Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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July 9, 2013 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4)
Posts: 945
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Question a cucumber variety called Homemade Pickles
Has anyone ever grown this variety? I was looking for a bush variety and some sites list this as a bush variety. Others state that the vines are 5' long. Which is it, bush or vining? Does it need staking? Any advice for an easy way to stake it?
I am growing it in my community garden plot and don't want to fuss with it too much. |
July 9, 2013 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut
Posts: 2,570
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I grew it. It is a bush. I planted it at the base of a trellis, I might as well have given it a bike as a trellis!
Very small cukes 2-3" long. IIRC it was not all that productive but i'm not sure tho i don't remember having many of them. tom
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July 9, 2013 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Georgia
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We grew Homemade pickles on a 16ft. long X 5 foot trellis last year. Our seed came from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and they definitely climbed the trellis well. SESE's description doesn't say bush or vine. We put up 10 gallons of finished pickles off of that 16ft. long trellis.
http://www.southernexposure.com/home...9ropfqckl5lm10 |
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