Cucumbers - Burpless / Seedless

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JayneMim Leesburg, FL(Zone 9a) Feb 12, 2010

What's the difference between burpless and seedless cucumbers? Are all burpless, seedless, or are all seedless, burpless?

Is there a good organic source for burpless/seedless cucumber seeds? I live in Central Florida.

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Feb 12, 2010

There are varying definitions of "burpless" cucumber, but the general usage revolves around the Asian types which are milder in flavor than the traditional north American varieties. http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cucurbit/wehner/articles/art090.pdf. Seedless refers to parthenocarpic cultivars originally designed for green house production. These do not require pollination to fruit, BUT if they get pollinated they will seed. These may be the "burpless" type or any other type. Lots of folks are identifying seedless with the "English" cukes

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Feb 13, 2010

Evergreen Seeds is a good source of Oriental cucumber seeds: http://www.evergreenseeds.com/orcuc.html
It seems to have gotten some bad marks on Garden Watchdog, but I've bought seeds from them for years, never had trouble reaching anyone, and when I got 0 germination from 1 pack of seeds, they sent me 4 new ones as replacement!
Ordinary "Lemon Cucumber", sold by many sources, including Seed Savers Exchange, is another excellent, extremely prolific "burpless", non-bitter cucumber

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locakelly Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9a) Feb 13, 2010

You could also try the Armenian cucumber - not a true cuke (it is a member of the melon family) but outstanding mild cucumber taste, burpless and more heat tolerant (maybe good in your zone) than regular cukes. Mine produced well into the hot Phoenix summer until they just couldn't take it anymore - lol.

I bought my seeds from Botanical Interests but there are many sources out there...

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