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Cucumbers and more - Mark_Riga - 02-04-2022
This caught my eye. "Cucumber crisis: surging energy prices leave British glasshouses empty"
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cucumber-crisis-surging-energy-prices-leave-british-glasshouses-empty-2022-03-31/
Hope everyone has cucumbers, sweet peppers and other such planted or scheduled for planting this year.
RE: Cucumbers and more - Proserpina - 02-04-2022
My (old, and some self-saved) crystal lemon cucumber seed is doing horribly. Nothing I've sown has sprouted at all. I've stuck all the rest in some damp kitchen roll in the propagator but no sprouts so far. Two seeds look like they are thinking about it. I only have one other salad cucumber (Diva) so I may need to get some more seed if I don't get any of the crystal lemon seed to germinate.
RE: Cucumbers and more - Veggie - 02-04-2022
I have 4 Beth Alpha ready to plant in their final pots. Will be sowing more soon.
RE: Cucumbers and more - JJB - 02-04-2022
I've not started my cucs or courgettes yet, it was -2.8°C in the gh last night and I've only got 1 gh with leccy for any heating. I'm always shuffling tenders around because I've sown too early. I must remember that I plan to stagger sowing this year to prolong the season, any bets whether I succeed?
RE: Cucumbers and more - Broadway - 02-04-2022
I have a windowsill and a cold frame so will probably sow my cucurbits in a week or two.
RE: Cucumbers and more - Veggie - 02-04-2022
(02-04-2022, 01:29 PM)JJB Wrote: I've not started my cucs or courgettes yet, it was -2.8°C in the gh last night and I've only got 1 gh with leccy for any heating. I'm always shuffling tenders around because I've sown too early. I must remember that I plan to stagger sowing this year to prolong the season, any bets whether I succeed?I don't have heating in the GH so my cucs/courgettes are sown in the propagator indoors. Once potted up they go out in the GH whatever the weather. If I remember I put a plastic box over them at night, but most times I forget. My theory is, take a chance. If they don't thrive, there's plenty of time to resow.
As for taking bets on you, JJB, No way.
RE: Cucumbers and more - JJB - 02-04-2022
I have got one courgette sprouting on the living room windowsill, just because I couldn't resist. BTW the toms that were told to take their chances on unheated staging survived the -2.8° last night. We all know, Veggie, your gh runs at 24° all year round
RE: Cucumbers and more - Veggie - 02-04-2022
I wish
It was below freezing last night!
RE: Cucumbers and more - SarrissUK - 02-04-2022
I've not sown any cucumbers yet, and I will wait a little longer. I'm hoping to get the greenhouse up and running in the next couple of months, and until then space is limited in the old greenhouse. I might get one or two cucs started anyway - it doesn't hurt, right?
RE: Cucumbers and more - toomanytommytoes - 02-04-2022
I don't sow cucurbits until early May since they'll be on a windowsill until the greenhouse is warm enough overnight and the windowsill is already jam-packed. Space only opens up when the tomatoes start going in to the greenhouse during the day.