Post by Shawn on Feb 19, 2018 9:59:54 GMT -5
I was out searching for one thing and came across a video about how to self pollinate cucumbers for more of a harvest. But in doing so and the help of someone 
, I hear the varieties that our members grow or have grown do not need pollination. See I learn something new everyday.
Something else I learned was there are three types of Cucumbers:
(The below information can be found here along with information about flowers on the plant and more)
Also if you happen to have a variety that needs to be pollinated check out this video:
, I hear the varieties that our members grow or have grown do not need pollination. See I learn something new everyday. Something else I learned was there are three types of Cucumbers:
(The below information can be found here along with information about flowers on the plant and more)
Monoecious Cucumbers
Parthenocarpic Cucumbers
- A standard cumber cultivar plant is monoecious, which means it contains both female and male flowers. Such cucumber plants do not need another cultivar cucumber plant for pollination. They require bees, other insects or wind, however, to spread their pollen from their male flowers to their female flowers.
- Because female flowers grow cucumbers and male flowers do not, plant breeders developed gynoecious cucumbers, which grow nearly all female flowers. These cultivars produce higher yields of cucumbers than monoecious cultivars. Some of these cultivars have a ratio of about 70 percent female flowers to 30 percent male flowers. Some other cucumber cultivars have no male flowers, and they require pollination from cultivars that produce male flowers. Packets of all-female flower cultivars often contain dyed male seeds for their simple identification, or the male seeds are in a separate packet. Commercial growers often mix gynoecious cultivars with monoecious cultivars at a ratio of about 9 to 1.
Parthenocarpic Cucumbers
- Parthenocarpic varieties do not need pollination. Plants that produce long, seedless cucumbers originated in European greenhouses and are termed parthenocarpic, which means they yield cucumbers without pollination. These cucumber plants must be grown in greenhouses to exclude bees because pollination causes their cucumbers to become misshapen and bitter.Saying the same thing basically are explanations from Renee's:
Monoecious – standard cucumber, which has a pretty even mix of male and female flowers on the same plant that are pollinated.
Gynoecious – cucumber with more female flowers (equaling increased yields). This can range anywhere from 70% female flowers to 100% female flowers. So regardless of whether it is "mostly" or "entirely" female flowers, it will need a monoecious variety next to it with the male flowers for pollination.
Parthenocarpic – female vs. male flowers don’t matter here because these will produce fruit without any pollination. Due to this, they can be grown in the greenhouse. These are almost always the long, “seedless” English or Asian types.
Also if you happen to have a variety that needs to be pollinated check out this video:
2 great varieties that are self pollinating that members on the forum have tried are the Tasty Jade and the Diva! One just needs to tap or gently shake the vine for pollination within the flower itself.
