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Q about cucumbers and aubergines....
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Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Thursday, 3rd March 2011
I'm going to try growing cucumbers and aubergines this year in the GH which is 6by8.
Going along with the principle when I started growing veg in the garden which was plant a little of alot of varieties and see what grows I'm also growing toms, peppers and chillies in the GH too. These were grown last year so roughly know how much room they'll take up and how tall they get.
On a cucumber or aubergine plant how many are there likely to be on each plant and how tall do they grow. Are they better in the bed or do they grow ok in a deep pots. I was thinknig of one or two plants each. -
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Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Friday, 4th March 2011
You can grow cukes in containers allowing room for the vines to spread. Or you can train them up something. Most cukes are prolific in the right conditions. I grow one called Mini Lebanese in a container in the garden. Two plants to the pot which is about 25". Two plants produce way way way more than we - two people - can consume fresh. We pickle the extras.
Aubergine can be grown in containers of a reasonable size. You'd be best off pinching out the growing tips when the plant gets to about 2 or 2 1/2 feet. You'd need at least a couple of plants to get a decent supply. Depending how much you like aubergine! -
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Posted by horththit (U13862695) on Friday, 4th March 2011
I use deep pots for cucumbers so I can water them from below. They hate to be watered from the top, and usually the stem rots if you do. A bucket sized pot is fine. You'll find the leaves will go yellow and papery if they are in direct hot sun so shade the windows if you can.
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Message 4
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 4th March 2011
Your replies have been helpful. Hadn't thought to water the cucmbers from below. A couple of plants each sound enough and the aubergines may fit on the potting bench if the tops are nipped off.
I've a Greek cook book with some good recipe's in and was thinking mussaka freezes well and I may give stuffed aubergines a whirl.
The GH is shielded on two sides by a high fence and I'll plant them at the back of the GH but shading from the top would probably help. Flower buckets are fairly deep and I've collected quite a few so just need something to stand them in then and drill holes in the bottom.
Leaves the bed free for just toms
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Message 5
Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Friday, 4th March 2011
Aubergines need plenty of sun. My cukes, outdoors, get heaps of baking Italian sun and they love it.
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Message 6
Posted by jo4eyes (U13654107) on Friday, 4th March 2011
Hi Zoomer, I've grown the aubergine Baby Rosanna in large pots (Morrison's flower buckets great) for several years now. As the name suggests the fruit are small, but fine & the plants not too big, especially if you pinch them out once a certain size.
If I can do it in apart-shaded greenhouse then you should be fine. You & me not a million miles apart, but I expect your climate better as you're nearer to the coast. J. -
Message 7
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 4th March 2011
Hi, Italophile, much as I'd love your sun we don't get it the same here in NW England so it's the GH for the aubergines.
jo4eyes: I bought black beauty before discovering baby varieties. It does seem milder here weather wise, you guys in Manchester/Rochdale and in the other direction Cumbria seem to get it alot worse in winter than we do although I've lost a few plants this winter me think's because they are new and only bought in October . I'm inland alittle and being right on the coast is somewhat different, I can grow stuff my brother can't but visa versa, this could be because we are both quite new to growing your own and just need to discover what is going to grow
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