by David The Good
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I cannot believe these cucumbers are still here:
They seem to have sterile seeds, meaning these cucumbers have been coming back FROM THE ROOTS for the last multiple decades.
See, plants like this are the reason I was inspired to write Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening.
You really don’t have to kill yourself in the garden when you pick (pun intended) the right crops.
2026 Reading List
Currently Reading
The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Finished Reading
History of Rome by Michael Grant
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (trans. Rex Warner)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2
Florida Foraging 1 by Billy Bailey
Florida Foraging 2 by Billy Bailey
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One response to “28-Year-Old Cucumber Vines”
David, I got my hands on some of the mutated looking seeds of a mature Coccinia Grandis fruit, I managed to sprout two shoots out of ten using the plate covered with cling film method. See picture below.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s2iv54o8eu9rb1/20170816_182351.jpg?dl=0
Cheers from Evesham, England. :)