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'Alibi' Cucumber |
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Pickling. Dark green, uniform, white-spined fruit on somewhat short vine. Can be harvested while still smooth at gherkin-size or allowed to mature to 4- by 1 1/2-inch picklers. Resistant to downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab and cucumber mosaic virus.
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49
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Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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Overall: (4.8 Stars)
Taste: (4.8 Stars)
Yield: (4.8 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 4
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 03/10/2011 by
Little Minnie
- An experienced gardener
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Sherburne, Minnesota, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Very reliable. Cute shape and good taste. Performed better than other cucs in a not very friendly to cucs garden. Would have loved better production but probably wasn\'t the variety that was at fault. Disease resistant. |
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Reviewed on 11/07/2009 by
greenpastures5
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Oakland, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I tried a lot of new varieties in the garden this year--which turned out to be one of worst years ever, between a very cold, long and wet spring and cool, short summer. Alibi was definitely the star. I had to plant it twice--the first batch simply never germinated--but after that, wow. Incredible yield, beautiful picklers. My only complaint: spiny! |
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Reviewed on 02/07/2009 by
OhioMG
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Huron, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These were absolutely FANTASTIC in our garden last year. I am a pickling cucumber addict so I have to have the sweetest, crunchiest, most productive ones I can find, especially as I have to share with my husband who actually wants me to PICKLE some of them. These were wonderful. Highly productive, tasty, and trouble free. I planted them on a cattle fencing trellis so I could stop while on the tractor to pick one if I got hungry or thirsty. Yum!!! |
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Reviewed on 10/22/2007 by
JR
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Oakland, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| I've grown Alibi cucumbers for several years. The yields are amazing. Just two plants (on a trellis) gave me 300 cucumbers! They require little attention (other than trellis). They do get leaf mold late in the year, but have produced so much by then, I don't mind. |
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