The Gagon Cucumber

Prior to a 6-week trip, I tried to acquire access to part of the fertile garden for growing out a very long-season cucumber variety, called the Gagon. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out – so instead I ended up waiting until July 21st to start the long-season Gagon cucumber variety.

The Gagon is a very long-season very large Indian/Himalayan type cucumber. I would classify it as a storage cucumber. While the plants grew quickly, it took them quite a while to produce. By the time they began to lose strength (due to decreased light and an onslaught of aphids) only a handful of vines had actually produced fruit. The rest had either immature fruit or primarily male flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of all the cucumbers that I grew last year, this was one of the heaviest varieties. I harvested the last of the fruit October 23rd. Some of the fruit weighted well over 5 pounds.