Anyone grow Sweet Success cucumbers?
 

I ordered some seeds

This will be the third year I have grown them. If your plants are happy get ready for the onslaught of a lot of monster cukes!

I used to grow them but the price of seeds the last several years turned me off. They are nice and generally seed free or almost. Good early and late in the greenhouse.

Carol

Elliot,
I don't think that you'll be disappointed when you grow out the seeds. :yes:It's the only cucumber that I grow these days. They have the sweetest flavor and fewest seeds of any cucumber that I've grown. I get the best results by trellising the cukes.
dpurdy

Love them here. Picked two today!

Where is a good (reasonable priced) website to get Sweet Success seeds? Gurneys wants $10.00 for 15 seed packets!:shock:

thanks,

Raybo:)

10 bucks for one pack? WOW!

Burpee sells a 20 seed packet for 4.95

Raybo,
I purchase mine from Jung seeds. Their $3.95 per pack.
dpurdy

[QUOTE=rnewste;414379]Where is a good (reasonable priced) website to get Sweet Success seeds? Gurneys wants $10.00 for 15 seed packets!:shock:

thanks,

Raybo:)[/QUOTE]

As noted Jungs' is the best deal on them. I used to shop Gurney's a lot but their pricing was getting ridiculous starting some years ago. Last order I placed with them was five years ago. Probably will be the last ever. Same is true of Henry Fields, which interestingly appears to be more or less the same vendor and website as Gurney, simply rebranded. The company my parents knew and I knew for years no longer exists.

Recs for a cucumber that produces and is never bitter?
 

oopsy wrong place

I bought them for less at Burpee seeds

I used to grow them in 5-gallon buckets. I would get one good crop, and then I think they would get rootbound and quit on me. They are the only cuke I have ever enjoyed eating.

Cole, That looks good - I only do container gardening so hearing what you said, I'm going to try a root pouch (with air pruning) with them next year then! How many cukes is considered "a good crop" for you? and how many plants is that?

I had about five 5-gallon buckets, and probably got 3 times what is in that pic as a total crop. They are great in the greenhouse, since they are self-pollinating. The first year I grew them was a warm winter, and I had them to sell by April 1st, well before my last frost date. The seeds are virtually non-existent when greenhouse grown, so they are very mild to eat, the most burpless cuke you can get.

A slice of Sweet Success on top of a cracker with cream cheese and drizzled in Srirachi hot chili sauce is some gourmet stuff.

I have grown them but, production was low. They do taste good. Has anyone tried pickling these?

jon:wait:

Four out of five years Sweet Success will produce like crazy for me but then every once in a while they have a bad year and I have no idea why. That is why I always try to plant a couple of other varieties just in case. I find that Oriental Express is a very good cucumber and so is Diva but neither usually produce like SS or taste quite as good. I would love to find another large burpless cucumber that is as tasty and reliable. Oriental Express is as close as I have found but it is not as smooth skinned and not quite as reliable.

Bill

[QUOTE=b54red;428548] I would love to find another large burpless cucumber that is as tasty and reliable. Oriental Express is as close as I have found but it is not as smooth skinned and not quite as reliable.

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Territorial has a variety called Fountain that I have grown for years. It has poor germination, seems to grow slower than other varieties, but once it catches on, look out, it is a powerhouse of production. As long as it gets watered evenly, I have found them to be sweeter and better tasting than all the others I have tried (and that is many). I grow them on a trellis, and even if they get a little too large, I cut the seeds out and they are still great. Territorial is the only place that carries them. They also have the best Benary zinnia seed assortment, the colors are very vibrant, as compared to other companies Benary's.

I've had trouble growing cucumbers for the past 5 or 6 years. I think I get mites or possibly PM, and I think the weather is always too hot, so the plants don't get enough water in the containers I've grow them, even watering in the evening once a day.

This year, I tried Sweet Success for the first time. I had great germination results. I seeded all 15 seeds from that Gurney's pack, and planted 6 or so plants in a series of two EarthTainers, which I had set in direct sun on my patio. The vines started off quite well, but then seemed to wilt a lot in the 100F+ May/June time-frame. I tried putting up a shade-cloth around them, and that helped some. One or two of the plants produced a bit, and the taste was great. No bitter throrw-aways, as I tended to get when harvesting from stressed plants in the past. The plants kept growing, but didn't keep up production and the leaves turned yellow. I think I had mites again. Sprayed some. I then moved them off the center of my patio to a location that gets less sun, and I've been harvesting smallish fruit that is maybe 4" diameter but only 6-9" in length. The ends of the fruit dry up, like a tube balloon that isn't fully inflated. Anyway, I plan to continue to grow these if I can find them for a better price than Gurneys. Even w/out true success, they've been great for us.
-naysen

Sweet Success is my favorite. I have tried others but these are the sweetest for me.