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Should I harvest these cucumbers? Why are they spiky?! (Photo)

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Flingmoo · 15/08/2015 11:21

Is it normal to have a spiky cucumber?! Blush

Should I harvest these cucumbers? Why are they spiky?! (Photo)
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bowsaw · 15/08/2015 11:41

yeap, just peel it before eating as the skins often quite tough on home grown

TheSpottedZebra · 15/08/2015 16:39

It's just a spiky variety I think. You can knock the spikes off with the back of a knife (or your hand) if you don't want to actually peel it.

Looks a bit like my one, called Delicaße , from Lidl a little German garden emporium I know.

DoreenLethal · 15/08/2015 16:43

All cucumbers are spiky to some degree. The ones in the shops get the spikes knocked off in processing.

TheSpottedZebra · 15/08/2015 16:58

Really, Doreen? You never fail to educate me!
Well I never!

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