Grow Different Varieties of Cucumbers this Year
Many of us already grow cucumbers in our garden, but did you know that you can grow a wide variety of them and still take advantage of the main ones that we all eat.
Cucumbers, when pickled make a great pickle of course, but many cucumbers taste great fresh right off the vine. A few of the different varieties are
1. Common: This is the most common variety of cucumber and is long, cylindrical and has crisp whit flesh with its seeds inside. This cucumber is great sliced raw and served with a bit of salt or vinegar.
2. English/Burpless: These cucumber s can grow about 2 feet long and are seedless. The seeds can cause indigestion therefore their name is burless. Deep green skin with a crispy white inside.
3. Japanese: These cucumber are a slicing cucumber similar to the common but are longer similar to the Burpless. Originated in India and Thailand but is used in many dishes in Eastern and Western cooking. Slender and deep with ridged skin and can taste great in salads.
4. Kirby: These are the main ones used for pickling. They can range from smaller to longer ones ranging from 3 to 6 inches. They can grow irregular shaped with bumpy skin and have dotted spines as well. The skin can range from yellow to pale or dark green and work great with just about any pickling recipe.
If you haven’t grown cucumbers in the past in your garden, I recommend giving them a try. Nothing beats heading out to your own organic garden and picking a cucumber snapping it in half and seeing your accomplishment.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Cucumbers are my favorite thing to grow bc it’s not hard to do.