Japanese Long Cucumber

Puregoodtomatoes · July 16, 2007

I was wondering if the Japanese Long cucumber would make good pickles, has anyone tryed it?
I love that variety b'c they are prolific and very mild and crisp.

missionrandy · July 16, 2007

Hi,

The Japanese cucumber that we grow is over two feet long(Unami), it may be too big to fit into a pickle jar! LOL

Sliced up they make great Bread & Butter pickles or Dill Slices...

Take care,
Randy

Puregoodtomatoes · July 17, 2007

Great, I will start to make pickles out of them!!!!! They are producing like mad now. I'm very glad to hear they pickle well.

missionrandy · July 17, 2007

Hi,

How wide are your Japanese Cukes?

Randy

Puregoodtomatoes · July 18, 2007

How wide?... Guessing without measuring they are about 1 1/4" to 1 1/2". Does your Jap. Cuc. do well?

missionrandy · July 18, 2007

Hi,

Our Japanese Cucumber gets up to 3" wide and over two feet sometimes. The thinner, smaller cukes are used for pickles. Variety is called Unami Japanese.

Randy

Earl · July 21, 2007

Randy, where did you get Unami? I can't find it with Google.

missionrandy · July 21, 2007

Hi Earl,

Sorry I misspelled, due to typing so fast...
The variety is Umanami Oriental Cucumber.

Purchased it from a local organic seed company a few years back. A long crisp, crunchy non-bitter dark green Japanese cucumber from a Japanese old timer that has been growing it for years on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

All I can say is, hope you like lots of huge cucumber!
Best to eat at around 24" x 2", though still sweet and non bitter up to 30" x 3". Let one go last year for seed, it got 38" x 3 3/4". Then it stated to yellow... It doesn't need a trelis! Though a trelis helps keep cukes perfectly straight...

jwr6404 · July 31, 2007

Earl
After reading this thread I just ordered this Umanami Oriental Cucumber as well as Nepal Tomato seeds from Full Circle seeds in BC Canada. Very reasonable prices.

missionrandy · July 31, 2007

Hi Jim and Earl,

Here is a URL from last year you may find interesting...

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?p=41471#post41471

http://www.fullcircleseeds.com/veg/veg.htm

Take care,
Randy
Fraser Valley, BC
Canada

July 16, 2007	#1
Puregoodtomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 38	Japanese Long Cucumber I was wondering if the Japanese Long cucumber would make good pickles, has anyone tryed it? I love that variety b'c they are prolific and very mild and crisp. __________________ Puregood Tomatoes

July 16, 2007	#2
missionrandy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fraser Valley, BC, Canada Posts: 272	Hi, The Japanese cucumber that we grow is over two feet long(Unami), it may be too big to fit into a pickle jar! LOL Sliced up they make great Bread & Butter pickles or Dill Slices... Take care, Randy __________________ Grow your own! Tomatoes that is...

July 17, 2007	#3
Puregoodtomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 38	Great, I will start to make pickles out of them!!!!! They are producing like mad now. I'm very glad to hear they pickle well. __________________ Puregood Tomatoes

July 17, 2007	#4
missionrandy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fraser Valley, BC, Canada Posts: 272	Hi, How wide are your Japanese Cukes? Randy __________________ Grow your own! Tomatoes that is...

July 18, 2007	#5
Puregoodtomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 38	How wide?... Guessing without measuring they are about 1 1/4" to 1 1/2". Does your Jap. Cuc. do well? __________________ Puregood Tomatoes

July 21, 2007	#7
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Randy, where did you get Unami? I can't find it with Google. __________________ "Seriously think about what you're about to do/say before you do it and the outcome will always be better." Earl

July 31, 2007	#9
jwr6404 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: University Place, WA Posts: 481	Earl After reading this thread I just ordered this Umanami Oriental Cucumber as well as Nepal Tomato seeds from Full Circle seeds in BC Canada. Very reasonable prices. __________________ Jim