"David W.E. Roberts" wrote
I have a single 'Burpless Tasty Green' growing in a large pot on the
patio.

It seems to develope cucmbers very rapidly, and they are always very long.

The seem to grow long and thin first, then suddenly fill out sideways.
This prevents me from picking them young.

Ideally I would like a shorter, stouter fruit so I can eat one in a couple
of sittings, instead of eating loads of cucumber to avoid waste.

At the moment I am averaging a large cucumber every two days, although
this
tends to work out at two cucmbers every four days.

They taste really good; far better than shop bought.

However they do start to dry out quite quickly; I presume this is why they
wax the shop bought ones?

Some of the problem (?) may be due to the fact that the plant is all alone
in a large tub and is therefore very well fed, with no competition.

I suspect that in a few weeks I will be starting to wonder when the
growing
season is going to taper off, or perhaps see people starting to avoid me
as
I smile and produce an oversized cucumber.

I suppose I could pickle them, but I don't generally eat pickles.

At the moment it is not 'What shall I have for lunch' but 'What shall I
have
with the cucumber for lunch' :-)

Still, better than not having enough.


We simply put any we, and our neighbours, can't eat back on the compost
heap. Eat the best and chuck the rest is our motto for any glut.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London