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It will turn from green to yellow and will feel a bit mushy when touched.\u00a0 I really wanted to save its seeds so I didn&#8217;t want to take chances by rushing. The\u00a0 negative part is that the plant stops producing other fruit and gives all its energy to grow this one.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>So I let it grow and grow! At one point it started to smell like melon and some cracks appeared. Also some new fruit started to appear in the plant. Then I decided it was time!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c07d6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3c07d6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90c7e6e\" data-id=\"90c7e6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6269c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6269c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-750x498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09051-1140x758.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b1811c\" data-id=\"2b1811c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219b705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"219b705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-750x498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09053-1140x758.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0458441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0458441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I cut it open and there\u00a0 they were: ripe seeds! I scooped them out, put them in a cup and let them ferment for a day or two with the juice of the fruit. Then I strained and wash them and let them dry in a windowsill.\u00a0<\/p><p>Now I have tons of seeds that will last me forever!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f658ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f658ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-750x498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSC09084-1140x758.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How and when to save armenian cucumber seeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[417],"tags":[1867,92],"class_list":["post-5131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growing","tag-armenian-cucumber","tag-seed-saving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5131"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}