The Good and Bad of the English Telegraph Cucumber
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Good News and Bad News: Just when I plan on saving seed from my English Telegraph Cucumbers, they turn parthenocarpic - meaning that they begin setting fruit without pollination. That's great news for growers, but terrible news for this seed saver. Will I be able to save seed and continue to grow this desirable delicacy? Only time will tell.
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Hi Jay. I need your help please. I live in south Florida and I would love to have one good cucumber plant that can handle temperatures up to 100 degrees, disease-resistant, and pest resistant. I’m having a hard time finding anything. What would you recommend????
The optimal variety that would best meet those requirements is an Indonesian variety called "Timun Krai". It has the added benefit of doing well in humidity. I'm currently growing that cultivar out to seed, and should have it available by the day after Thanksgiving. Another good possibility is a variety that would mature and produce fruit quickly, such as the heat-loving Carosello Leccese Bianco (AKA Light Carosello Leccese). While no variety that I know of is bulletproof against pickleworms, the Timun Krai may have some resistance to this pest as well.
@@CucumberShop Thank you so much! Please let me know when your seeds are ready for purchase. How much will they be?
@@allfruit Thank you for asking. I'm not sure. Not overly expensive, but I do spend hundreds of dollars on high quality soil each year, so I do need to charge money so that I can keep growing cucumbers. Until then the light Leccese is definitely worth trying out. They are bitter-free and easy on the digestion.
All my flowers have opened up, but none of them have the ovary part of the flower, they all appear to be male, despite being advertised as parthenocarpic. Not sure what I'm doing wrong honestly.
What company did you purchase them from? Parthenocarpic means that the female flowers will set even without pollination. Gynoecious cucumber plants produce only female flowers. English Telegraph cucumbers are only parthenocarpic, meaning that they will produce male flowers. The True Leaf English Telegraph are not English Telegraph, but some other substitute variety.
@@CucumberShop I got them from Botanical Interests online. They've proved reliable in the past. It definitely could be a failure to properly care for them though, this is my first time trying out cucumbers, I've only ever done tomatoes, peppers, and basil so far. Thanks for the hasty reply by the way!
Whats the bad?
The English Telegraph cucumber is a variety that, even though is marketed by one US company, is not actually commercially available in the United States or England. Because of this, if I am unable to harvest seed in this trial, I will lose at least one of the populations that I am currently growing. One of the varieties that I'm trialing is from a company that is no longer in business. This is a variety that was very popular with gardeners because they are able to produce high quality fruit without concern for pollination.