Unfortunately, I didn’t take the time to snap enough pictures of the Conqueror cucumber. The Conqueror is an extremely productive, long parthenocarpic English-style cucumber. The drawbacks to the variety are that the fruit does tend to get a little bitter in hot temperatures, the fruit doesn’t grow straight unless trellised and the seed is extremely difficult to harvest. Otherwise, the vines pump out a ton of high-quality fruit.
I’m really grateful that I was able to grow the Conqueror in 2024 because in 2023 the cucumber beetles were so bad that I was hardly able to harvest anything. Fortunately I was able to avoid the cucumber beetles on the farm land altogether in 2024 by planting the soil blocks into raised beds in-town.
One funny thing did happen over the course of the season. When harvesting the vines, I found a cucumber I didn’t expect. It had grown into and back out of a deli cup. – making a nearly perfect V shape.
