General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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July 16, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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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. 
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July 16, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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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
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July 17, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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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.
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July 17, 2007
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Hi,
How wide are your Japanese Cukes? Randy
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July 17, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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How wide?... Guessing without measuring they are about 1 1/4" to 1 1/2". Does your Jap. Cuc. do well?
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July 18, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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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
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July 21, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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Randy, where did you get Unami? I can't find it with Google.
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July 21, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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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...
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July 30, 2007
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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.
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July 30, 2007
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Tomatovillian™
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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
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