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so I mentioned in another post about no cukes..

orangedragonfly

19 years ago

and Violet said, just wait you will have some soon enough. Well of course now I have some. They are lemon cucumbers, in the picture they looked smooth skined, on my plant they look prickly skinned. they are about the size of a grape tomato. Hmmmmmmm I cant wait to eat them

Kristen

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all_organic_justin
19 years ago
The little black prickles will wash/wipe off after you pick them. I grew those last year and they were pretty good. I like that you can eat them skin and all. I didn't get near as many as I wanted last year, so I'm giving them another chance this year. Hopefully I get more because I'd like to grow them every year.
genghis_bunny
19 years ago
I'm not sure about this, but wouldn't the ease of wiping the prickles off indicate that the fruit is ready to eat? I have been using that as my test and it seems to be working well.
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