Growing Yellow Cucumber In My Garden

I had a chance to visit a vegetable farm once and at that time they were growing cucumbers. I learned from there that yellow cucumber (which we use for boiling soup) does not grow from the same cucumber plant (which we use for salad or pickle). I tried growing yellow cucumber from the seeds I obtained from a yellow cucumber which I used to boil soup. If you are interested, you can click here to visit the post. That plant produced only 1 yellow cucumber because the plant was infested and destroyed by pests.

For the 2nd time, I used seeds bought from a plant nursery. There were very few seeds in the sachet, so I sowed all the seeds. Only 3 seedlings sprouted and after they were transplanted into the big pot, only 2 survived. Their flowers are similar to the normal green cucumbers.

This is the first fruit. It started like normal green cucumber.

This is the 2nd fruit.

It is shorter and broader than the normal green cucumber.

It also has tiny prickly things on the skin.

It started to turn yellowish when the fruit is about 2 weeks.

From the 2 vines, we only got 3 medium and 1 small sized yellow cucumbers.

Cucumber plants are prone to attract pests.

I noticed that the leaves were beginning to turn yellow and there were no signs of new fruits on the vines.

One day I noticed this little cucumber hanging from the lower part of the vine, almost touching the soil.

Daily I have been watching and waiting to harvest the first fruit.

Then I noticed tiny crack lines on the outer yellow skin.

When I harvested the above first fruit, it was about a month old. I used it to boil soup with pork rib, carrot, red dates, wolf berries, and cuttlefish.

Yellow cucumber (lou wong kua) soup.

Yellow cucumber soup is very popular in Malaysia, especially for Chinese families. It has "cooling" properties and is good for our warm and humid weather. It is also high in nutrients and vitamins. A soup good for the old and young.

Young men are admired for their strength.

Old men are honored for their experience.

(Proverbs 20:29, International Children's Bible-ICB)