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Unusual Cucumber

5 years ago

A friend picked this Muncher cucumber from her garden yesterday. Dark green on one side and light green on the other. Perfectly divided in half. There are other cucumber plants in the garden, but no light ones (like Armenian) and no melons in the garden. We are curious about what could have caused this. Any ideas?

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daninthedirt (USDA 9a, HZ9, CentTX, Sunset z30, Cfa)
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
That's quite awesome. Armenian cukes can either be light or dark, depending on the variety. But not half and half.

Now there are bicolor squash (e.g. Zephyr, a pepo), but the two ends are different colors in that case. Half green and half yellow.
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CA Kate z9
5 years ago
Can you harvest the seeds to see if any of the offspring would share this trait?
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party_music50
5 years ago
That is very strange! I’ve grown Muncher for many years — definitely my favorite cucumber — and mine have never done anything like that. :O)
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