Cucumber Lemon

The Cucumber Lemon, 'Cucumis satiovus', is a very good slicer or pickler. The Lemon cucumber is very sweet, crisp, easy to digest and looks just like a lemon. If you love cukes, eat these like an apple. Don't dismiss their unusual lemon shaped cucumber variety as a simple oddity the white flesh has excellent flavor, plants are somewhat drought tolerant, and they are a great slicer or pickler. They are hard to find in a grocery store. The Lemon cucumber stores well in a refrigerator. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. Do not plant late as hot temps may preclude good flowering. Cucumbers prefer light, rich, well drained fertile soil with lots of organic matter. Cucumbers have a shallow root system and therefore require regular moisture. Do not let cucumbers get too big because the vines stop producing if over mature cucumbers stay on the vine