Mini Cucumber

My neighbour germinated the seeds and another volunteer helped her to plant them in the CG.

It has been fruiting quite a number of times and the cucumbers are the mini variety ... so cute looking.

Old Cucumber Vines Once More

I have three cucumber vines growing in the CG with lots of flowers at the moment. The pics here were taken quite sometime back.

I also planted the maple leaf shaped potato vines given to me by a kind GCS member. They act as pretty ground cover plants.

Old Cucumber and Cucumber

The one that I planted in the CG is beginning to show fruits and there are still lots of flowers too. I was fighting a battle with thrips earlier on in the week. Continuous application of a generous dose of chilli, oil and detergent solution helped me get the pests under control although they are never totally eradicated. And of course I can't do without the ants cos' they definitely helped in the pollination .... haiz!

Found this one that was hidden from view.

My neighbour has allowed a number of the cucumbers on her plant to age and wala .... is this the way to get old cucumbers for making soup. I'm learning everyday.

Old Cucumber

Three of the seedlings survived and they are climbing up the trellis. I see many flowers too and I suspect there is a fruit coming up. I noticed that there are plenty of ants aound this plant ... some on the leaves, others on the stems , stalks and leaves and even the flowers. I assume that they are the main pollinators for the plant.

Old Cucumber

I bought an old cucumber to make soup with it. I washed the seeds and had some success in germinating some of them. I planted six in the CG and three of them managed to grow to a good size to climb up a trellis. Let's see how they grow.