Gherkin

No scientific name recorded

A variety of cucumber

6
plantings
2
harvests
3
seed packets

Growing gherkins

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

12 weeks

First harvest expected

8 weeks after planting

Grown for

fruit harvested 2 times

How members grow gherkins

Sunniness

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Plant gherkins with

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Gherkin plantings

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Gherkin harvests

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Gherkin seeds

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What people are saying about gherkins

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Seeking advice on fledgling plant & bushy thyme plant

by ribbonknight,

The first plant is a cucumber, Mexican sour gherkin, which I've grown from seed. Firstly, yay, the things I grew from seed this year have been way more successful than last year!

The cucumber looks like this: ![alt text](http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo…

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