Summary: This unique variety is easy to grow, producing long, crispy-sweet fruit with a delicious flavor. The seed cavity is small and the skin so mild and thin that you don't need to peel it. Many find the "burpless" type of cucumber much easier to digest. Enjoy it fresh in salads or as a garnish.
When and where to plant: Select sunny, well drained location and sow seed in the late spring when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. For earlier crop start indoors 4-6 weeks before setting out. For best results, loosen soil with spade or fork, fertilize and smooth with rake. Firm soil over seed and keep moist. Plant in rows to facilitate trellising.
Care: Keep soil moist, and feed monthly. Tie vines on a trellis to save space and assure development of long straight fruits.
Harvesting: Harvest regularly when 8-12 inch / 20-30 cm. long.
Health Note: A low calorie salad vegetable with many vitamins/minerals.
Planting
Depth |
Seed
Spacing |
Spacing
Between Rows |
Days To
Germination |
Space After
Thinning |
Days To
Maturity |
| ½-1in / 1.4-3 cm |
2-3 in / 5-8 cm |
30-36 in
76-91 cm
|
7-14 |
6-8 in /
15-20 cm |
60-65 |