This second picture is a front view. This one give a little better perspective with the size. There are two compost bins under all that and the plant must spread around 12 feet long and about 3-4 feet wide. This thing has my wife thinking of building a series of compost bins and planting all our squash and cucumber plants in them!
This is a picture of three of the lemon cucumbers, note the quarter on top of the one in the middle. They are beauties and, although the plant isn't producing heavy yet, we look forward to many more like these. The plant is full of blossoms!
This is the largest lemon cuke. Just for kicks, we weighed it and it came out to weigh a quarter of a pound. You might not be able to see that too clearly, but if you look close, you can see where the red line on the scale is.
It will be fun to see how this plant plays out. Let us know what you think. Leave a comment or send us an email, we love to hear from y'all.
2 comments:
I was just joking with someone recently about growing things in the compost bin. I have heard that lemon cukes are so good. I want to try them. Enjoy God's gift!!
We had an accidental cantaloupe this year, in addition to all the volunteer tomatoes (including the one in the driveway that I put a cage around...). Earlier, in the spring, my beloved had gotten a cantaloupe at the store. I cut it up, peeled it, seeded it, and put the trash in the compost trench. Well, a few days later, I noticed that the seeds were coming up. I let them go. We only got one melon, but it was a WHOPPER! And delicious! I was just letting it go as a curiosity, because I was sure it was a hybrid, but apparently not. It was just like the one we ate and it was really, really good. So, I saved the seeds from it and intend to plant it next year.
Your lemon cukes looks really good. All this says to me that I don't add enough compost to my garden plants...
:-D
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