won't easily climb a tomato cage (the cylindrical one). best to use a wide trellis if using this. it was more inclined to grow along the ground. it keeps to about 6 - 8 inches tall from the ground, making a high ground cover. like the zucchini, it has male and female flowers.
it doesn't take very long for this plant to show flowers. make sure to water these often - usually 1 inch per week. otherwise the fruit will become bitter.
August 2008:
it is still producing fruit! this cucumber grows nice and long if you can have it hang down from a trellis, otherwise on the ground it tends to curve.
i will probably be pulling out this plant, since it seems to be under stress of some kind...maybe i've been watering it too little? maybe it as past its prime for giving cukes (i have harvested well over 100)? but because it is under stress, it has been showing signs of powdery mildew. it could also be the heat and humidity around here lately.
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