[Ellendra]

My favorite cucumber is a variety called “Dragon’s Egg”. It stays sweet, no matter how big it gets. In fact the really ripe ones can be treated like honeydew melons! The fruits are white, which makes them a lot easier to see against the foliage, and are usually eaten when they’re about the size of a lemon. The fruits are also fairly smooth, not spiny like some cucumbers are.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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[Qiviut]

Thanks - they sound delicious!

[Qiviut]

I found a seed company that has both Dragon’s Egg & Diva cucumber seeds - both are in stock. I’ll be ordering tomorrow! Thanks for the recommendations :-)

Today, I went seed hunting - quite a few empty slots on the seed displays, especially for the most popular tomato varieties. Other than the cuke seeds (mostly they had “Straight Eight & MarketMore, plus an English cuke), I found some other things I’ll plant: bush beans (never grown them before), scallions, radishes, & kale (my dad is on a kale ‘kick’, big time). I buy my tomatoes & bell peppers in 4-packs at the local nursery ... I’m sure the price has gone up, but last year, they were $1.79/4-pack ... plants are very small, but I don’t have much of a place to start my own seeds. Most of what I got I can sow direct in the ground.

Jalapenos ... wanted the recommended ‘Mucho Nacho’, but no luck here in town .... found some ‘Jalafuego’ which are also 4”, about the same heat as the Muchos, so I bought them. The seed company I’m ordering from didn’t have Muchos - did have Jalafuego ... I could probably order Muchos from another seed company, but I didn’t want to incur shipping cost for one package of seeds (yes, I’m ‘cheap’!). I think the Muchos are “tastier”, per reviews I’ve read. The Jalafuegos are “hotter, larger, & more productive than other jalapenos” and are “medium hot”. Hopefully, I’ll get something besides the little “stubbies” of last year that were so bad, I didn’t make a single batch of jalapeno pepper jelly! I will start these in peat pots - will somehow have to find/make a spot! The generator shed, with a bunch of clean up (hauling away junk) might work - will need a grow light.