These cordon plants are sometimes called greenhouse cucumbers or English cucumbers. When mature, they can be 12 inches/30 cm long and up to almost 1 kg / 2 lb in weight. That would be too much for these small plants to grow and that’s why I’m pruning them in the way you see.
For how the plants look by late July, in two months time, see this video from 2024.
Filmed 30th May 2025 by Carly Dutton Edwards, iPhone 14, helped by the cat.
At Homeacres, Somerset UK.
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41 Comments
Kitty kitty so cute ❤
Great to know I need to remove the early cucumbers. Maybe this explain why I had so little success with my cucumbers last year. Cheers Charles and kitty.
The cat is the star of the show!
Nice system you have for climbing veggies. Nice cuke plant and Minty sweet kitty.
Coyotes in my neighborhood. I had to put branches over our garden hose where one visits to make a deposit.
Minty is a ⭐️, apart from informative videos, always look for her 👍🏼
Great tip on pruning the little ones out in early growth. Plants need that so they produce more per plant.😊
Charles your cat is so beautiful and also so affectionate! What a fluffy little sweetie 🥰
que comoda esta mintie mister charly ❤️los pepinos tienen el mismo cuidado de los calabacines?
Minty!!! Long time no see. ❤️❤️❤️
Good cucumber video too.😁
Good evening!
Does this also apply to tomatoes, or paprika, plants from the cucurbit family ? As far as I know, for example strawberries are often pruned in a similar manner..
Now I love you automatically more for having a cat❤❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful cat 😉
Thank you for this advice
I thought Minty made some excellent points too 😁👍🏻
I got my first okra today 😊
Thank you. Love for sweet Minty. 💚
I just watched this for the cat and was not disappointed
I grew gherkins last year & now have a dozen jars of pickles.
This year I'm back to Marketmore, Burpless & another variety which escapes me.
Minty's the twin of my late mother's 'pet' feral who we're gradually turning into felis domestica
🤣 gotta love minty 🤭 makes perfect sense with the wee flowers 👍
There's something incredibly pleasant about watching these videos
I’ve got a Green House this year and brought cucumbers on From seeds they’re coming on nicely. Is it best to keep them in the greenhouse or outside?
I just wondered about your cat. I do like cats, but I don’t like them when they poop in my garden. What can you recommend? 😏 I’ve got two recycle buckets that I’m going to try and do my own soil with this year. Do you recommend that I put the bucket with a hole in the bottom on soil area?
It's nice to that your cat does exactly what mine does when I'm on zoom calls with people. Must be in frame and on camera every time.
Buena técnica, yo la hago en pimientos e incluso tomates, no sabía que en otra variedad de pepinos también, lo primero que cosecho en primavera son los pepinos y calabacines, ahora están en plena producción.Este fin de semana, 45 grados 🥵
The cat 😂😂😂😂❤
I am in love with this guy
I love that literally every comment mentions Minty. Edit: haha I had to come back because I forgot to ask what kind of twine that is? I used jute because that's all I could find but I'm worried it will break.
Thanks charles first year for me growing cucumbers and its carmen im growing so these nuggets of good info are great. Thanks.
Thanks for the content, does the same principle stand for squash also?
Hi Charles, its been awhile since I watched you, during lock down etc I found such joy and calm in learning from you as I had access to a little garden, Nature and animals and art are what I love and I hope I can create my own life set up to do those things.
Now kitty always love to be involved in any gardening, I am sure they sniff lots of interesting things as we fidget about..😅😅 ..who knew that kitties are also very much gind benefit in being in the garden ..heavens she is so lovely, the way she perched on your lap, mid squat 😅❤ ..Thank you for all you do and share ..I will share videos with the kids I teach english/art ..we watch together😊😊Lia
Loved seeing the cat .will watch it again 🙏thank you for sharing
Loving your videos! Can you do a demo on how to tie up support for tomatoes please ❤
Greetings Charles!! I have a Calico cat Garden companion, too🐾🐾🌱💚 Her name is Lyric,,, found her (as a MuddyKitten) trapped in a tipped-over Tomato pot😂😺Thanks for CukeCare insights, Charles, BeWell🌱🌱🌞
Its hilarious that in the time it took to record this, the cat just HAD to be on your lap 😂
For some reason, whenever I crouch to do stuff in the garden, mine needs to get up on my shoulders (I suspect bc it did so regularly as a kitten… except back then I was sitting on the couch, and it wasn't 3ft tall and 16lbs 😂)
Can you do this with squash and courgettes?
I never had a grandpa, so I pretend you’re mine and are teaching me all about gardening. I’m soaking the knowledge up like a sponge. My girls and I now have a huge garden and I am passing what you taught me down to them. Thank you for sharing your experience with the world. ❤
I just want to know is your cat a boy or girl, so affectionate and pretty 😊
My little tuxedo girl sits on me like that every time I crouch down, haha. It’s wonderful. I can’t get anything done. 🥒 🐈⬛
The cat is like, “ Yeah, I think we have time for this.”
Kitty 🐱 ❤
Your cucumbers don’t seem to have those tendrils that reach out to grab onto things for support. The variety I’m trying this year, a yellow Dutch variety ‘gele tros’, is resisting me wrapping the cord around the stem by making numerous tendrils that wrap around the cord instead, and anything else nearby. It’s at knee height now. I’m thinking to just give it bamboo supports and let it do what it wants 😂
Beautiful cat. It may have undercut your lesson a bit.