I have to admit I cheated I live by a great nursery and I bought replacement plants of oregano and additional thyme. My thyme isn’t a failure it just grows very, very slowly and I want to make sure I have enough for cooking. After the cucumber plant died it was too late to try to grow one from seed and most garden places had stopped selling seedlings. I did however find one little lemon cucumber plant no bigger than my thumb. I placed it in a pot and initially I put it in the same bright, sunny location as the prior plant. The plant initially grew great however the leaves always looked wilted by noon. I moved the pot to partially shady area and it’s tripled in size in just a few weeks. It’s being trained to grow up using stakes and rope. The vine is now all the way to the roof.
Here is were I need your help, I have my first lemon cucumber growing. Last week it looked like a tiny little bulb but now it’s this nice round green baseball sized fruit. Lemon cucumbers are baseball sized and turn into a light yellow color. I’ve been reading conflicting advice on when to pick the fruit. Some experts say to pick the fruit early to avoid the plant growing too many seeds and making it less edible. Anyone out there have any advice? Should I pick this lovely cucumber now or wait until it turns yellow?
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