artanis

Does anyone grow cucumbers inside? Mine dont seem to want to fruit. Do they need a certain photoperiod to flower?

milagro

I grow cucumbers outside and you won't get fruit unless the plant is pollenated.

Most cucmber plants are male or female, once in a while you get a hermy which is good in cucumbers because then you can self pollenate from the same plant.

If you only have one plant, odds are you'll only get female or male flowers. I plant at least five every year to ensure a few male flowers.

Not to ramble, but some packs of seeds put in a male seed just for that purpose.



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penguin

Also, cucerbits are insect-pollinated (usually bees) so indoors in an insect-free environment you are going to have to do the pollination yourself.


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I had been wondering recently myself, looking to grow eggplants and strawberries indoors, and cant seem to find any info anywhere about lighting periods for anything other than cannabis.

artanis

I would like to grow all kinds of vegetables/fruits indoors, but it is hard to find detailed information. I've just been experimenting with plants and hoping for the best.

PatientPatient

Now with two of us, could anyone enlighten us? I specifically am interested in lighting periods for plants other than MJ.

dontask

Cukes arent too picky about photoperiod.

Cut back the Nitrogen, boost the Phosphorous, manually pollinate the flowers if you must... cukes are fast growing but fairly straight-forward.

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penguin

Cucerbits are either long day or day-neutral plants, they flower and fruit in the summer. They will produce best with long days. They are big fat nute hogs, need a lot of light, and take up a lot of space. It would be pretty challenging to grow them indoors under artificial light.

Different strawberry cultivars have different photoperiod requirements. Many are spring fruiting short day plants but there are some cultivars that will fruit under long days.

Many other fruiting plants that commonly grown in the vegetable garden are day nuetral, and will produce best with long days. The most notable exception that comes to mind are legumes, many of which are sensitive to day length.


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PatientPatient

Thank you very much! Now might I ask, where did you learn this, or rather, do you know of any sites on the web where I might study up abit more on fruiting requirments, invaolving light or not? I dont mean to have you doing my legwork, its just that my googles are running me in circles.

pa_saxman

Milagro ....
Cucumbers contain both male and female flowers. You can have just one plant and get yourself plenty of cucumbers. They can get pretty large so just a heads up for you that if space is an issue and you are planting more plants than you need or have the space for worrying about pollination,no need.

I'd put them outside Patient. It can be a pain to hand pollinate cucumbers, but it can be done. Best to have them outside in the full sun and let the bees do their job. You can grow bush varieties if you don't have a garden or space in containers.

Good luck!