Sow Right Seeds - Beit Alpha Cucumber Seeds for Planting - Non-GMO Heirloom Packet with Instructions to Plant and Grow a Home Vegetable Garden - Start Indoors, Plant Outdoors with Trellis (1)

This is my second order for these. Pick the cucumbers when they're around 5 in. / 13 cm. long. They're mild and delicious with thin skin and a few small seeds. My wife hates most cucumbers because they're bitter, but she likes these. I get enough to share with friends who tell me these are the best! My first pack of seeds lasted three seasons, but I got fewer plants during the last season. Tip: after picking, store in fridge without washing until ready to use. They only keep for a few days to a week at most.

Every seed planted sprouted and the production was crazy. I direct seeded in raised beds. I had planted a few plants of another variety and probably got 10-12 fruit off both plants across their lifetime, probably mostly due to lack of pollination imo. These Beit Alphas produced like crazy. Planted 6, and after a few weeks of growing, was harvesting 4-10 a day for a good two months off this one batch of planting. Had cucumbers coming out of my ears, even though I had to fight off a pickle worm outbreak in the middle of the season. Oh and the taste was great too!Make sure you have something for it to climb and help train young plants if need be, grow cucumbers UP not OUT. Water the ground at the base of the plant in the AM, do NOT water the plant itself (on the leaves), and thin out leaves regularly to get maximum airflow to reduce chances of mildew. Mildew that does happen can be corrected with food safe mildew spray. Watch for holes in the fruit (pickle worms) and in the vine (vine borer) and correct accordingly for best harvest. Make sure you don't let the cucumbers fully mature (will be large and start yellowing at the blossom end) before picking, or the plant will start to kill itself off because it will sense it has done it's job (creating mature fruit that will seed and further the species).Succession planting is great for cucumbers. To spread out your harvest and not get overwhelmed with stock (like I did), but have a nice constant supply, plant one or two as early as possible, then wait 2-3 weeks and plant again. Repeat until a month or so before your first expected frost date. If you run out of space, and have enough time left in your season; as your older plants start to die off, pull them out, add some compost or other nutrient rich amendment and replant. You can have consistent cucumbers for 6-8 months out of the year or more depending on zone.Saw a few reviews complaining about a lot of male flowers, you should be pinching off male flowers until you get a female, some experts even suggest pinching off female flowers if the plant is still small, to help it focus on root and foliage growth instead of spending energy on a fruit. This variety does not need male flowers for the female flowers to fruit. Every female flower will fruit. Either way, pinching off flowers will focus the plant on new production. If, later, you find your more mature plant still having a lot of male flowers, just pinch them off (try to leave some for the bees though!) to again focus the plant in the way you want it to work.

100% germination rate or very close to it. My seedlings are small right now, so no review on cucumber bloom set or flavor. I’ll try to remember to update later in the season.

seeds were tiny, but got a good germination....weather did not permit it to show it's growth..will try again next year....

All the seeds came up which I can't say for many seed packets I buy. Will be interested in seeing how good the cucumbers themselves are.

I'm not one to leave reviews often. Mostly if it is well deserved or if the item is a complete flop and need to let the next potential buyer to be aware.This item was a 99% flop! Only bright side most seeds germinated. Very slow growing. I bought these due to lack of pollinators in my area. Supposedly these seeds (Best Alpha) are supposed to produce female flower to remedy that problem. Well... sadly NO female flowers at all! A complete waste of my time, materials to plant them with and of course, the money I spent to buy the seeds. Do yourself a favor a stay clear of this seller and their product. Or wish you did weeks or months later when you have nothing to show for it!!

I planted 4 seeds, one took. Big and beautiful but no cucumbers. Plenty of flowers but no fruit

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