Iznik Cucumbers...love them!!! - Page 2

feldon30 · July 3, 2012

I grew mine up a trellis and they grew about 5 feet tall.

They're an Indian variety. They're quite sweet and not bitter at all. They start pale yellow and then start to turn orange. Pick them before they get brown (which can happen in as little as a day and a half from first color change).

JamesL · July 3, 2012

Thanks Feldon! Did it hold true to about 60 days?
Sigh. I have a lot of work to do this winter building more containers for next year...

meadowyck · July 3, 2012

James sorry to hear your tomatoes were damaged but the picture sure shows some great looking (even the damaged) plants. You should be having tomatoes shortly.

JamesL · July 3, 2012

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Originally Posted by meadowyck

James sorry to hear your tomatoes were damaged but the picture sure shows some great looking (even the damaged) plants. You should be having tomatoes shortly.

My own fault - should have had the extensions on! They taped up fine, only lost one small branch. Looks to be a week to 2 weeks away from 1st harvest....

meadowyck · July 3, 2012

I'm sure you are harping at the bit to get a taste... with a nice looking group of plants like that I would be hard press each day waiting for that first one...LOL

JamesL · July 3, 2012

Jan,
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” ― Aristotle

lakelady · July 3, 2012

I'm growing double yield cucumbers this year, reportly to give exponential yields, lol. Pickling type cukes. The plants just started to really take off and are totally loaded with flowers so I'm pscyhed because I saw a bunch of baby cucumbers today!

James, your plants look great to me, great job on the containers. The two I have now have plants spilling out of them, what a mess.

chancethegardener · July 3, 2012

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For seed saving purposes? Any other reason?

Making a note to look at Rocky hybrid per Damon as well......

Yes, for seed saving purposes. There is another legendary Turkish variety, Cengelkoy, which is an heirloom that I am currently growing. Hopefully, I will be able to save some seeds.

jrjones2019 · April 13, 2014

I am so glad I ordered the Iznik seeds. I transplanted on March 15, 2014 and already have baby cucumbers on the vine. I could never grow regular cucumbers here in Las Vegas because i couldn't get the fruit pollinated. (We hardly have any bees) Then when I was looking at the seed catalogs this year and found out about the self-pollinating squash and cucumbers I was so excited. Thank you for the wonderful review.

July 3, 2012	#16
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I grew mine up a trellis and they grew about 5 feet tall. They're an Indian variety. They're quite sweet and not bitter at all. They start pale yellow and then start to turn orange. Pick them before they get brown (which can happen in as little as a day and a half from first color change). __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

July 3, 2012	#18
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	James sorry to hear your tomatoes were damaged but the picture sure shows some great looking (even the damaged) plants. You should be having tomatoes shortly. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 3, 2012	#20
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	I'm sure you are harping at the bit to get a taste... with a nice looking group of plants like that I would be hard press each day waiting for that first one...LOL __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 3, 2012	#22
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	I'm growing double yield cucumbers this year, reportly to give exponential yields, lol. Pickling type cukes. The plants just started to really take off and are totally loaded with flowers so I'm pscyhed because I saw a bunch of baby cucumbers today! James, your plants look great to me, great job on the containers. The two I have now have plants spilling out of them, what a mess. __________________ Antoniette

July 3, 2012	#17
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	Thanks Feldon! Did it hold true to about 60 days? Sigh. I have a lot of work to do this winter building more containers for next year...

April 13, 2014	#24
jrjones2019 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV Zone 9a Posts: 3	I am so glad I ordered the Iznik seeds. I transplanted on March 15, 2014 and already have baby cucumbers on the vine. I could never grow regular cucumbers here in Las Vegas because i couldn't get the fruit pollinated. (We hardly have any bees) Then when I was looking at the seed catalogs this year and found out about the self-pollinating squash and cucumbers I was so excited. Thank you for the wonderful review.