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Bush cucumber.


Bush cucumber.

It's the first time I have tried this type and I like it. Only 4 seeds germinated from a packet of 8. They are squat, short cucumber, very knobbly and ridged but a nice tasting one. They are about 6" long. Big enough for two people. We ate this one today. It was very nice. There are loads more coming along nicely.



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Well done Homebird not heard of this kind before .

1 Aug, 2016

 

Do you make pickles?

1 Aug, 2016

 

I do have them too. I bought about 10 plants from my local Nursery and they are very productive. I picked up 10 on Sunday, but my wife did not like them. They may look unusual and tasteless to my wife, but I tried one and found it not bad. We prefer the Mediterranean type baby cucumbers which we also grow, but do not taste as good as the imported ones.

2 Aug, 2016

 

I have just gone out and cut another 5 cucumbers. There is some taste but are all very watery. Is it because I water them a lot, or it is just the varieties? If I do not water them for a day they wilt. I grow them outside in big trough planters. Are yours watery too Homebird?

2 Aug, 2016

 

Lovely home grown cucumbers. They are so succulent cut straight from the greenhouse. We haven't grown any cucumbers this year or peppers, only tomatoes.

3 Aug, 2016

 

I put an overripe banana under my tomatoes and that seemed to get them going.

4 Aug, 2016

 

Are they the same as the ridge cucumbers I used to grow years ago? These rambled over the ground tho', so I wouldn't have described them as bush.

5 Aug, 2016

 

The look and sound delicious HB.......good for you!!

7 Aug, 2016



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