Tips for Growing Cucumbers from Seed

Lotus-eater

cavework wrote: »

Started mine off in a green house in April. As they were an outdoor variety I moved the grow bags onto the patio against the wall of the house when ready.
The wall had the tumble dryer vent in it but me being a really new gardner never gave it a second thought.
We had the biggest and best crop imaginable!
Do the same thing every year now.

I suppose you shouldn't really be using a tumble drier much in the summer, but I guess it would work really well

yumyums

Looks like I have gone way wrong with this! Will buy a more appropriate variety and wait a while before sowing again.
Thanks for all the info everyone

peter_the_piper

From experience try to sow blunt end down and sink seed to its length in compost. When germinated I've found least losses by pricking out into 9cm pot no later than 7 days after sowing.
day 1--sow at about 15-20deg C
day 3---should be germinating.
day 7----!!!!! out.
The longer you leave it the greater the losses.
I grow hundreds and always lose a couple at pricking out and a few before being planted out.

rosy798

peter_the_piper wrote: »

From experience try to sow blunt end down and sink seed to its length in compost. When germinated I've found least losses by pricking out into 9cm pot no later than 7 days after sowing.
day 1--sow at about 15-20deg C
day 3---should be germinating.
day 7----!!!!! out.
The longer you leave it the greater the losses.
I grow hundreds and always lose a couple at pricking out and a few before being planted out.

Really good tips, thank you, but when is it the best time to start them off?

Sambucus_Nigra

rosy798 wrote: »

Really good tips, thank you, but when is it the best time to start them off?

April - as mentioned - or May if you are further north....

It will usually be written on the seed packet.