Armenian cukes - Page 2

Tracydr · June 16, 2011

The other cucumber that I'm finding very heat resistant is the lemon cucumber. I haven't had fruit yet as the plants are only three weeks old but the vines are very strong, dark green, big and never wilt in full sun, even yesterday when it was 107. Looking forward to having another cucumber variety for snacking.
Does anybody have a heat resistant pickling cuke to recommend? I'm going to try growing fall pickling cukes but so far I've not found the magic formula for pickling cucumbers in AZ. I may just have to satisfy my pickle cravings with pickled okra, which is very good, buts it's nice to have a pickled cucumber sometimes, too.

duajones · June 16, 2011

Thanks to Ginny, I will be sowing seeds sometime in the next few days. Looking forward to the results

duajones · June 18, 2011

sowing this afternoon! Thanks again Ginny

duajones · June 21, 2011

sowed 12 seeds Saturday at 5 pm. Found 10 peeking this morning so they are up!

Tracydr · June 21, 2011

Try eating one with a good tomato, a splash of rice vinegar and a bit of sea salt. Make sure the cuke is well chilled. This will really bring out it's sweetness.

duajones · July 19, 2011

Plants have grown real fast with some approaching 4 ft tall or better. Just now seeing a few male flowers and they are real small. Probably a third or fourth the size of regular cuke flowers.
Is this normal?

June 16, 2011	#17
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Thanks to Ginny, I will be sowing seeds sometime in the next few days. Looking forward to the results __________________ Duane Jones

June 18, 2011	#18
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	sowing this afternoon! Thanks again Ginny __________________ Duane Jones

June 21, 2011	#19
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	sowed 12 seeds Saturday at 5 pm. Found 10 peeking this morning so they are up! __________________ Duane Jones

July 19, 2011	#21
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Plants have grown real fast with some approaching 4 ft tall or better. Just now seeing a few male flowers and they are real small. Probably a third or fourth the size of regular cuke flowers. Is this normal? __________________ Duane Jones

June 16, 2011	#16
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	The other cucumber that I'm finding very heat resistant is the lemon cucumber. I haven't had fruit yet as the plants are only three weeks old but the vines are very strong, dark green, big and never wilt in full sun, even yesterday when it was 107. Looking forward to having another cucumber variety for snacking. Does anybody have a heat resistant pickling cuke to recommend? I'm going to try growing fall pickling cukes but so far I've not found the magic formula for pickling cucumbers in AZ. I may just have to satisfy my pickle cravings with pickled okra, which is very good, buts it's nice to have a pickled cucumber sometimes, too.