How to Grow the Easiest Cucumber that Produces the Most Fruit
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John from http://growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the one cucumber that grows like a weed in his garden and produces massive and abundant harvests of these cucumbers from South America. In this episode, John will share more with you about this speedy climber, a South American Cucumber also known as the Bolivian Cucumber that has been grown in the Andes for hundreds of years, and little is known about this amazing fruit in North America. The Bolivian Cucumber aka Achocha is the most productive cucumber that I grow in my garden. You will learn the best times to harvest this fruit for eating, best time to harvest this fruit for stuffing like a pepper, and the best time to harvest this fruit if you want to save the seeds. You will also discover how this plant grows and where it might grow best. You will also learn about some ways you can use this unique and rare cucumber fruit. After watching this episode, you will learn more about the South American Cucumber that grows like a weed and will produce massive harvests of cucumbers for you and your family. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch all 1200+ Episodes from GrowingYourGreens at https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Purchase John's Bolivian Cucumber Seeds at: http://growingyourgreens.ecwid.com/
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I'm in Hawaii (Big Island) and will be ordering some of these seeds today after hubby looks to see if you have anything he wants to try as well. I have a feeling these will do good here as I have a ton of wild bitter melons growing all over. I'm hoping to pull the bitter melons back and replace with these more delicious fruits! Love your videos, keep on making them. :)
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There is a wild perennial zone 3 cucumber that looks like Bolivian Cucumbers though it may be mildly poisonous maybe one could make a hybrid that doesn't make you vomit.
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In Peru we call it Caigua, and we eat them when they have a hand size. Recipe https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://perudelights.com/caiguas-rellenas-caiguas-filled-with-beef-raisins-and-olives/&ved=0ahUKEwip3fKdiJnQAhUBipQKHQL1ACEQFghTMAs&usg=AFQjCNEu-x8DBcRB8V0XO1ke6mNL1BURZg&sig2=H0vaPkEFJMkGAyL0_kjFeQ
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any seeds left?
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I cant wait to grow this cucumber plus the wife loves cucumbers and she said THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
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Hey John i just wanted to say thank you a million times because you have helped me a ton with growing and finding new fruit and veggies. I am always looking for the new food to eat beacuse of you. Thank you so much and keep up the wonderful work. I cant thank you enough. Take care
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Heard sweet potato leaves are edible and they seem like spinach leaves to us, but different. Are these leaves edible? Just wondering since their growth reminds me of my sweet potatoes but on a more massive scale. Thanks!
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Oh my - it's like I buy everything you put a video together for. You're good. My kids are gonna love these little alien things. Freakin' genius.
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Hi John, I received my Bolivian cumber and Ashitaba seeds from you yesterday. I am looking forward to next year to start them. Thank you so much for inspiring me to grow more!!!
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I thought for a bit it was the Guadeloupe Cucumber, Which is considered a weed plant in it's range, but it also has a huge number of fruits and tastes like a cucumber, but the fruits are small and best eaten small and green. 20 can fit in your palm, but they grow well on fences and self seed, though I have saved seed. Not sure how they arrived in my yard, they are in their native range and are considered semi-endangered, as a lot of people hate them in their hedges, but they are a native plant. Thanks for your videos.
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I love achocha! I grow a variety here in the UK called Lady's Slipper; the fruit is smooth & curved on the end and the leaf is very pretty (a bit like cannabis leaf lol). Still picking loads and expect this to continue through to frost! Much hardier than regular cucumbers. Also, bees love the tiny flowers :)
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Keep growing those fucking greens John! Your videos get me pumped to attack my own garden.
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Hi John, I really enjoy your vids so keep it up. I like the way that you are open to trying new things. I was also glad that you made the seeds available. Can't wait to plant them. You are doing a great work, thanks!
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Will these grow in northern Calif footills, elevation 1800'? Summers are hot and dry.
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Hi, John I like to buy some Chinese sunchoke do you have any thx
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Thanks for sharing these exotic seeds for 1/4 the price elsewhere; I plan to grow these along the edge of a Thuja Giant forest in Northern Virginia next May.
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We built an arbor especially for our fat baby achochas. They grow great. We've been growing them for 3 years when we first heard about them on this channel! Thanks John! You're welcome to come visit our homestead anytime because whether you know it or not, YOU HELPED BUILD IT!
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Oh wow very cool!! You recommend the Armenian cucumbers which did really great for me. Will have to try these out.
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Did I see you on a rooftop today? If not it was your doppelgänger! And if so, I'm excited to see what this means!
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Cool as hell.....
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