Three Lemon Cucumbers
The lemon cucumbers are turning out to be one of my more prolific vegetables this season. The skin of the lemon cucumber is varied. Sometimes they are very yellow; other times a pale yellow.
posted by earlysnowdrop @ 6:30 PM
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I've planted lemon cucumbers the last couple of years and it seems to me, even when everything else fails you the lemon cucumbers will produce, even if they are no bigger than golf balls they will bear fruit.
Those are so cool! I'm thinking I want to try to get one of those plants put in next summer...we'll see how it goes.
Genie
The Inadvertent Gardener
I have been growing lemon cucumbers for years....bumper crop this year...who has pickled them and how?
how do you know when they are ready to pick?
Here is what I have decided. When the cuke gets the size of a nice sized lemon, I pick them. I have noticed that they don't grow any bigger past a certain point, but the skin does start to turn more yellow. I try to get them while they are still a nice green color. I will post a photo today to show the difference.
They pickle well, just like green pickling cucumbers. I've been using a standard pickle recipe; my two lemon cucumber plants are nearly outproducing the zucchini plant. I made a batch of sweet pickle relish for my husband using a bread and butter pickle recipe, and have dills marinating right now.
Mmmmmm. Sounds delish! I might try that next summer. Do you can your pickles?
after i pick some of mine they are almost too soft to eat ? i like them firm.
This is the second year that we have grown lemon cucumbers in the LA Basin. We love them. We eat skin and all. Chop them or slice them; they're great tasting. We especially enjoy an Indian mild curried yogurt dish with chopped cucumbers and red onions. But they are also great chopped with tomatoes and feta cheese. They are incredibly productive in the garden.
I agree. They are prolific
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