White Wonder Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Story: A beautifully pale, thin skinned, white, medium sized cucumber. They were made commercially available by the famous seed breeder W. Atlee Burpee in 1893 after they were received from a customer in New York. These grow well in a greenhouse but can grow and produce fruit outside too.
Sow: indoors in April.
Requirements: Like other cucumber varieties, this would do best in a greenhouse or conservatory. Full sun, and moist soil.
Harvesting for eating: pick fruits when young and firm. For seed harvesting: leave the fruit on the plant for as long as possible and be sure to let them fully ripen to yellow.
Harvesting for seed saving: Pick fruits when way beyond eating stage - the colour should have changed - usually turning paler and getting huge.
Saving seed from cucumbers: Ideally leave fruits on the plants to get really big and begin to change colour - this is an indicator of seed ripeness - usually until the plants begin to die back for winter. Bring fruits inside and leave to cure in a dark, dry, airy place for a week or two then cut open and scoop seeds out. Dry the seeds thoroughly and label. For more guidance see our video here.
Number of plants to save seeds from: 5 minimum, 5 or more is ideal
Pollination: Insect pollinated
How to send seed back: Please label all seed with variety, type, date and your contact. If you didn't get a chance to fill out our online data collection form, you can also send us a few lines about how it grew for you/flavour etc. Please aim to send back 1 tablespoon of dried seed or more so that we can continue to share with network members. Send to: The Seed Saving Network, Omved Gardens, 1 Townsend Yard, N6 5JF.
Please remember, if you’re an individual grower you can order up to 4 packets of seeds. If you order more than this, you will receive just four packs to begin with. This is to ensure we get plenty of data in return and to keep our stocks sustainable for years to come.*
*Community groups and Experienced Growers can order larger quantities, please email us at info@seedsaving.network if this is the case.
If an item is out of stock we will send a close alternative.
