Question a cucumber variety called Homemade Pickles

recruiterg · July 9, 2013

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.

tjg911 · July 9, 2013

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

Garden/Arborist · July 9, 2013

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

July 9, 2013	#1
recruiterg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4) Posts: 945	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
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	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 __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

July 9, 2013	#3
Garden/Arborist Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 19	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