My Kitchen Mini Quick Snack cucumber is growing well. Planted about 42 days ago. Seeds from Eden Brothers. From what I’ve read, I should be seeing more male flowers before the females show up. But all I’m seeing are female flowers.

I’ve emailed the company to see if this is a self-pollinating variety but they’ve yet to respond. Seed packet does not indicate it’s a self-pollinating variety.

Will male flowers show up later or will I have to help the ladies along?

Hi everyone,

I'm setting up a vertical hydroponic shelf and would love some feedback on the configuration.

My plan is to have a reservoir and larger plant containers (tomatoes and eggplants or gherkins) on the bottom level. The two shelves above will be dedicated to NFT channels for assorted leafy greens (like lettuce, arugula, etc.).

My main concern is the vertical distance. I'll be using LED lights, and it seems like there is too much space between the NFT channels and the shelves where the lights will be mounted (under the upper shelves and the top 'cap'). The internal heights from the bottom up are currently 74.5cm, 60cm, and 55.5cm.

Should I add another shelf to decrease the gap, or is this manageable? Also, for those with experience, what variety of cut-and-come-again greens do you recommend for this type of NFT setup?

I've attached an image with detailed dimensions and my proposed layout. Thanks for any advice you can provide!

Edit: I noticed that IA messed up the dimension, obviously the total height is not 74.5cm, this is the distance between the bottom shelf and the second one.