I hope you don’t mind me asking you so many questions - I so appreciate your help . I grew my mini me cucumbers for first time and only got 2 big ones and you did explain because I had so many growing the rest were all stunted. Now I’m starting over again with the same plant and again I’m getting a lot of flowers and cucumbers . Should I only keep about 5 cucumbers and cut of anymore that grow . This way the five will get enough of nutrients to grow big . Thank you for your help😊
Yeah, first step is to stop the growth of the plant. So, once you see about 10 female flower buds, cut the tip of the vines and monitor the growth of the cucumbers. If you already see more than 10 flowers, I recommend limiting to 10. We still don't know which of them will survive so keep 10 and watch them. If you think they are not showing any progress for a while, remove them.
Heirloom could be challenging in hydroponics. However, Biet Alpha is the closest best. Buy biet alpha from a reliable Heirloom seed companies. For example, Baker Creek Heirloom seeds.
Six cucumbers, I'm willing to bet, take up a lot of nutrient water. When the loud pump turns on, unexpectantly, to the refill the bowl does it scare the wife and children?
Yes, auto-refill pump is screaming loud and can easily scare anyone if the surroundings are quite and it starts all of the sudden. For me, it is totally useless feature and I never use it. This bowl is already super big and works for nearly 1 week of my vacation. So, I totally shut it off and manually monitor and refill the water.
Iznik are my favorite parthenocarpic cucumber. It is a "freak - of - nature". There are never any male flowers.
very cool!
Great results. Love your experiments and videos.
Are you using Rockwood replacement sponges or did you order from company.
These cucumber plants are still alive and I didn't get a chance to use Rockwool yet. But, whenever time comes, I will be using Rockwool.
I hope you don’t mind me asking you so many questions - I so appreciate your help . I grew my mini me cucumbers for first time and only got 2 big ones and you did explain because I had so many growing the rest were all stunted. Now I’m starting over again with the same plant and again I’m getting a lot of flowers and cucumbers . Should I only keep about 5 cucumbers and cut of anymore that grow . This way the five will get enough of nutrients to grow big . Thank you for your help😊
Yeah, first step is to stop the growth of the plant. So, once you see about 10 female flower buds, cut the tip of the vines and monitor the growth of the cucumbers. If you already see more than 10 flowers, I recommend limiting to 10. We still don't know which of them will survive so keep 10 and watch them. If you think they are not showing any progress for a while, remove them.
Awesome! I`m trying Beit Alpha this winter but in a 5 gal hydro bucket. I wonder if they`re a variety of the same type with a different name?
No, Iznik is different from Beit Alpha.
I need to get some of those soon then. They seem very productive. @@aerogardenexperiments
What organic or heirloom cucumber would you recommend for my Bounty Elite ?
Heirloom could be challenging in hydroponics. However, Biet Alpha is the closest best. Buy biet alpha from a reliable Heirloom seed companies. For example, Baker Creek Heirloom seeds.
Six cucumbers, I'm willing to bet, take up a lot of nutrient water. When the loud pump turns on, unexpectantly, to the refill the bowl does it scare the wife and children?
Yes, auto-refill pump is screaming loud and can easily scare anyone if the surroundings are quite and it starts all of the sudden. For me, it is totally useless feature and I never use it. This bowl is already super big and works for nearly 1 week of my vacation. So, I totally shut it off and manually monitor and refill the water.