Anyone grow Sweet Success cucumbers?

Elliot · June 1, 2014

I ordered some seeds

RebelRidin · June 1, 2014

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!

Wi-sunflower · June 1, 2014

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

dpurdy · June 1, 2014

Elliot,
I don't think that you'll be disappointed when you grow out the seeds.

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

Jaysan · June 3, 2014

Love them here. Picked two today!

rnewste · June 3, 2014

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

thanks,

Raybo

Jaysan · June 3, 2014

10 bucks for one pack? WOW!

Burpee sells a 20 seed packet for 4.95

dpurdy · June 3, 2014

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

RebelRidin · June 3, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by rnewste

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

thanks,

Raybo

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.

luigiwu · August 19, 2014

oopsy wrong place

Elliot · August 19, 2014

I bought them for less at Burpee seeds

Cole_Robbie · August 19, 2014

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.

luigiwu · August 19, 2014

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?

Cole_Robbie · August 19, 2014

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.

peppero · August 20, 2014

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

jon

June 1, 2014	#1
Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 503	Anyone grow Sweet Success cucumbers? I ordered some seeds

June 1, 2014	#2
RebelRidin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore Posts: 993	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! __________________ George _____________________________ "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure." Thomas Jefferson, 1787

August 19, 2014	#10
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	Recs for a cucumber that produces and is never bitter? oopsy wrong place

August 20, 2014	#15
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	I have grown them but, production was low. They do taste good. Has anyone tried pickling these? jon Last edited by peppero; August 20, 2014 at 07:40 AM.

June 1, 2014	#3
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	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

June 1, 2014	#4
dpurdy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Norwich, New York Posts: 255	Elliot, I don't think that you'll be disappointed when you grow out the seeds. 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

June 3, 2014	#5
Jaysan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 167	Love them here. Picked two today!

June 3, 2014	#6
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Where is a good (reasonable priced) website to get Sweet Success seeds? Gurneys wants $10.00 for 15 seed packets! thanks, Raybo

August 19, 2014	#14
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	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.