Cucamelons no flowers or melons

[Marb67]

Marb, I've merged this with your previous thread for continuity.

I had 2 cucamelon plants in a GH and picked about 4. To be honest, they're so small and tiddly I'm not going to grow them again. I'd rather grow a proper cucumber.

My opologies VC, I had forgot I had already made a post about this. Should have checked.

[veggiechicken]

No problem, Marb

[Snadger]

They give me the creeps! Does no one else think they look lide snakes heads? I can't stand snakes and after trying a few of the cukamelons I can't say I'm too impressed with the taste either

Whatever are left on the plants I might try pickling in the hope it will soften the rubbery skins and hopefully inject a bit of taste into them!

[Marb67]

The taste is nothing to write home about but an interesting addition to your olives and other nibbles. I imagine that with fish or chicken the lemony taste would be complimentary.

[jackarmy]

I grew about 6 plants, two outdoors and 4 in the gh, "harvested" one, plenty of flowers but not a lot else.

[Jay-ell]

I pickled mine, which turned out rubbery. Mine are all up now.

Anyone know if you can eat the tubers?

[DannyK]

Grew them last year.
Just another overhyped rubbish veg.
Cucumbers far more rewarding.

[Snadger]

I pickled mine, which turned out rubbery. Mine are all up now.

Anyone know if you can eat the tubers?

You sound like Hugh Fearnley Eatitall trying to eat anything. Give them a try, if you don't come back on the vine we'll know they've killed you and I won't bother trying them mesell! (Only joking btw)

[Snadger]

I pickled mine, which turned out rubbery. Mine are all up now.

Anyone know if you can eat the tubers?

Were they rubbery before or after pickling?

[DannyK]

Just spent 30 mins on Google. Only thing people seem to do with roots is overwinter them.

I think someone posted to Wong's blog that they were edible but Wong said he knew nothing about about eating them.

[Jay-ell]

After pickling. If I tried it again then I'd brine them first (which I didn't do this time) to see if that made a different

[veggiechicken]

Were they rubbery before or after pickling?

Cue for song :-

Lots of cukies for me to eat
Lots of compost making lots of heat,
Warm head, warm hands,warm feet.
Oh cucamelons are so rubbery, rubbery, rubbery..............

Sorry, as you were....

[Finley]

Mine was rubbish until someone on here suggested putting the plant outside and it suddenly started producing well! Tasty fruit... Especially halved in a g&t!

[hamamelis]

I grew three plants, two went in the greenhouse, the other outside. The outside one got slugged to the ground almost overnight, one of the greenhouse ones got slugged almost to the ground, but one stubborn leaf is still somehow lingering, not growing at all, and the final plant has been covered in flowers for months, but I've picked only half a fruit (a slug et the other half). No idea why, all the fruit just drop off. The door's been left open all summer, so I don't think it's lack of pollinating insects.

Annoyingly, I have tried them, and I really like them. Maybe next year...

[Snadger]

Isn't she rubbery
Isn't she wonderful
Isn't she precious
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we'd be
Making one as rubbery as she
But isn't she rubbery made from love