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Lot of 20 "FAT BABY" Achocha Bolivian Cucumber seeds
THESE SEEDS ARE RARE AND EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND!
There are several varieties of the Achocha, but this Fat Baby variety has heart shaped leaves and Soft spines. Cyclanthera brachystacha
Long, Vigorous vine, really takes off!
The seeds come from my garden, grown organically with love.
I live in North Central, Alabama, zone 8A and had no problems whatsoever growing these babies. In addition, I didn't encounter any pest issues.
The photos posted are taken by me, in my garden. You can see how vigourous the vines are in one of the pictures, taken Aug 31, 2015. Currently the vine is even longer and steadily finding places to spread. As of November 11, 2015, I am still harvesting these fat babies!
I planted these seeds after the threat of freezing passed, in early Spring. Watered well and kept the soil moist. It was slow growing at first , outgrew my trellis and then really took off--that's when we threw a nylon trellis over the chimney :)The blooms are tiny and self pollinating. Keep the soil moist during the growing season and harvest constantly to encourage new growth.
The following description was taken from RealSeeds.com, a website located in the UK.
'Fat Baby' - Easy climbing vine, tastes like sweet peppers when cooked!
Fat Baby is remarkably easy to grow. It is impressively productive, and can be used raw in salads when small a bit like a cucumber.
It is a quick and vigorous climber and you can climb it up and over anything, including garden sheds, although it does need a sunny open spot. Definitely best outdoors though and not in a polytunnel, because it tends to take over if grown inside.
The best thing however, is that the mature fruit taste very much like green peppers when fried - yet they can be grown outdoors with ease and set masses of fruit with no effort.
To cook, simply cut open and flick out the seeds (saving a few for future planting of course) and then slice and fry just as a green pepper. Very similar taste to green peppers, just much easier to grow!