"Sport" Cucumber

[Etaoin]

Last year I mentioned what I thought was a "sport" cuke that grew in my garden. It was pale green and 18" to over 2 feet in length. AND absolutely delicious. Since I didn't plant anything like that, I had assumed that it was a "sport" and was quite excited by it.

This year, In a seed catalogue, I saw a picture of it with the name ARMENIAN CUCUMBER. I bought some of their seeds and have a huge, delicious crop. I recommend it highly, but if it gets too big, you should slice it into halves and scrape the seeds out. Try them, I'm sure you will like them!

[CatKozTX]

Sounds great! I want to do a big garden next year and will be sure to include the Armenians. Thanks!

[Estragon]

I grew cucumbers for the first time this year, and they were the best I've ever tasted right off the vine.

But after they started coming in, they started disappearing. I have them in a raised bed just outside my side door . . . deer wouldn't come into the fenced area there even though it's open, would they, with my dog {part lab/part golden retriever} around?

The mystery was solved last week when I went out early one morning and found the dog in the front yard, happily gnawing on a cucumber . . . well, they are tasty . . .

[HarvickFan29]

LOL! Me and cucumbers do not get along but I might grow some for the people I know who do like them.

[Etaoin]

I grew cucumbers for the first time this year, and they were the best I've ever tasted right off the vine.

But after they started coming in, they started disappearing. I have them in a raised bed just outside my side door . . . deer wouldn't come into the fenced area there even though it's open, would they, with my dog {part lab/part golden retriever} around?

The mystery was solved last week when I went out early one morning and found the dog in the front yard, happily gnawing on a cucumber . . . well, they are tasty . . .
My old German Shepherd, would strip my garden of tomatoes as they began ripening. He also LOVED Watermelon, which happens to be richer in Lycopene than even tomatoes. I guess the only fruit richer than Watermelon in Lycopene are blue berries. I credit them for giving him a year and a half longer than the vet's best guesstimate when he developed liver cancer.