Eco seeds are Open Pollinate or Non Hybrid seed with no chemical coatings and GE
Open pollinated means you can save seed from your own plants and expect it to
grow “true to type” - provided it hasn’t cross-pollinated. Unlike the hybrid varieties popular today- seed from hybrids will not grow true to type - you have to buy new seed each year.
This cucumber needs its female flowers to be pollinated to form a fruit. So the male and female flowers are left on the plant. As with many cucurbits, plants tend to produce only male flowers at first but eventually there are female flowers and it will carry many fruits.
Crystal Apple’ produces globular, white fruits, with sparse black bristles and once they start to crop they are usually prolific. The fruits are very tasty but have larger seeds and seed cavity than ‘normal’ cucumbers. They are crisp and white-fleshed but they do need peeling! As they mature they start to turn yellow and you should avoid letting them get to this stage because they can be bitter by then.
Seed packets contain sowing and growing information & indicates companion plants and crop rotation guidelines.
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