Boston Pickling cucumber.

[Worth1]

Boston Pickling cucumber I found a pack of them I think I bought last year.
Has anyone grown it and made pickles with it.
How is it?

Worth

[Patihum]

My fav for making bread and butter pickles!

I grew them last in 2014 and they were so prolific and I canned so many pickles that I skipped growing them last year. Other than a touch of mildew, weather related, I had no problems with any disease. They'll be back this year.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Patihum

My fav for making bread and butter pickles!

I grew them last in 2014 and they were so prolific and I canned so many pickles that I skipped growing them last year. Other than a touch of mildew, weather related, I had no problems with any disease. They'll be back this year.

Thanks for the reply.
I read about it and it is supposed to be from the 1880's
I need a good small cucumber to make fermented pickles and am looking for something I can save seeds from.
My plan is to grow out my onions and sugar snap peas then when it is time I will pull the peas and start cucumbers. then when the onios are ready I will pull them and plant okra.
All of this will be in the raised beds and the cucumber will grow on the same fence the peas were on.

More cumbers will be in another part of the place.
I want small cucumbers (2 to 3 inches) and to get enough small cucumbers you have to grow a lot of them.

Worth

[luigiwu]

Did you find they got bitter at all?

Originally Posted by Patihum

My fav for making bread and butter pickles!

I grew them last in 2014 and they were so prolific and I canned so many pickles that I skipped growing them last year. Other than a touch of mildew, weather related, I had no problems with any disease. They'll be back this year.

[barefootgardener]

Boston pickling is excellent in every way. Been growing it for 13 years. It is the old fashioned variety that the fruit has the spines on the skins. Pick them young and often for pickles because the fruit grow fast. (Or let them grow a bit bigger for cukes. ) Careful though Worth, one day they are still little babies and a week later they are toddlers... The vines are always healthy, but get long , so give em some space. They can grow up a trellis.. Extremely prolific heirloom variety. Makes great pickles..



Ginny

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by barefootgardener

Boston pickling is excellent in every way. Been growing it for 13 years. It is the old fashioned variety that the fruit has the spines on the skins. Pick them young and often for pickles because the fruit grow fast. (Or let them grow a bit bigger for cukes. ) Careful though Worth, one day they are still little babies and a week later they are toddlers... The vines are always healthy, but get long , so give em some space. They can grow up a trellis.. Extremely prolific heirloom variety. Makes great pickles..



Ginny

Thanks

These say sell by 2013.
I will buy more ans plant these too.

Worth

[Worth1]

What a joke I just looked up how long cucumber seeds lasted and one place said 5 years the same place said tomato seeds lasted 4 years.

Then Oregon State said both only lasted 3 years.

Worth