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Organic Wild Cucumber Plant (Echinocystis lobata)
Organic Wild Cucumber Plant (Echinocystis lobata)
Organic Wild Cucumber Plant (Echinocystis lobata)
Organic Wild Cucumber Plant (Echinocystis lobata)

Organic Wild Cucumber Plant (Echinocystis lobata)

$3.00

Wild Cucumber or Balsam Apple is an annual vine that can grow up to 30 ft in length.  It has fragrant white/yellowish flowers in the summer and interesting spiny seed pods in the fall. Great for pollinators

1 plant in a 3 inch plantable pot 

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Wild Cucumber or Balsam Apple is an annual vine that can grow up to 30 ft in length.  It has fragrant white/yellowish flowers in the summer and interesting spiny seed pods in the fall.  There are 4 large seeds to each pod and the vine will readily reseed.  The fruit of the Wild Cucumber is NOT edible.

Very easy to grow, it’s a great addition to a Children’s garden or a Fairy Garden.  Also great for covering fences or dead trees and stumps.

The root was used by American Indians to an extremely bitter tea as a bitter tonic for stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers, and obstructed menses. Also used in love potions and as a general tonic. Pulverized root poultice for headaches. 

If you want to use this plant in any way medicinally, please do your research and work with a trained herbalist.

Sold AsPotted
Zone3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Annual/PerennialAnnual
Sun (Preferred)Full Sun | Mostly Sun
Soil (Preferred)Average | Moist
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Foliage ColorGreen
Flower ColorWhite
Fruit ColorGreen
Flower FragranceSweet
Fragrance IntensityStrong
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Flower SeasonSummer | Fall
Foliage SeasonFall | Summer
Fruiting SeasonFall
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Plant TypeVine
Watering NeedsRegular
ToleratesHeat | Humidity
Root DepthShallow | Moderate
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UsesOrnamental | Specimen
Garden TypeArbor / Trellis | Children's | Fairy | Herb, Medicinal
AttractsBees | Beneficial Insects | Butterflies | Day Pollinators
NativeMidwest | Northeast | Pacific Northwest | Rocky Mountains
Wild/CultivatedWild
Wild HarvestedWild Harvested
OrganicGrown w/o Chemical Fertilizers | Grown w/o Herbicides | Grown w/o Pesticides
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Seed-PrepEasy | Stratify

Wild Cucumber seeds germinate after a period of cold, moist stratification.  The easiest way to cold stratify is to sow seeds outside in the fall/winter in the ground or do Winter Sowing.

To stratify inside: 

Soak the seeds in cold water overnite

Mix the seeds with moist sand or vermiculite, make sure you have a least the same volume of medium to seed, a little more is better.

Place the mixture in a labeled, sealed plastic bag (ziploc)

Store in the refrigerator (33-38 degrees)

Stratify for 45-60 day (the cold soaking can shorten this time)

If sprouting occurs, plant immediately.

After stratifying, plant in pots or plant outside after danger of frost has passed

Keep seeds in a cool dry place until stratifying/planting.

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