Success with Beit Alpha cucumbers
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February 3, 2015

Success with Beit Alpha cucumbers

Beit Alpha cucumbers are becoming more popular among growers, and for good reason. They’re gynoecious (produce only female flowers) and parthenocarpic, so they don’t require pollination. With good management in a high tunnel, these seedless cukes will produce two crops in one season,

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