Flowering cucumber plant - bad?

olivet51 on 5/10/2010, 7:25 am

Hi everyone,

I'm located in central Jersey and transplanted my cucumber plant last Sat. 5/1 - and now the plant is producing more flowers then I expected, is that a problem?? Been researching and it seems I have male flowers growing since I don't see any fruit behind it....the plant hasn't grown much taller either since I transplanted it (my tomato plants and eggplant have though!).....I'm also not using Mels Mix - I don't have access to Vermiculate or the premixed Mels Mix from Lowes....so I just used the Miracle Grow Garden Soil and mixed in some compost...hopefully the soil has nothing to do with it, my other plants are doing great!

Any help would be appreciated, attached are some pics of the cucumber plant. Thanks!!

Retired Member 1 on 5/10/2010, 10:06 am

Your plant looks fine. I wish mine was blooming as well. Don't worry about the all male blossoms right now -- the female ones will follow. I have sometimes have a problem telling the cuke males from females since the blossoms are so small, so there may be a female or two there. If not, they will come.

camprn on 5/10/2010, 11:16 am

That sure is a pretty cuke plant!! It's coming along fine.

timwardell on 5/10/2010, 7:36 pm

As has already been said, there's nothing wrong with your plant. It's looking good and you will see cukes forming very soon. Smile

Flowering cucumber plant - bad?

Flowering cucumber plant - bad?

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