Category: Banyan Farm
Poona Khera-gurka (Cucumis sativus) är en sällsynt arvsort med ursprung i Indien, med gyllenbrunt skal och mild, söt smak. Den växer snabbt och är ett utmärkt val för hemträdgårdsmästare som söker en pålitlig, högavkastande gurka för färskkonsumtion eller inläggning.
Varje frököp stödjer regenerativt jordbruk och återställning av vilda naturområden.
For a cucumber that looks like it belongs in a fall harvest basket, the flavor is surprisingly delicate and sweet—my kids eat them straight off the vine. Started flowering about five weeks after sowing, and the golden-brown skins make them easy to spot hiding in the leaves.
Planted these in early June and the vines took off faster than any cucumber I've grown, with that golden-brown skin turning out exactly as described. The mild sweetness is real—my kids eat them straight off the vine without any dressing.
That golden-brown skin on the Poona Khera is what sold me, and the mild sweetness really came through in our first salad. It’s been a vigorous climber too, easily keeping up with the trellis I built, so I’m already planning a second sowing for late summer.
