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Old June 7, 2011   #46
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I'm growing 3 this year

1. Montgomery County White
2. Dragons Egg
3. Boston Pickling

Mont. Co. White is one of my new favorites, Thanks Lee
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Old June 23, 2011   #47
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I haven't tasted the lemon cucumber yet but it looks like I'm just a few days away. Yesterday we were 115 degrees, today 110. I am so impressed by the heat tolerance of this cucumber. It actually grew overnight, putting on blossoms and appears to have even gotten some fruits pollinated.
Seems to be even stronger than the Armenian cucumber in the heat.
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Old June 23, 2011   #48
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My three for the year are Poona Keera (which the deer slightly pruned...but it is coming back), Diva (our favorite hands down!), and a new one from Johnny's, Salt and Pepper. Our harvest is just beginning.
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Old June 24, 2011   #49
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I'm trying cukes for the first time this year-Horace Boyette Burpless. One plant is considerably smaller due to being nibbled on by some critter in its young life. Hope it catches up.
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Old June 30, 2011   #50
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Harvested the first of my cucumbers this week, growing Spacemaster Cucumbers:
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Old July 1, 2011   #51
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Where do you buy seeds for Sweet Success and Diva? Also, recommendations on a good pickling cuke that is very productive? I got zero production from my spring crop. Pollination and disease isnt a big issue. I seem to have plenty of pollinators for my armenian cuke and its dry enough diseases arent an issue. So far this year, Ive managed to avoid squash and cucumber bugs. I got a few juveniles but they disappeared with a dusting of diatomaceous earth. My regular cucmber vines still look healthy but just male flowers, no females. I gave them a spot with some afternoon shade but I think it delayed them until it was too hot.
I can plant fall cukes in August, which I think is better in AZ, anyway. Good germination but cooler weather during the productive period.
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Old July 1, 2011   #52
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Where do you buy seeds for Sweet Success and Diva?
Pinetree Garden Seeds sells both of them, as does Reimers, Park, Swallowtail Garden, Harris and others.
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Old July 1, 2011   #53
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I really liked County Fair as a pickler. Even though what I grew this year was not true, it still produced very well. Enough to make plenty of pickles for my family and friends. I will probably switch to Cool Breeze next year since the County Fair dont seem to be stable for whatever reason. Cool Breeze is quite a bit more spiney than CF
Both are parthenocarpic like Diva
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Old July 1, 2011   #54
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I really liked County Fair as a pickler. Even though what I grew this year was not true, it still produced very well. Enough to make plenty of pickles for my family and friends. I will probably switch to Cool Breeze next year since the County Fair dont seem to be stable for whatever reason. Cool Breeze is quite a bit more spiney than CF
Both are parthenocarpic like Diva
I thought County Fair was a hybrid.
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It is a hybrid that was the result of a very complicated cross-breeding program.
The suppliers failed to keep the seed line pure and have been
unable to reproduce it exactly.

That is what I read anyway and believe it to be true based on the change in the fruit over the past couple of years
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It is a hybrid that was the result of a very complicated cross-breeding program.
The suppliers failed to keep the seed line pure and have been
unable to reproduce it exactly.

That is what I read anyway and believe it to be true based on the change in the fruit over the past couple of years
That's really unfortunate since there seem to be a lot of people who really loved this one.
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The spacemaster's i grew contaminated the rest of my cucumbers with powdery mildew so there's no way i'm going to grow them again.
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Old August 28, 2012   #58
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Where can I purchase Poona Kheera seeds. Parks, and Johnny's do not carry them. Thanks
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Old August 28, 2012   #59
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Where can I purchase Poona Kheera seeds. Parks, and Johnny's do not carry them. Thanks
Seed Savers Exchange and Baker Creek have it.
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Old August 29, 2012   #60
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has anybody else had problems wiyj downy mildew on thier cukes my plants were doing beautiful until 10 days ago now they are all being wiped out... some even before they have yielded.. does anybody know a remedy for ths disease its too late for this year but i would like to know for 2013
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