Fruiting: Natural Enlargement of your Cucumber!

Believe it or not, the title above is one attached to a spam email that I received yesterday … but I don’t think it was ‘Passandra’ F1 Hybrid the sender was writing about :0

Anyway, our four plants in the greenhouse are now showing Triffid tendencies, having reached the top of the gable end roof apex and are plotting a takeover of the high level shelving. I shall have to work out some way to tie some strong string or suspend canes up there so they’ll have something for their long questing tendrils to wrap around.

This morning I picked FIVE solid, heavy, juicy cucumbers, each about 6 – 7" long with very dark green skin. So far, over the last week or so, I’ve given cucumbers to the guests in our two holiday apartments, our gardener (who does the heavy stuff like mowing the grass and hacking back our monstrous Yucca from time to time), the lady who comes round in her refrigerated van selling fresh (and I mean fresh!!!) fish, our elderly uncle, and our neighbours…

… and there are plenty more coming :-)