This adorable cucumber looks like a lemon, eats like an apple! Sweet and crisp, mild flavor. This unusual, eye-catching lemon-shaped cucumber has excellent flavor, and is a great slicer or pickler. This cuke made the best bread & butter pickles I have EVER had! Lemon cucumber is scrumptious, eaten skin and all just like you would an apple. Hard to find in grocery stores. Keeps well in the refrigerator. Plants are somewhat drought tolerant.
~ planting ~
When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost, and when soil temperatures are warm, at least 65° F. When to start inside: 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost.
~ harvesting ~
Harvesting: Pick when cucumbers are between lemon and apple size. Cut the stem rather than pulling at the fruit to break off. Once picked, immediately immerse in cold water to disperse “field heat”; this increases quality and life of picked fruit.
