https://forksinthedirt.com/growing-cucumber-varieties/ Crossing Paths with Farmers, Food and Doing Good Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://forksinthedirt.com/growing-cucumber-varieties/#comment-2173 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:25:30 +0000 https://forksinthedirt.com/?p=7993#comment-2173 I’ll point out there’s at least one cucumber that does NOT need pollinators: Mini-Me Cucumbers.
I picked 182 3.5″ to 6″ Mini-Me’s from 4 plants last year – extremely prolific. They were planted 1 ft. apart on a 6′ high trellis and barely reached the top. The skin is thin and when the cuke is about 1″ long it already has scars from its leaves brushing against it, which are not a problem for eating. It’s delicious in salads and makes excellent tasting, though not very crisp garlic-dill pickle spears.
I grew Mini-Me’s and Lemon Cukes last year and had plenty of bees so the Lemon Cukes did very well and I picked 50 from 2 plants. I grew them just to see what they were like. I didn’t like their thicker skin and you almost have to remove the seeds in the middle like you do from cantaloupe.
Next year will be Mini-Me’s and Boston Pickling Cukes.

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