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Post: # 5963Unread post slugworth
Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:55 pm

I was able to clone cucumber plants last year and will do so again this year.
I start the plants from seed and when they start sending out feelers they
get decapitated.
I mastered the art of saving cuke seeds so some will be from saved seeds
and others from store bought.
Suyo long is my favorite.
We had a hot wet summer last year so they did good.

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Post: # 5990Unread post MissS
Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:09 pm

What are your techniques for saving your cucumber seeds and cloning? This sounds very interesting.
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Post: # 5998Unread post slugworth
Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:17 pm

Saving seeds requires you to leave the cuke on the plant until it gets huge and yellow.
Pick,but let the cuke sit until on the verge of rotting,then cut open to save the seeds.
The seeds should look like store bought ones.If they are paper thin they are rejects.
One year I actually let the entire cuke mummify.I planted the entire cuke and had a massive
amount of seedlings in a limited area.Oops.
For cloning I let the plants get about 8 inches high then top them.
I put the cuttings in a warm soupy potting soil mix with no exotic powders or fluids to root.
I use 160z plastic translucent cups,no drainage.
As the mix dries out I add water to keep the cuttings from drying out.
Usually a pretty high success rate,so I can turn 3 plants into 6 as an example.
If you fail you still have the original plants to play with once they grow tall again.
The cuttings produced just as well as the parents.I also like to grow them in hanging baskets,
which comes in handy for people with limited space.You can see from a distance if you have ones
ready for the salad bowl.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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Post: # 5999Unread post MissS
Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:50 pm

Thank you for your wonderful explanation on how to do this. It's great. Obviously you have been doing this for awhile and your experience has paid off. Much appreciated.
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Post: # 6002Unread post Barb_FL
Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:30 pm

That's cool; I clone a lot of tomato plants but never thought of cloning a cucumber plant. I've never had luck cloning peppers either

I've tried saving cuke seed without success. They were paper thin even when the cucumber was was overripe.

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Post: # 6071Unread post slugworth
Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:56 pm

I think the verge of rotting approach fattens them up.
For disaster recovery you can top plants that are starting to get diseased,to save them.
I find it even easier to clone cukes than tomatoes.
Pepper plants are a problem in my yard,some night-time beetle eats the leaves.
They look like jap beetles but are all brown.
They only come out at night and aren't attracted to jap beetle traps.
They do the kamikaze into the electronic but zappers tho.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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Post: # 20049Unread post slugworth
Fri May 15, 2020 8:10 pm

The saved seeds germinated 100% at room temp in about 3 or 4 days
I have them under led lights now
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