Beginner Gardening: Tiny Pickling Cukes, 1 by dreaves

dreaves wrote:
Ozark,

I'm late to this thread, but I thought I'd offer my thoughts anyway. I grew the OP Pickle Bush last year and I had great results, even with the drought in central Texas. I liked the bush growth habit and I had no complaints about the productivity. I canned several gallons of pickles, both whole, spears, and slices. I let most of mine grow to 4-5 inches, but it would have been easy enough to pick them smaller.

The bush plants made it easier to control weeds, too. I could easily move my wheel hoe through the area while the plants were small, and as they grow they kept the competing weeds more or less shaded out. The attached photo shows a half-gallon of whole pickles, a quart of dill spears, and a pint of bread-and-butter chips.

David