Garden Update: Lemon Cucumber

One of the plants from the garden set that I bought my mom was this lemon cucumber plant. I had heard her previously talk about these veggies due to their perfectly sized single-serving cucumbers and the fact that the plant itself can grow to a fairly decent size.

To begin with, we potted our small-sized starter plant with future plans of moving it over to our planter. Looking back, we should have just planted this little guy into the ground because it's growing so fast!

    This was from the first day we planted.

Worried that the lemon cucumber plant wouldn't survive after the planting and 100 degree heat that followed, we found it did the exact opposite. These plants love heat and direct sunlight; infact they need it. Once we realized this necessity, we moved it to a sunnier part of the backyard (the benefit to potting plants). The result was instant!

    Lemon cucumber plant just one week later!

You'll notice that we added a sturdy wire for support, and have actually changed it out to a full, round cage. These plants are very vine-like, which was evident when their tendril began grabbing onto the wired cage within the hour! I personally love the tendril; it solidifies just how very much alive these plants are. 

Today (about two weeks later), we have a small bloom.