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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
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 Posted - Jul 14 2010 : 6:52:15 PM
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I'm a city girl trying to be a farmgirl so last year I planted for the first time ever cucumbers, they turned out huge, really seedy, anyway I did a little reading up on seedy cukes and found that my soil was apparently lacking something and that fish emulsion should take care of it!
OK, no problem, this year I planted several pickling cukes so I could use my own cukes for dills, I have been adding the fish emulsion every three weeks as told and my cukes are still huge!
Can someone tell me what I might be doing wrong, please! |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2010 : 7:11:51 PM
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you are waiting to long to pick them, they will grow over night, so you have to pick them daily as soon as they are the size you want.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 05:32:21 AM
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Yep, those things are like zuccini. One day they are 1" long and the next they are a foot. Plus all the fertilizer you're giving them will make them grow bigger faster. Just start checking them every day if ya want smaller ones. I like mine about 4-5" long.
Kris
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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 05:40:04 AM
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Thanks girls, I should have thought of that myself, sometimes they are hard to see, I guess I have to move things around more and look closer!
Thanks,
Sue |
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wncmtnmama
Farmgirl in Training
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Marilyn
Asheville
NC
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Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 10:47:06 AM
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I've had more than my share of cukes "hide" from me and get too big, but I still eat them - I'll peel them, seed them with a spoon and eat the "fleshy" part in salads or by themselves with a little salt (or cider vinegar).
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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 10:58:23 AM
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Thnaks - I have been doing the same so as not to waste them and my sister in law loves them when they are big and fat and seedy, so some of them I give to her!
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