Re: Cucumber "Lemon"
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- Subject: Re: Cucumber "Lemon"
- From: M* L*
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:45:21 -0700
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Arzeena, some may call the lemon cuke "apple," but it's quite a different
critter than the Crystal Apple cucumber. Margaret L
At 12:10 PM 2/8/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Lemon cucumber is an heirloom variety also known as "Apple" cucumber. The
>fruit are round with yellow/green skins. I find this variety doesn't need to
>be peeled, the skins are so thin.
>
>I haven't saved seed from the variety but it should be fine. The fruit goes
>a dark orange when it's fully ripe so you'll know when to harvest them for
>seed.
>
> If you don't have a trellis, you can try growing the plant in a tomato cage
>since the vines do get a bit long.
>
>I did find that the plants were sensitive to cool weather. They grew really
>well when we had a hot summer a few years ago but last year, we had lots of
>rain and the plants didn't produce as much.
>
>
>Arzeena
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