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(13-08-2021, 10:11 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]You should have picked them green. Once they turn yellow they're setting seed.

Are the yellow ones any use for something?, I definitely don’t want more seeds I’ll never grow these things again.

(14-08-2021, 02:14 PM)JJB Wrote: [ -> ]Re gherkins,  the Americans sweet pickle them with dill. I  remember being amazed in the 60s as a child going to a corner store in Maine and finding a huge barrel of pickled gherkins (almost as big as me) for customers to PYO, also facinated by the ice machine

Thanks JJB, I think McD’s put them on burgers as well.

Cucumber Beth alpha (2 plants) = 20
Courgette tromboncino (1 plant) = 1
Courgette zucchini (2 plants) = 3
Courgette black beauty dark fog (1 plant) = 2
Squash vegetable spaghetti (1 plant) =

My 2021 harvest

Cucumbers 4 plants
3. Beth Alpha...24+4=28
1. Masterpiece..1

Courgettes 6 plants in all
1. Romanesco...5+1=6
2. All green bush...4+1=5
2. Black Beauty.....17+3=20
1. Tondo di Piacemaza..1+1=2

One Squash
Patisson Gagat..one's growing

Cucumber Beth alpha (2 plants) = 20
Courgette tromboncino (1 plant) = 1
Courgette zucchini (2 plants) = 4
Courgette black beauty dark fog (1 plant) = 2
Squash vegetable spaghetti (1 plant) =

My 2021 harvest

Cucumbers 4 plants
3. Beth Alpha...28+4=32
1. Masterpiece..1+1=2 not doing to well

Courgettes 6 plants in all
1. Romanesco...6+1=7
2. All green bush...5+2=7
2. Black Beauty.....20+3=23
1. Tondo di Piacemaza..2+1=3

One Squash
Patisson Gagat.. 1 at long last

Cucumber Beth alpha (2 plants) = 21
Courgette tromboncino (1 plant) = 1
Courgette zucchini (2 plants) = 5
Courgette black beauty dark fog (1 plant) = 2
Squash vegetable spaghetti (1 plant) =

Cucumber Beth alpha (2 plants) = 21
Courgette tromboncino (1 plant) = 1
Courgette zucchini (2 plants) = 6
Courgette black beauty dark fog (1 plant) = 2
Squash vegetable spaghetti (1 plant) =

Cucumber Beth alpha (2 plants) = 27
Courgette tromboncino (1 plant) = 2
Courgette zucchini (2 plants) = 7
Courgette black beauty dark fog (1 plant) = 3
Squash vegetable spaghetti (1 plant) =

(13-08-2021, 09:19 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Picked to date:-
Cucumber - Beth Alpha (7 plants) -  = 5
Courgette (? plants)- 13 + 2 = 15

Keep forgetting this thread 

Cucumber - Beth Alpha (7 plants)  = 5 + 3 = 8

Courgette (? plants)- 15 + 5 = 20

Not doing very well this year.