Cornichons when to pick/eat?

[smallblueplanet]

Thanks for going OTT (off the topic! ) LJ. They look interesting. I'll let you know if when they start cropping properly I get near 500! There are some interesting French recipes as well (fairly easy to translate with the help of google) à la façon de mon père

btw the fave French cornichon was AMÉLIORÉ DE BOURBONNE

Is it you or Jax thats into Luna planting? Lots of the French sites have info about it too. Here's a nice site - I can read the pictures!

http://jardi22.free.fr/lune.htm

[nick the grief]

I think we need help Nick!

Don't know about you, but I'm beyond help !

[blackkitty]

I also bought some of those seeds from lidl, but I was quite late in finding them so my plants haven't started to flower yet so I'd be interested to know whet the answers are.

[nick the grief]

"Le cornichon, originaire de l'Himalaya, de la famille des concombres...

Les fruits sont récoltés encore verts. Mis en conserve dans du vinaigre et dont on se sert comme condiment"

Apparently

Translation off babelfish:

The gherkin, originating in the Himalayas, the family of cucumbers

The fruits are collected still green. Put out of preserve in vinegar and of which one is useful oneself like condiment

there crystal clear now