[Ended/Experiment] The Portable Cucumber Plant

[ERR0R1755]

Note: Everything in this thread is an experiment and not backed up by scientific data. This is not a tutorial or guide - try this at your own risk.

Cucumbers are well known for taking up a lot of space, both in plant mass and in roots, so I was wondering what would happen if I didn't give a cucumber plant enough space. Would it just produce leaves? Would it die from the lack of room?

I filled an 8oz glass bottle with potting soil and planted a Beit Alpha Cucumber seed in it. It has had some ups and downs, especially when I accidentally overwatered it, but today it has a flower!

The Beit Alpha is a parthenocarpic variety, meaning that it only produces one type of flower and does not need any pollination. I will keep the thread updated and post if anything happens.

[ERR0R1755]

Here is what the root growth looks like at this point in time:

[Sher]

I am very curious to see if it produces a cucumber!

[campingcorgis]

Me too!  And what they taste like too!  

[Shawn]

WOuld you consider cutting that one open for a larger container or keeping it as it?

[ERR0R1755]

Mar 24, 2021 5:17:53 GMT -5 Shawn said:

WOuld you consider cutting that one open for a larger container or keeping it as it?

I would keep it as is - for better or for worse, the bottle is made of glass.

[ERR0R1755]

The flowers fell off, I am unsure if they have been pollinated successfully or not.

[Sher]

Fingers crossed!

[Shawn]

Let's hope it did

[ERR0R1755]

So far, no signs of cucumbers. It looks like all of the flowers have been male so far - I am unsure if this variety produces male flowers before producing parthenocarpic flowers.

[ERR0R1755]

Still only male flowers and no signs of cucumbers, but I will be patient.

[ERR0R1755]

Ended this tonight. The plant continued to produce only male flowers, although it had as many as six at a time, but the plant eventually started to die off and never produced any female flowers.

[Shawn]

That is a shame. You would think you would get at least one.

[Sher]

On to the next experiment.