OK, so I've never grown cucumbers until this year. I have a single female
plant, and I've been keeping an eye open for any rogue male flowers.
Hurrah, I have some small, but growing, cucumbers. But what are those
"nobbley bits" on them?

These "bits" are green, almost spherical, with a a single "hair" on top.
They look like legless aphids, don't appear to move and seem to be latched
on rather well, so well that I'm wondering are they a pest or actually part
of the cucumber?

Any ideas from the group as to what these are? I've not found a description
of what they might be yet, and a picture would be even better if someone has
seen this before!

Thanks,
Paul DS

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OK, so I've never grown cucumbers until this year. I have a single female
plant, and I've been keeping an eye open for any rogue male flowers.
Hurrah, I have some small, but growing, cucumbers. But what are those
"nobbley bits" on them?

These "bits" are green, almost spherical, with a a single "hair" on top.
They look like legless aphids, don't appear to move and seem to be latched
on rather well, so well that I'm wondering are they a pest or actually part
of the cucumber?

Anything like?

http://www.affordable-afpers.co.uk/urg/cucumber1.jpg

If so, that'd be cucumber. They start off really knobbly.

After a few cm of growth, the knobbly bits get further apart

http://www.affordable-afpers.co.uk/urg/cucumber2.jpg

keep watering them and they continue to grow until they're mainly
cucumber with a few spines...

http://www.affordable-afpers.co.uk/urg/cucumber3.jpg

Once they've reached full size, there are only a few hairs left on them
and they brush off in your hand.

http://www.affordable-afpers.co.uk/urg/cucumber4.jpg

Some of the varieties such as the outdoor ones are a bit bumpier than
the indoor ones, so you may find yours have a more uneven skin when
they're big enough than the ones I'm growing.

Any ideas from the group as to what these are? I've not found a description
of what they might be yet, and a picture would be even better if someone has
seen this before!

As these were taken in the dark, the quality isn't the best, but my vote
is still.. 'cucumber'

Regards

Warwick