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  • #16
    Originally posted by stella View Post
    I grew them last year but the problem I had was picking enough to preserve in one go even if I kept them in the fridge. By the end of the week when I had 7/8 they had lost their freshness
    I have a jar of pickling vinegar ready, then I add dill seeds and other stuff to mine, each day harvest and rub them off under cold water to remove spines and pop in the jar. I don't salt them anymore or do anything else. They stay crunchy.
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

    Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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    • #17
      Mine did rubbish this year , but that was down to the weather and the snugs. I usually grow in the soil at the lottie and have never had a problem before, in fact the only problem was the amount ..... I do have a rather nice indian gherkin pickle recipe if anyone wants it, goes lovely with curry but needs to mature before using .
      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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      • #18
        Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
        If you have 2 greenhouses I'd definitely keep varieties apart.

        I have no idea which variety I grew last time. I'll have to dig the box out later and see.
        Think you grew Piccolo Di Parigi because I have a lady bird packet and a HOOGE packet of my own. Want some back?
        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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        • #19
          Originally posted by binley100 View Post
          I do have a rather nice indian gherkin pickle recipe if anyone wants it, goes lovely with curry but needs to mature before using .
          Yes, please - cos I'm hoping to actually grow some this year, thanks to a lovely generous person who's reading this thread

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          • #20
            Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
            Think you grew Piccolo Di Parigi because I have a lady bird packet and a HOOGE packet of my own. Want some back?

            Hmm....doesn't ring a bell but you never know. May as well try them even if I didn't!

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            • #21
              Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
              Hmm....doesn't ring a bell but you never know. May as well try them even if I didn't!
              Definitely yours, I'd know that pack anywhere. Maybe it was one I gave you. You can have some from each next time I see you. In fact you can also give me a lesson on how to save a gherkin seed as my Rouen ones are down in number. Either that or I'm making you its seed guardian
              Last edited by VirginVegGrower; 02-01-2013, 09:53 PM.
              Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

              Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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              • #22
                Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                Definitely yours, I'd know that pack anywhere. Maybe it was one I gave you. You can have some from each next time I see you. In fact you can also give me a lesson on how to save a gherkin seed as my Rouen ones are down in number. Either that or I'm making you its seed guardian
                Saving the seed is easy. It's the hand pollination that's a little more difficult!

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                  Saving the seed is easy. It's the hand pollination that's a little more difficult!
                  I knew it! Seed guardian it is. I want no s*xy plant talk over coffee thank you
                  Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                  Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                  • #24
                    Could anyone tell how big the Cornichon de Paris gherkin plants grow? I would like to plant some this year but have very limited space.

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                    • #25
                      Of the seeds I managed to rear, each plant reached about 5' in height njc, are you growing in containers or in the ground?
                      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                      • #26
                        I might plant these if they really can manage happily in a pot on the patio.
                        Last edited by sammy_roser; 11-01-2013, 09:19 PM.

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