Description
Brighten your garden with the cheerful and flavorful Lemon cucumber, a historic heirloom introduced to the U.S. in 1894. Known for its lemon-sized, yellow fruits with crisp white flesh, Lemon cucumber is perfect for slicing, pickling, or enjoying fresh straight from the vine. Its sweet, burpless flavor makes it a favorite for gardeners seeking a unique and eye-catching crop.
With compact 3'–6' drought-tolerant vines, Lemon cucumber is ideal for trellises or small garden spaces, producing abundant cucumbers throughout the season. Easy to grow and non-bitter, this variety ensures continuous harvests of crisp, flavorful cucumbers that are as fun to grow as they are to eat.
This packet sows up to 15 feet of trellised cucumbers. 30 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Cucumis sativus
Days to Maturity: 65 days
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Native: Southern Asia
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
Plant Dimensions: 3'–6' vines
Variety Information: 3 ½” x 2 ½” non-bitter cucumbers with yellow skin and white flesh. 'Lemon' cucumber, originally a popular Australian variety, was introduced in the U.S. in 1894. It is great for both slicing and pickling. It has very little cucurbitacin, so it's non-bitter, burpless, and easy to digest.
Type: Slicing and pickling cucumber
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 60°F, ideally 70°–90°F.
When to Start Inside: 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost. Cucumbers are sensitive to root disturbance; sow in biodegradable pots.
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: ½”
Seed Spacing: A group of 2 seeds every 12″
Row Spacing: 36″
Thinning: When 3 leaves, thin to 1 plant every 12″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Pick, and pick some more! Overly mature cucumbers on the vine will slow production of new cucumbers. Cut the stem rather than pulling at the fruit, as stems are fragile. To increase the quality and storage time, once picked, immediately immerse in cold water to disperse “field heat”.
