Gherkin seeds for the Mexican Mini-Cucumber, known as Sandia, produce an exotic speciality, attractive as a garden decoration but excellent to eat or use as a table decoration. A real treat as a snack as it has a fresh and slightly sour taste and can be used in both salads and pickled. Sow under glass in April before planting outside and harvesting in September and October. Or sow all year round in polytunnels or greenhouses.

SOW: April under cover
QUANTITY: Each packet contains seed for 16 plants
TRANSPLANT:n/a
DISTANCE: about 1-meters between rows and 0.3-meters between plants.
HARVEST: September - October

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