Japanese cucumber!

The Japanese cucumber I picked up at the nursery last month is now blooming. When I first picked it up, it was about a feet tall and had some flowers. I pinched off all of the flowers so the plant could save its energy to develop the root system. This is very important thing I just learned after one of my tomato didn't grow very well when I left all the first flowers and fruits on the plant as I got it from the nursery.

This is female flower. I couldn't find the male flower to hand pollinate it so I don't know if it will become fruit.

Harvesting update - 07/07/2014

A 12" tasty juicy cucumber ;-)