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friedgreen51 · July 23, 2019

I have grown cucamelons successfully in Piedmont North Carolina. As previously said they are slow to establish and needed to eaten when small. They have a cucumber taste with a slightly bitter lime after taste.

The best producing cucumber that I have grown that keeps on going well into the summer is Dasher II Hybrid. It keeps producing in the heat and high humidity and is a consistent 7-8 inch slicer with few seeds. The plant only produces female flowers so you do need another variety for pollination. I use Arkansas Little Leaf and Wisconsin SMR-58 as the other plants in the bed. I just picked a bucket of cukes last night and you know how hot it has been in NC for the last week.

July 23, 2019	#4
friedgreen51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 159	NC Experience I have grown cucamelons successfully in Piedmont North Carolina. As previously said they are slow to establish and needed to eaten when small. They have a cucumber taste with a slightly bitter lime after taste. The best producing cucumber that I have grown that keeps on going well into the summer is Dasher II Hybrid. It keeps producing in the heat and high humidity and is a consistent 7-8 inch slicer with few seeds. The plant only produces female flowers so you do need another variety for pollination. I use Arkansas Little Leaf and Wisconsin SMR-58 as the other plants in the bed. I just picked a bucket of cukes last night and you know how hot it has been in NC for the last week.