Greenhouse Cucumber Suggetions

[whoose]

I need your best Parthenocarpic cucumber and a source. Tired of trying to pollinate cucumbers and getting very little.
I can plant mid April and last until Mid October in the greenhouse.

[Cole_Robbie]

I bid you Sweet Success in your endeavor.

[KarenO]

Pasandra F1 and cool breeze are two I have grown. Pasandra about 8" slim and sweet, grew until October for me in my small greenhouse. For pickles and also a nice small productive salad cuke, Cool Breeze is another all female flowered cuke that will do well for you as it does for me here in my Alberta greenhouse.
Go with a F1 Hybrid all female. The seeds are ridiculously expensive but worth it. Fothergill's sells the Pasandra and the Cool breeze is fairly common, should be able to find it in a store. Mckenzies (Canada) sells it.

Pasandra is the one that has outlasted everything else in my GH. Has some fairly good resistance to powdery mildew which is what will usually cause the most disease issues in GH cukes due to humidity.
KarenO

[decherdt]

I like Corinto from Johnnys

[ddsack]

I liked Picolino F1 mini English cukes from Pinetree, but they are available other places as well. They start setting when the plants are not very big.

[clkeiper]

I grew dasherII in the greenhouse this Summer. I found a late planting of them at a farm market so I bought them and put them in there just to see how they did. I was amazed... way better than the outside ones.

[Deborah]

Cole, how do you come up with this clever stuff?

[Cole_Robbie]

You gotta play to the right crowd. Only gardeners get that joke.

[Deborah]

So funny!

Has anyone tried Little Leaf or Monika? They're both parthenocarpic and look like they have potential. Little Leaf has a lot of disease resistance. I'm not sure how well they perform in a greenhouse.

[Jeannine Anne]

I prefer Carmen

[Andrey_BY]

When you in search of the best Parthenocarpic cucumber you should definately consider Dutch Hybrid cukes.

Two of them from Seminis (Netherlands) are among the most popular in Europe both for greenhouse and open ground - Masha F1 and Mirabelle F1. Both are pickling cukes.

Masha F1 cucumber
The earliest of existing gherkin hybrids. Parthenocarpic. Does not require bee pollination. With adequate nutrition forms 6-7 fruits at each node. Fruits without bitterness, ripe very early and simultaneously. Meant for fresh consumption and processing. Resistant to cucumber mosaic virus, scab and powdery mildew, relatively resistant to downy mildew.


Mirabelle F1 (also known as Herman F1 in Russia and CIS)
A very early pickling cucumber hybrid with outstanding total yield. This is a parthenocarpic variety that is not dependent on insect pollination. With adequate nutrition, forms 6-7 fruits at each node. Non-bitter fruits are of the cornichons type and they retain their firmness even after pickling. The fruit length/thickness (diameter) ratio (L/D) is 3.25. Suitable for fresh market and processing. Resistant to Cladosporium and Powdery mildew, tolerant to Cucumber mosaic virus. Recommended for upstrings and bush culture in plastic film greenhouses and in the open field.

Don't know if Semenis seeds available in USA or Canada. You should know better.

If you don't have an access to these 2 bestsellers try the second league, but still very good Dutch parthenocarpic cucumber varieties like Pasamonte F1, Excelsior F1, Marinda F1, Merengue F1 from again Semenis and Bejo Zaden seed vendors.

Usually I grow both Dutch Hybrids and local OPs for reliable harvest.

[BigVanVader]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I bid you Sweet Success in your endeavor.

I ordered these to try after several commercial growers recommended. Excited to grow them.

[Cole_Robbie]

They have great flavor. I don't even like cukes that much, but I like eating them. They are a little fussy about staying crisp in the fridge. I wrap each cuke in paper towels, then wrap that in a plastic bag to refrigerate. I'll change the paper towels when they get damp.