Cucumber

Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are a staple ingredient in summer salads and sandwiches. They can be grown from seed indoors and outdoors and in glasshouses. The long green types found in shops can only be grown with the aid of a heated glasshouse, but the other types are quite at home in the vegetable plot, or produced earlier using cloches, cold frames or a polytunnel. We have many types of cucumbers available, including Partner F1 which is a gherkin type. As cucumbers are made of 96% water, they are very refreshing. They are also low in calories and high in potassium. As a leading supplier of vegetable seeds, we have everything you need to grow your own perfect salad, including salad leaf seed too!
Cucumbers can produce male and female flowers (unless you grow an all female or all male type). Male flowers will appear first and don't produce fruit, just pollen. Female flowers develop into fruits once they have been pollinated.  If growing outdoors, you don't generally need to remove the flowers, although some gardeners prefer to remove the first few females to help the plant grow stronger.  If you're growing an all female type near an all male type, especially indoors, you may decide to pick the male flowers to prevent any cross pollination.