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My baby Cucumbers are covered in tiny sharp spikes.
although they are soft will they drop off as they mature?




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they wont drop off but when they mature and ready to pick you can rub them off quite easily.

27 Jun, 2011

 

thanks seaburn

27 Jun, 2011

 

it depends on the variety I think, courgettes have them on the leaf stems too

27 Jun, 2011

 

Usually the spines on the baby cukes become the warts as they mature. Rarely, plants grown from open pollinated seed have fruit that keep the spines.

28 Jun, 2011

 

really Tug, didn't realise that....gosh

28 Jun, 2011

 

Bit of a shock to the gardener, but not common. A bit more common in the Middle East, where some close cousins of the domesticated cucumber grow wild in the chaparral.

28 Jun, 2011

 

sounds painful Tug!

29 Jun, 2011

How do I say thanks?

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