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laundry_queen

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6. That happened to me.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:11 PM
Sep 2014

last year. In a container. I grew a ginormous cuke from a 'pickle' variety that was lost in all the foliage and I missed it while picking the others. It was bigger than most zucchinis by the time I spotted it, LOL. Probably 2.5-3 inches in diameter.

It was delicious and mild and not bitter at all. We ate half of it by itself (cut into slices then quartered) and put the other half into a cucumber salad (I told you it was big, LOL)

I had a few this year too...I planted a few seeds that got overtaken by the beets and swiss chard. However, lo and behold, we were cleaning up the garden today (we had a light frost this last week and things are dying... ) and I found about 3 large-ish ones and 6 or so smaller ones. We'll see what they taste like when I make a salad tomorrow.

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