More Info ….The Japanese cucumber plants has been growing aggresively. It stubbornly refuses to climb the pole in the ground intended for that very purpose and choses instead to hang on to the surrounding plants to hang on to and creep outwards. There are fine sharp barbs on the leaves and plenty more on the stalks. Its impossible to walk pass or among its tendrils without worrying you might get scratches. It produces the cruchiest cucumber I have tasted and has a pleasant mild taste with no significant pith in the middle if you do not let it get too fat. Other cucumber varieties might have better flavour but you can’t beat this one for crunch and productivity.
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- A curled Japanese cucumber.
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- 2 healthy Japanese cucumbers growing among bean plants (heart shaped leaves are the bean plants).
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- Japanese cucumbers are a little longer than the Lebanese cucumbers but not as long as the Burpless cucumbers.
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- Lebanese eggplant and Japanese cucumber side by side.
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