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Friday, April 28. 2023

Mexican Gherkins? Reposted from several years ago

They go by several other names too (Miniature Watermelons, Mouse Melon), but I never had them until last week in Georgia. They cut them in half and put them in salads at our inn along with the cherry tomatoes, etc. Crunchy, refreshing little cucumber-like things about an inch long. Grow prolifically on vines. Be the first in your neighborhood. I ordered some seeds right away.


Another good thing they grew in their gardens was a tangy peppery green which is new to me, Curly Mustard, or Mustard Mizuna. Use it when the leaves are young.


And lots of Mache, of course. Down there, you must do many sequential plantings of greens, but in summer they must be shaded.



Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Gardens, Plants, etc. at 13:35 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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They grow wild here in SW FL............

http://www.eattheweeds.com/creeping-cucumber-melothria-pendula/
#1 I.......... on 2015-06-01 22:30 (Reply)
We grow greens here mostly in the winter; it takes a harder freeze than we usually get to hurt them at all. I was amazed to find how many varieties of mustard there are: all different colors and shapes and levels of heat, some good raw and other best cooked. They're as easy to grow as dandelions, but in the high summer it's too much trouble to keep them happy, and they get unpleasantly peppery. We mostly go fallow and wait breathlessly for October.

I'm going to go check out those mouse melons right now.
#2 Texan99 on 2015-06-03 14:22 (Reply)
I researched these and the advertised slightly sour taste intrigues me. I'm wondering if they'll do well in large pots (I grew cucumbers in pots last summer). I think I'll put the seeds in my Amazon cart.
#3 RebeccaH on 2023-04-29 20:55 (Reply)

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