Great farming system! I`m growing a Beit Alpha cucumbers inside this winter in a camper in Louisiana. I have about 12 of the little all-in-one hydro gardens but I`m doing the cucumber plant in a hydro bucket with progressively stronger lights as needed...10, 15, 20 & up to 34 watts. I hate when frosts come and my exciting battle with gonzo gardening ends except for boring cold weather greens, so I like to drag the insanity indoors! LOL! At least there`s no deer, bunnies, bugs, and armadillos in here. I have about a dozen types of dwarf and micro dwarf tomatoes and just got a new tabletop garden just in time to transplant two Pinocchio tomato seedlings into it. My other latest experiment is Watercress from seeds in a coffee container in a solution with clay pebbles. It`s growing but slower than I expected. I`m gonna go look in the creek and see if any is out there now that I can 100% identify it.
Hey JM, thanks for the video. Question about pollination in the greenhouse. All my pickling cucs are rotting off. I keep the door open. I should have had more then the 5 I have picked...any tips?
Yes we use hybridized varieties that are parthenocarpic so they don't need pollinators, which also allows us to keep insect nets on the greenhouse since we don't need pollinators to come in!
It would help in these videos to mention the varieties you grow and why you like them and why other growers should consider them. I was interested in what tomato varieties you grow.
Jm, I trellis my cukes in my greenhouse similar to what it looks like you do but lose about 25-30% to scaring. Yours all look perfect. Do you ever have this problem? From what I understand it’s the immature fruit rubbing on the stem or leaves. Any tips?
Yes we systematically prune the plants throughout the season! In short, our strategy is removing early fruits and suckers and then pruning lower leaves later on!
@@TheMarketGardeners when i can find a landowner willing to lease the right piece of land, my first caterpillar tunnel is going to be ginger and turmeric, to help fund the second year's infrastructure build. I'm really looking forward to it
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Thanks for doing this J.M.!
Great farming system! I`m growing a Beit Alpha cucumbers inside this winter in a camper in Louisiana. I have about 12 of the little all-in-one hydro gardens but I`m doing the cucumber plant in a hydro bucket with progressively stronger lights as needed...10, 15, 20 & up to 34 watts. I hate when frosts come and my exciting battle with gonzo gardening ends except for boring cold weather greens, so I like to drag the insanity indoors! LOL! At least there`s no deer, bunnies, bugs, and armadillos in here. I have about a dozen types of dwarf and micro dwarf tomatoes and just got a new tabletop garden just in time to transplant two Pinocchio tomato seedlings into it. My other latest experiment is Watercress from seeds in a coffee container in a solution with clay pebbles. It`s growing but slower than I expected. I`m gonna go look in the creek and see if any is out there now that I can 100% identify it.
Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
Great video👍
An interesting question, how are the cucumbers being pollinated if there are no bees?
Great cuc videos I am a backyard wicking bucket gardener working to get tomatoes and cucs pruned for yield thanks so mulch
Great one, thanks
We really like the Johnny's hybrids. The white one won over customers who never liked the taste. Its very mild and no.aftertaste.
But when they are inside how do we allow pollination if bees are not coming in?
... selfpollinating variants
what you do with the air flow with the insect net?
Do you pollunate them manually inside the greenhouse since there are no bees?
Hi, what kind of misters are you using?
Hey JM, thanks for the video. Question about pollination in the greenhouse. All my pickling cucs are rotting off. I keep the door open. I should have had more then the 5 I have picked...any tips?
He uses self pollination types
I spied a sign that said "Kalunga" in the last shot, an F1 hybrid
that's a great english variety we like yes, and for Lebanese we like Katrina
Yes we use hybridized varieties that are parthenocarpic so they don't need pollinators, which also allows us to keep insect nets on the greenhouse since we don't need pollinators to come in!
It would help in these videos to mention the varieties you grow and why you like them and why other growers should consider them. I was interested in what tomato varieties you grow.
thanks for the suggestion Mathew 👍
Jm, I trellis my cukes in my greenhouse similar to what it looks like you do but lose about 25-30% to scaring. Yours all look perfect. Do you ever have this problem? From what I understand it’s the immature fruit rubbing on the stem or leaves. Any tips?
do you ever remove fruit/ flowers to limit stress on the plant?
Yes we systematically prune the plants throughout the season! In short, our strategy is removing early fruits and suckers and then pruning lower leaves later on!
I noticed you had spider mites. What methods do you use to get rid of them?
persimilis and overhead sprinklers
Misters and beneficial insects!
I noticed something else growing next to the cucumbers in one shot... is that turmeric or ginger?
It's Tumeric! Such a beautiful plant right?
@@TheMarketGardeners when i can find a landowner willing to lease the right piece of land, my first caterpillar tunnel is going to be ginger and turmeric, to help fund the second year's infrastructure build. I'm really looking forward to it
Cucumber beetles are my huge challenge
We hear ya Nick! What kinds of strategies are you using to manage it?
I growing in the pot . But only one cucumber i see on the plant . All flowers they are male(. No productive plant .
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Why play rubbish music when your trying to talk
That was a big load of NOTHING!! No soil or fertilizer talk no nothink. Just show of???