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The Self-pinching Cucumber

By Mwillis
The other day I wrote about one of my Cucumber plant developing droopy leaves:
The self-pinching Cucumber
Well, the whole growing-tip of this plant shrivelled up and died.
The self-pinching Cucumber
Bur further down the plant, several healthy side-shoots are appearing. People sometimes deliberately pinch-out the growing-tip of a plant in order to promote the production of side-shoots, but this one has done it for itself!
The self-pinching Cucumber
The next-door "Mini Munch" plant already has its first fruits forming.
The self-pinching Cucumber
Last weekend I put two more plants into the Cucumber container, to join their older siblings. I now have two each of "Diva" and "Mini Munch".
The self-pinching Cucumber
Four Cucumber plants in the same container may sound like a lot, but I think they'll manage OK - it's a big container (about 70cm in diameter).
The self-pinching Cucumber
And in other News... we have Tomatoes forming.


The self-pinching Cucumber

"Larisa"

The self-pinching Cucumber

"Maskotka"



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