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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: slow_worm on April 19, 2011, 22:26

Title: Gherkins...
Post by: slow_worm on April 19, 2011, 22:26: Has anyone grown Bimbostar mini cukes for picking as gherkins...I am gonna have a go.
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Post by: Kimberley04 on April 19, 2011, 23:48: Doing them this year for the first year ever. Not even sown them yet ...
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Post by: slow_worm on April 20, 2011, 11:58: just put mine in and one is up already
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Post by: Kleftiwallah on April 20, 2011, 12:06: If you pour a bottle of Talisker along the rows. . . they come up ready pickled ! ! ! ::) Cheers, Tony.
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Post by: emptydraw on April 20, 2011, 12:14: We are trying gherkins for the first time too. But our variety is Venlo pickling. Our plan is to sow this weekend in a coldframe and then plant out late May.

Should be fun to see what happens!
Title: Re: Gherkins...
Post by: mumofstig on April 20, 2011, 12:20: I'm growing Cornichon de Paris, tiny little gherkin ones, according to the blurb ::)

We'll see.........a couple more weeks before i do mine, then I won't have to pot them on ;)
Title: Re: Gherkins...
Post by: Springlands on April 20, 2011, 12:27: Quote from: Kleftiwallah on April 20, 2011, 12:06
If you pour a bottle of Talisker along the rows. . . they come up ready pickled ! ! ! ::) Cheers, Tony.

What a waste :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Gherkins...
Post by: ferreter51 on April 21, 2011, 07:27: Quote from: emptydraw on April 20, 2011, 12:14
We are trying gherkins for the first time too. But our variety is Venlo pickling. Our plan is to sow this weekend in a coldframe and then plant out late May.

Should be fun to see what happens!

I'm trying the Venlo, too. I have some planted in pots indoors and they are just coming through. I love pickled gerkins but have never tried to grow them myself before.
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Post by: slow_worm on April 21, 2011, 21:20: we will have to add pics of the pickled results!!