How to Grow the Easiest Cucumber that Produces the Most Fruit
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- čas přidán 7. 10. 2016
- John from 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.
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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!
John, you're the best!!! Don't ever stop voyaging through the world of gardening and sharing your experiences!!!
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i don't see them here. Do you know of another place i can buy them?
Just placed an order! Can't wait. You are an inspiration! Thank you for all the work you put into these videos just to show us.
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
This looks like a perfect crop for south Texas. Thanks.
I love John's videos. Not only useful but extremely inspiring. Good work John!
I cant wait to grow this cucumber plus the wife loves cucumbers and she said THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
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.
How wonderful, thank you for making this video. I always used my home garden to help feed others. This looks great for what i do.
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!!!
i was in Bolivia 4 months ago. I was amazed by the vast variety of fruits and vegetables I have never seen or heard of?👍
Interesting cucumber, John. I may give it a go. Thanks for telling us about it!
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!
Wow..that's Incredible..signed in and ready to go..Thank you!!
Cool. Interesting fruit and well done video. I love your energy and how you share your experiences and knowledge. Thanks a lot for running this channel. Cheers, Ole.
thanks so much! i grow cukes every year in less than full sunlight. i'm going to your store! this is so cool. i have been wondering about old veggies and such.
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.
Man you shiuld have own TV show...you are really garden guru ;-)
I agree! I don't watch TV, but I would definitely sit down to watch this!
I ordered some seeds (not these ones yet) they got here very fast and nicely packaged with notes on how and when to grow. thank you John and Lauren!!!! I will buy more in the future from you, as of now I'm told I have to many seeds. . lol l can't help it I love seeds and growing food!!!
I love this video thank you for sharing
Thanks for the knowledge, bro. Good vibes, yo. 😎😎😎
This seems like it might be a good Florida cucumber. Thanks!
I watched a episode you did on these about 3 years or so ago. and I got some seeds from eBay and I love them!! soo good and different. and I got the lemon cucumber bc of you and also love juicing them!!
Your the best. always enjoy your character!
John, if you happen to see this, thank you for sharing about this one. Would love to get some seeds❤💕
Thanks again for your time and effort to make sure that others have better life and health .
kukumber is kukumber!
Loved this video
so informative i love this video!
Much Love
First video I've watched and I can safely say. "A stoner knows another stoner" haha
😜😜😜same
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i grew the Mexican gherkin last yr but it didnt do well i may try this next year! thanks for sharing john
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. :)
Hi John! This great veggie helps to lower cholesterol levels too aside from being delicious! Thank you for posting about it since i was getting inpatient with my plants growing so much and still no veggies lol
that's cool didn't know the cucumber were edible I have one that grows wild I usually pick the vine tips to grow faster as well .
You're amazing! I really love that you're going to be plant wild foods. Isn't it interesting the Bolivian cucumber is more resistant to everything since it had to fend for itself, survival of the fittest. So eating that fruit is probably better for you.
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 :)
Oh wow very cool!! You recommend the Armenian cucumbers which did really great for me. Will have to try these out.
Still waiting. Your kale tree seeds are growing for me just fine. Can't wait to see what they turn into. I would love to have some cucumbers growing.
Really enjoy your videos
Growing this plant in uk , early August I have plenty of cucumbers .
Easy to grow and pest and disease resistant too
Could not find the seeds at your store, along with many other wonderful plants you tease me with. Got to get that girlfriend working on those seeds for us more. If you ever want to come do a story on another Zone 9A Gardner hit me up. Brooksville Florida here, I can pretty much grow everything you do, and I try to. Have to thank you for improving my health exponentially, all this green stuff I am growing has been giving me more energy than I know what to do with. Thanks for all the awesome growing tips. If you had more seeds, I would buy them! But I usually find them online when you don't have them. I have started a tree orchard over the last couple of years, have a dozen different types of fruit trees and five different types of avocado trees, and some different olive trees started. This year I will be expanding into the different nut trees. Maybe in a couple years when everything starts busting out the fruit, you can come do a show here. I have no interest in being in it, but you will have fun in my garden. Stay Green my friend!
I am getting jelus because my cucumbers don't want to grow .Thanks for your video John.
Ordered!👍🏼🤗
Cool as hell.....
Hey John, it's a bit late but, love the intro. I was wondering if you could make a vid for best vegetables or fruits that can be grown in containers. Great vid by the way.
HI John, I live in the tropics and I am having problems to grow cucumber now, the plant turn yellow and die. But 2 years ago they grew well am starting to believe is the rain.🤔 or maybe the variety ,but last year I planted a kiwano and it took over entire patio it produced so much..😃😃😃 I have those seeds bought them in bakers seeds. I will try in January to see. Thank you for giving us so much information.
I hope, I can get hold of these in Australia. I have a tough time with powdery mildew and other diseases on my cucurbits. Would love to have something I don't have to beg to grow.
you have so much energy my friend great video. my question for you is every time grow cucumber I can only have 1 cucuemer on the plant at once or they never grow right. entil I pick my first one the second or third never grow to size. do you have any idea.
We love you.
I know this video is quite old, but ive done some research for you guys in case you want to buy seeds: There is 3 species of Cyclanthera which is a Pumpkin (Cucurbitaceae) relative, this one is Cyclanthera brachystachya aka exploding cucumber, then there is Cyclanthera pedata which is the Inka cucumber where the leaves, the fruit and the seeds are edible, it is also called stuffed cucumber, because people in south america wait till they are fully ripe and then fill them with meat and rice, and then there is Cyclanthera brachybotrys which i found no info to. Hope this helps, at least it did for me.
good afternoon, are you selling the seeds again this year ? I so would love to try some. looks and sounds very interesting, thank you for sharing and have a good day
i want to try them this summer. do you thik they will grow in zone #5?
Can you grow "Marketmore " Cumbers just on a cane .i have some male flowers on mine is marketmore an F1 hybrid ? thanks for any advice as this is my first year at greenhouse growing
You need to get it on your seed list.
Rock on John! I still dont get the point of subscriptions but if it will help your channel I'll click it. I subscribed to a channel that I listened to constantly, every day. After subscribing, I didn't notice the difference. If you (or anyone) can tell me what difference it makes, please let me know!
Love your videos! watching them every day
Will these grow in northern Calif footills, elevation 1800'? Summers are hot and dry.
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!
I got some random organic cucumber from Walmart of all places, could I cut em in slices and plant them?
Try the peruvian cucumbers or caiguas. The seeds look alike but the fruit is bigger and not so spiky. Try the hollow ripe ones, and stuff them like peppers with ground meat and rice.
Hey John. Have you ever grown sea kale?
Hey John! Do you or are you going to have any more of these bolivian cucumber seeds available anytime soon? And also where do I find your seed store list? Thank you!
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.
John, do you have anymore seeds available? I would love to try some! Thanks in advance!!!!! 😀
so where can we find these..LMFAO...YOU WAITED TO THE VERY LAST ...HAHAHA...GOT SOME I HOPE....at the 7th veiwer i hope so...also ordered the others....and I love.selfseeding wild edible plants....wish u would put these types in their own playlist...
PFAF.org says you can even eat the leaves and young shoots... too cool!!!!
We were not able to grow this like yours , I got one or two vines in the hot house, where r u in the world , we are in nz, Its sold as Caigua seed here.
Last year, the melons did great but this year all of the plants have small holes in the leaves and are growing very slowly. I live in North Texas and the weather has been cooler and wetter than normal, with less sun, so maybe this is one reason why they're not doing as well. I saw a bug on the back of one of the leaves which looked like a ladybug and there were some very tiny black spots on the back of all the leaves.
Hi John! Do you have more bolivian cucumber seeds? I'd love to have some! I have a huge wall for it!
Reminds me of milkweed when it gets mature.
How can I get some seeds for the Balivian cucumbers? I have never seen them in the stores. I live in Northern Calif.
When are you going to have the Bolivian cucumber seeds?
Your skin is amazing
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!
What are your thoughts on edible mushrooms being very good for you?
Keep growing those fucking greens John! Your videos get me pumped to attack my own garden.
Hi, John I like to buy some Chinese sunchoke do you have any thx
Hey john. Will this take over my garden?can I cut them back and will they still fruit?I got the seeds from you and they worked grate but there much Nigeria then I thought and there s no fruit on it yet!help
He said in this video that the vine will grow 20 to 30' before it begins to put on fruit and then it puts on tons...
how do you harvest f1 cucumber seeds
Can the seeds be roasted and eaten like pumpkin seeds?
I missed the link. Are these seeds still available??
It's now February 3 2017. I looked for the seeds on your site. They are not there. When will they be available next. Hopefully soon!!:)
If you haven't got it yet, though it's been 2 years.. Ebay has Achocha regular ones. I'm growing both that & achocha fat babies this year to produce seeds to sell on ebay for others, so keep an eye out. These seeds are still hard to find.
I'm growing something similar, but it's called a Mexican cucumber and has smooth skin instead of those soft spiky things. It also doesn't grow so big. Only to the size of those young ones you picked.
The scientific name of the achocha is Cyclanthera pedata. I cultivated the Cyclanthera pedata, but it has almost smooth fruits and different leaves. What is the Latin name for your achocha? Thanks
Next time you're ready to share... you could send me some seeds... LLLOL
Can you pickle them?
Do you still have this plant? Or know where to get their seeds? 😃
Will you be selling these seeds again?
Hi. I clicked on the link to purchase the Bolivian Cucumber Seeds, but they are not listed for sale. Can you send me the link for the seeds for these? Thank you. Really want to get them started. Thank you.
Mine is going crazy and gets the blooms but never gets any fruit. What am I doing wrong?
can you ship me seeds 😍 im from philippines... can it grow in tropical places???
Hi can I buy seeds from you for this tiny cucumber please x
Is it a hybrid?
would you trade me some of those bolivian cucumber seeds if I sent you an envelope stamped? I LOVE your shows and its hard to find a truly good Organic gardener.
any seeds left?
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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I would love to buy these seeds. Where is the best place to get them if you are out of them?
An American Homestead sells them, too...
HAHA you so funny : ) I mean that lol.....
Why am I seeing a danger notice on your site link?