Aside from having male flowers that are colorful and tasty in a salad, my Sumter cucumber has finally produced a handful of female flowers, about five of whom I believe I may have successfully hand-pollinated.
Time will tell, but this small fruit seems to be growing day by day. Shown below at 3/4" and again a little over 1" long.
And the flowers are lovely:
Here it is a few days later:
Jan 18
By Jan 11, 2009 our first Miniature White is showing signs of having been successfully pollinated as it is fattening up:
Jan 18, 2009
Here it is before pollination:
Having found last winter that it is possible to grow cucumbers in an AeroGarden if one manually adjusts the light cycle and that if sort of kept in limbo the plants will just keep producing beautiful and delicious male flowers, I filled an AG Deluxe (7 grow holes) with miniature white cucumber seedlings on September 28, 2009. I sprouted them in a hemp bag and then used open cell A/C foam to encase the stems after they took root. This is cheaper than using the AeroGrow foam plugs which I am not sure they sell anymore anyway.
The first male flower peeked out on November 7, 2009, but many buds are set to follow:
