How Long Do Cucumber Plants Last? (Greenhouse Type)

Last year my crop of cucumbers was poor and the plants didn't last long anyway
(it was all over in less then 3 weeks from the first fruit).....I was reading that most Cucumber plants will only last till they produce their last flower and then the leaves will start to turn yellow and wilt (which is exactly what happened last year)and this is the time to pull out the whole plant as soon as possible after the last fruit.

I wondered if anyone had tried sowing their cucumber seeds in batches maybe 3 weeks apart?
this hopefully will gave a better supply over the summer months....mine would be the Greenhouse type of Cucumber.

 

I'd agree JWK, not so good last year maybe due to fairly grim summer but I've had greenhouse Cucumbers ready for picking in usually late June and lasting into early October. Like your idea of a 2nd sowing. Think I'll have a crack at that as what often happens is that the Tomatoes are still full steam ahead and Cucumbers calming down!

 

I think it was the variety I had chosen last year, cant remember the name but they were a small dwarf type....no more then about 5 inches long, but in 2014 I grew a better crop
(F1 variety) but these only lasted about 6 weeks maybe I am under feeding them?

 

At what date was it "all over"?

 

Two cucumber plants keep me in cucumbers, plus some to give away, for the whole summer. The older leaves yellow and dry off and red spider mite can be a problem. Sometime I get lull of a week or two on one or the other, this seems to be related to the number of developing cucumbers the plant can support. When I harvest them they start back into producing female flowers.

 

Can't give you an extract date but I would say about the middle of July, seeds were probably sown around early April time.

This year I am going to try Unwins Tasty King F1 Hybrid and see if I get better luck with these?
was also looking at videos on Youtube and found one called how to prune your Cucumber plant, I never know that you should be removing the growth point on each node........how do I encourage the plant to keep flowering and therefore extend the life of the plant?