hello everybody and today's episode we'll look at growing Armenian cucumbers
in containers so we started our Armenian cucumbers from seeds and then
transplanted the seedlings into this whiskey barrel container as you can see
and we also provided some support because this plant grows into large
vines as you can see here in about 15 days
the plant has sent out these large vines we are growing about five plants in this
whiskey barrel container and you need at least some kind of trellis or support
for this plant because the cucumbers that the plant bears are quite heavy so
you need to make sure that you use a good support system in this case it's
growing into this vertical shelving unit that I had and it's providing a little
bit of support for this cucumber plant and Armenian cucumbers need to be grown
in full Sun just like any other cucumber plants they need fertilizer a nice
vegetable fertilizer as well as some good organic compost and worm castings
mixed into the soil in order to produce good fruit
as you can see here the cucumbers will start getting larger and the one thats
hanging from this vertical unit here will get larger as time goes on
once the cucumber gets large enough that you think it can be harvested you can go
and harvest your cucumber
so this cucumber is now ready for harvest so we're going to be harvesting
this Armenian cucumber and as you can see here this cucumber is quite large
compared to the regular dark green cucumber that you see and has a very
unique textured skin it has a very soft skin as well and this is one reason why
most people eat this cucumber raw because it has a nice tender flavor mild
flavor and a soft skin you can still remove the skin if you want before you
eat it so i wanted to show you how this Armenian cucumber looks like from the
inside and let's cut open this cucumber and as you can see here there are very
few seeds in this cucumber and the longer you wait the more seeds you're
going to get so if you prefer eating your cucumbers raw i would suggest that
you harvest your cucumbers early rather than late so you can see here you can
still see some seeds very tiny seeds that are forming in the middle of this
cucumber I have harvested this cucumber early but again you can wait for a longer time
if you want but you do risk the fact that the cucumber will become too big
and this was the one that was growing as a small cucumber and has now grown into
a large cucumber and is now ready for harvest
Armenian cucumber plants will produce a lot of cucumbers you can
expect to get at least four or five cucumbers from each plant on an average
and as long as you have a lot of growing space for your cucumbers you can expect
to get a lot of cucumbers from your plant like all cucumbers this cucumber
plant is prone to powdery mildew as well as you can see white spots on the leaves
I just trim the leaves as you see here so that the plant remains clean and the
cucumber's don't get affected by the powdery mildew you if you want you can
also spray a milk-based solution as you can see here on your screen and that
will prevent powdery mildew on your plant i just prefer to remove the
diseased leaves and the older leaves so that the plant is not only clean from
powdery mildew you but also stays healthy over its life cycle now although
i did not see any bugs on my plant if you see any kind of beetles or mites or
any other insects on your plant what you can do is pray with neem oil
now neem oil is not only an insecticide
it also controls fungal diseases like powdery mildew
so if you want you can just spray with neem oil mix one tablespoon of neem oil
in a gallon of water and then spray your plants so that's all there is that you
need to know to grow Armenian cucumbers in your garden
I'm sure that once you start growing and eating Armenian cucumbers you will be
pleasantly surprised if you have any questions on growing Armenian cucumbers
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