Yellow cucumbers

[colleyprior]

Can anyone help. My cucumbers keep turning yellow when they reach a certain size (6-8 inches). What am i doing wrong and how can i solve this problem?

[johntheplamf]

Are you sure you're not growing bananas?

[colleyprior]

no! obviously you know nothing about plants but certainly know how to waste peoples time

[scarett]

Pick when 6 to 9 inches long and still bright green and firm. Over mature fruits are dull in colour or yellow and less crisp.    

[Clanad]

It sounds as though you may be raising pickling cucumbers rather than slicing cukes.  The pickling varieties generally are low growing and have lots of rough bumps on the skin.  They are picked when about 4 to 6 inches long and turn yellow if allowed to grow much beyond that.  Whereas, slicing cukes are best grown on supports to get them off the ground... I have one right ow that's over 8 feet tall.  the cukes dangle on the vine and can get to over 10 inches in length.  They, too, will turn yellow, get soft and taste bitter if allwoed to mature to long, as scarett states...

[dothawkes]

oh just take them back to the shop for a full refund.

[Kev_UK]

"Water" them with BLUE paint.. we all know that BLUE mised with YELLOW makes GREEN.  lmao

(OK, silly answer but I thought it would make someone smile)

[Kev_UK]

MIXED not mised.. Grrrr damn typos

[Buddy]

6 - 8 inches - they certainly wouldnt go to waste here!!!!

[pepsi123]

I am sorry that people choose to be rude, as in the answer from the "colleyprior" person. When you start out gardening, as is my son, problems arise and it is nice to think you can post your question and have people either give you real answers and suggestions, rather than make fun or insult.
Apparently, that person, who claims you are "wasting" his/her time is being foolish by "wasting" more time in answering you rudely!! :-)
Good luck in the future.