Looking for the Best Cucumber Variety

[Zeedman]

Part of what caught my attention with this Painted Serpent was in the description they quote William W. Weaver as saying 'it's among the oldest heirloom varieties grown in America and one of the now most neglected.' But I didn't realise it fell under the 'melon' cucumber category, though I did sort of impulse buy it and didn't do any research first. Well, I hope I can get it to grow. Germinating those seeds has not gone well for me in the past, but seed companies really keep those packets around for a long time here, so maybe these will be fresher seeing as they are not coming off a rack at a hardware store.

As a melon, those seeds would require warm soil to germinate. Warm weather to grow too, so they might be tough in your location.