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new to growing veg have also sowed some courgette sweet peppers tomatoes broccoli cauliflower and leeks I grew these last year on a spare piece of my allotment and they produced a lot of smallish cucumbers, very tasty, but I found that if ;left to grow

leave this in place until june. I grow Melons too in this way, then like the cucumbers pot on to bigger pots when it warms up.They like the same humid conditions as cucumbers.   My largest two cucumber have done this too. They grow well and every year

Is it possible to cut a cucumber in half and leave the top half on the plant to continue growing while you consue the other half. I find I am throwing away 75% off my crop as I cannot eat it quick enough. I do not have time for fancy pickling etc

hi, im new to some veg and salad growing so here goes, iv grown some tom and cucumber plants from seed very well too, they are now 4 or 5 inches tall and have 3 or 4 leaves, what i wanted to know is how big do they need to be before i plant them

. Is there anything I can feed them? I had a great crop of solent white last year & I never feed, just put them into the multipurpose compost pots that had the tomatoes, chillis, cucumbers & courgettes in, when I've pulled those crops up in the autumn. So

Tie greenhouse tomatoes to their supports as they growFeed plants with full-strength fertiliser solution once a week, or apply a more diluted feed every few daysApply shading paint or put up shade netting or blindsOpen doors and vents daily

Take cuttings of zonal and regal pelargoniums, and pot up rooted cuttings taken earlierTrain the main stem of cucumber plants up a wire to the roof of your greenhouse. Pinch out sideshoots two leaves after a flower or fruitWater plants in pots

and I wished I had left them in the green house with the cucumbers. They have flowers on now and climbing well . I am growing some more in the green house. Its experiment time .I usualy harvest when around 5 ins . Has anyone any tips for growing them

Hi,i have two pieris (forest flame /flaming silver) planted in large pots in ericaceous compost,but are now large and want to prune them,how and when do i achieve this.Up here in the north east everything is growing fantastic exept cucumbers

I know it is very late in the season, but could you tell me whether it is still possible to grow tomatoes from seed? Not really-you will be so better of buying in plants-but you have little to lose by trying I'm trying to freecycle a dozen surplus