'EMILIE' cucumber all male flowers

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  1. Blueroses

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    :scratch: Im scratching my head over this one. The packet says this small fruit variety is all female, but every single flower so far has no swelling behind it, and there are a lot of flowers. The plant is in the greenhouse, is nice and green and healthy looking.


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    Blue :)
     
  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Remove any male flowers, do not let them pollinate the female flowers.:gnthb:
     
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    Thank you both. Well the plant doesn't seem stressed but I will remove all the male ones. There will be none left mind :hehe:
     
  5. JWK

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    It's quite a good idea to remove ALL the first flowers anyway. I've found over the years that cucumbers 'stall' after they produce the first fruit and can take a couple of weeks before any more flowers appear, so I'd recommend pinch off the first few flowers - in your case as they are males then don't hesitate :thumb:
     
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    I disagree with removing ALL flowers.:thumb:
     
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    Fair enough Dai, would you remove most flowers to start with though?
     
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