Dragon's Egg Cucumber

These are almost as tasty as Lemon Cucumbers but are much less spikey and the plants take less room but are more prolific. It's now the only cucumber I grow! And how awesome is that name, right? So fun to tell people it's a Dragon's Egg cucumber!

While we have loved everything we've purchased from Baker Creek, the Dragon's Egg Cucumbers have been our absolute favorite. The kids cannot get enough of these - which is great - because boy were these plants prolific. They grew easily, beautifully, and produced through the end of Septemeber.

I love these. Easy to grow. I think they produced pretty early and went until November. The kids pick them and eat them whole. I'll definitely be growing these again and skipping the lemon cucumbers.

I started these in March in South Louisiana. Our early spring on average is fairly warm with a few cold spells. Several people stopped to tell me I was planting too early. These plants were immediately prolific! By April I was knocking on doors trying to give away! Beautiful and tasty cucumbers- I drank a lot of cucumber lime-aides in this period and put a lot of juice in freezer! However, by May/June all my dragon egg plants had diseases (only plant in my extensive garden to suffer with disease). Tried a few solutions but nothing helped; pulled up plants early. I think these plants liked our cooler spring climate than a hot and humid S Louisiana summer. Glad I planted early and got a great crop, but probably won’t grow again.

These were a great attention getter at farmers' markets. Kids and adults both liked them. I snacked on them in the garden and while selling (helps with sales if you eat your own produce). Large ones had mature but still edible seeds.