Anyone growing cucamelon in 2019?

Who’s trying the aggressively growing and heavy producing cucamelon this year? If you have never heard of this start here Melothria scabra - Wikipedia . I’ve grown west Indian burr gherkins which I suspect are very similar. Burr Gherkins are very heavy producers! This article describes those https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-burr-gherkins-zmaz08djzgoe . Many people recommend cucamelon. They call cucamelon sour gherkins https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/mouse-melons-zmaz05jjzsel

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Me! I love cucamelons! Now they are dormant…

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By the way i will grow Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd too…

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I have grown cucamelon, it never produces well for me and I only get a handful of super cute cucumbers from each one. I think the poor performance here may be due to the climate?

@Luisport please tell me more about ivy gourd.

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Regarding the cucamelons his roots don’t die, so maby you have to give them ore time to grow better and stronger. Regarding the ivy gourd it’s the first time i will grow it.

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This is one of my favorite type of vegetable but I didn’t grow it by my own. It needs particular season to have it successfully.

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I’ve done them for a few years now. What works best for us is to put them in the urns with peppers as the tall in the centre. It keeps them under control and they drape very decoratively. Also easy to keep on top of the picking.
For use, we mostly just throw in salads but if a good haul comes in I’ll slice and freeze since they work very well in Thai style soups.
A great plant if there are children around, imho.

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Thanks for this recipe, yes, one could have it in launch, especially when we have children around us.

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