"Sue S" wrote ...
My cucumbers have got prickles, am I right in thinking that this is the
plants way of protecting it's fruit and as they grow, they iron themselves
out? Or do I have dodgy fruit?

That's the way some are, we grow the Burpless Tasty Green variety outside on
the allotments and the fruit are very prickly. Just use a cloth to rub the
spines off, any that don't drop off can be knocked off with a thumbnail.
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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK