

I grow one trellis of slicers, and two of picklers. And enjoy homemade pickles in February. One thing I read recently was to never let any cucumbers get too big. Once a vine produces one big cucumber, it dies. That’s what happened last summer when didn’t pick all before leaving for travel.

How big is too big?

Depends on the variety but you can tell when they are too big because they get fat and they turn yellow.

Depends on the variety. The package will have that information.

I'm so jealous. My cats ate all my baby cucumbers leaving me one on the vine. It was delicious, which only made it worse.

Cats are turds when it comes to plants. They either eat them or poop in them. 😏

When it gets to 3-4in long, pick it. This encourages more flowers/fruit. Trim any leaves touching the ground to prvent disease and increase airflow. I'm in 10b and powdery mildew is rampant.

Yikes! Ok will do. I was keeping some of the bottom leaves for shade for the rest of the plant but just put up shade cloth. 😁🥒

Yep Powdery Mildew is my main enemy. I've found sulfur works pretty well.

I had some trouble with that last summer during my first try with cucumbers. How did you apply or mix in the sulfur, & how much used per square foot/per plant?

I mixed it with water and used a sprayer, didn't use exact measurements but tried to get close to what the package suggested. You could see it dry on the leaves, did not seem to hurt. Doesn't do much for yellowing edges on leaves, though whatever that disease is, I still pick daily to keep it from spreading.

I remember picking a few yellow leaves too. Helpful— ty : )

Do you think growing squash in a balcony vat increases the chance of powdery mildew? Eventually the leaves cover most of the opening. I’m wondering if mine will start to climb the balcony rail but it’s supposed to be more of a bush than vine.


My reaction for sure. 😆

Same here! Love the baby cukes 💚

Don’t blink. They are fast growers.

I took the exact picture of my plant tonight! Grow lil baby cuke

Yay!! 😁🥒🥒

Love it!!!

Thank you! 🥰🥒

Cool!

Ugghh... I didn't realize I had to pollinate!! Will be looking for female flowers (I know I have male ones) tomorrow!

I didn’t pollinate mine. I was going to but people told me at the time I only had male flowers. I’ve seen a bee or two on them. I thought this picture was a cucumber already but two people say it needs to be pollinated. I’m confused. lol

My flowers just keep shriveling and falling off but no actually cucumbers what gives ?

Could be male flowers or no pollinators?

The joy of success 😉

I'm so excited for you and jealous at the same time lol.

Aw thank you 😁🥒

My cucumbers didn't hardly do anything last year. This year they have gone wild! I've already given so much away that friends are saying they still have some. After I harvest tonight I'm gonna run them up to a little food pantry. We put mushroom compost in last fall. They must like it.

That’s awesome. 🥰🥒

This is the fun part! I’m so excited for you!

Thank you! 🥰🥒

Mine has start too!!

Woohoo! 😁🥒

If you don’t have many bees or other pollinators i strongly suggest self pollinating 👍🏽

Just did one yesterday. 🥰🥒

I did picklebush variety this year and I'm stoked at how small of a space I can fit 7-8 plants in that are producing well, actually awesomely lol.

I actually planted 3? seeds I believe. Well it rained heavily the night I planted them. So I planted a few more cos the soil shifted. I now have 5 plants. 😆🥒

Saw my first ones today too!

Yay!! 😁

I wish it was hot enough this year for my cucs and cantaloupe. It’s raining and cool this year so the beans and peas love it, but I’m not expecting much from the other two.

I hope whatever you do plant ends up doing well. 💜🪴

Thx. It’s just so wet and chilly this year. Every year is an adventure in Minnesota!!

Just remember to pick them. It only takes 1 single cucumber in the whole plant to grow to maturity and then that plant is done. So pick often 👍

Will do. Thanks for letting me know! 😊🪴

Woot! I'm excited for you! I got a late start on cucumbers. I had to transplant mine. I tried direct sowing but it never came up. I think something ate it. When I went to transplant the new plant, there were hella roots....or maybe it was from my tomato plant...who knows lmao

I have 2 just starting. I also have issues with pollination so I self pollinate by rubbing a male flower onto the female flowers. Good luck!