cucumbers

[paulch]

Hi i have growing on window sill 4 long crop Cucumbers which have their 2 nd leaves, i been told conflicting advise about pinching out growing tip after 6-7 leaves ( greenhouse i live in the south ) do you have too do this ?

[DavidT]

No, don`t pinch them out, they will just bleed.

[ginger]

Not relevent to your question, but since I'm here...

I planted cucumber seeds a couple of years ago (windowsill) and nothing happened at all. The following year (being a cheapskate I didn't throw out the pots/compost) I was growing some other seeds in the same pot and the cucumber seedlings appeared! Got lots of flowers and no fruit though

[paulch]

thanks for advise i will let the cucumbers grow as they need. nice to see mild weather, might risk putting one of the stronger cucumbers into greenhouse !!!!!!!