How beautiful is this? Eggs from my Barred Rock, my Easter Egger, my Cochin, and my very own backyard dragons! (What, you didn’t know I had backyard dragons?)
This Dragon’s Egg heirloom variety came all the way from Croatia and is one of my favorite cucumbers to grow this season. The palm-sized cukes have smooth cream-colored skin and seedy white flesh. They’re just the right amount of sweet, crisp and juicy, and even better, they’re quite the eye-catcher in the garden. Sometimes I don’t even want to slice them up!
Do you know the height of these plants? I grew them from seeds but the packet doesn’t say whether they are vining or not. I’m trying to figure out if I’m going to put them in a container or grow them in the garden on a trellis.
They’re definitely vining plants but I don’t remember their final height.
Thanks!
The vines I grew of Dragon Egg surpassed 6′
Amazing! 🙂
Hi there! I know this was posted a while ago, but this is my second year growing these guys and I had a question. I noticed that the rind was quite tough and prickly– is it because I’m picking them too late or too early, or should I just peel them?
Mine tend to be more prickly when they’re young, but technically they’re edible at any stage. I usually leave my cucumbers on the vine until they reach the size of a large lemon. I don’t find the skins that thick, but that could also be personal taste or just a characteristic of the seeds you have. (Every batch of heirloom seeds I grow, even for the same varieties, tends to be a little different.)
Ahh, I see, thank you! I guess I’m just more used to the thinner skins of store cukes. They made awesome pickles, though.
Good to know! I have 3 Plants and more fruit than I know what to do with, so I was hoping they would work for making pickles
We call them apple cucumbers. Â Just found your blog and I’m loving it! Â Go girl.
Thank you!
Wow. Those look cool! I’ve never seen anything like them before.Â
How do they go with fresh homemade hummus or tzaziki?
I haven’t tried them with hummus or tzatziki, but I imagine they’d be good. These cukes aren’t bitter at all.
Where can one get these seeds? I’d like to try them next season.
I got mine from Baker Creek: http://rareseeds.com/dragon-s-egg-cucumber.html