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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 20:27

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 20:27

I know it is a stupid question, but what do Italian cucumber plants look like?  Do they come up and look  like  ´normal´ cucumber plants?  I´ve had some planted in a pot for a month or so and there are plants coming up but they look nothing like the  plants I bought from the garden center.  I´ve looked on the T & M web page, but there is no hint as to what they should look like.  I´m probably cherishing weeds. Sorry I can´t post a photo to show you what they look like- with the slow dial up internet I can´t get a photo onto the photobucket page :(
Pamela

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: gobs on April 28, 2008, 20:49

Olive, I think they should look pretty much the same, the seed leaves are very different though to the rest.

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 21:18

One or two are a couple of inches high and look really different from my other cue plants so I think I must be looking after weeds :D
Pamela

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: gobs on April 28, 2008, 21:26

Any chance of a Spanish term for a different plant? :wink:

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 21:49

Planta diferente (dif-er-en-te) :D  
Pamela
ps the name for a sunhat is a pamela :(   Imagin telling folk my name is sunhat :roll:

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: gobs on April 28, 2008, 21:54

You are interpreting wrong, I mean, Italian cucumber is local lingo for another plant, maybe. :lol:

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 21:57

Not a locally bought seed, they were from the Thompson and Morgan folk :D
Pamela

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: gobs on April 28, 2008, 22:04

T&M do not offer 'Italian cucumber' to best of my knowledge.

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 22:16

They do!!
http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/list/vita-sementi/3

Can´t remember what the type was I planted- the packet has gone in the bin :(
Pamela

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: gobs on April 28, 2008, 22:29

No, they don't. It's just cultivars of cucumber and they don't call any of them under a separate heading 'Italian cucumber', do  they?

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 22:44

Well............. I looked under search veg and then under the sub heading...........Italian Cucumber............. then it came up with:
 Vita Sementi Italian Vegatables     So maybe they are a type that is popular in Italy!!
I know the packet had Italian Cucumber written all over it and the packet........In fact I´ve lied to you, I´ve just had a search of my seed tin and the packet was at the bottom of the pile of seeds.......

The Taste of Italy  Cetriolo/Cucumber Marketer  Authentic Italian Seed.  Shame it doesn´t show what the plants come up like :(
Pamela

Title: What do Italian cucumber plants look like?
Post by: Trillium on April 29, 2008, 03:28

I've just planted some Italian cuke seeds today. the fruit looks like the long telegraph type cukes but the pic doesn't show the leaves. I assumed they'd look very similar so I'll know in another few days (I hope).