Siamese Bitter Cucumber: Growing Tips

Key facts

Listed for: United States

Overview

Siamese Bitter is a curiosity rather than a salad cucumber. The vines bear small, 2-inch fruit that is bumpy and wrinkled and, as the name warns, very bitter. It suits gardeners interested in Southeast Asian cooking or unusual crops rather than fresh eating.

Siamese Bitter traits

Very bitter fruit
Small, bumpy, wrinkled fruit about 2 inches

Good for

Southeast Asian cooking
Novelty crop

Compare with other cucumber varieties

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Variety	Days to maturity	Growth habit	Type
Siamese Bitter this page	—	—	—
A & C Pickling	50–55 days	—	—
Adam	56–60 days	—	—
Alibi	49 days	—	—
Amira	52–56 days	—	—
Amour	47 days	—	—
Armenian	50–70 days	—	—

Siamese Bitter FAQ

What kind of cucumber is Siamese Bitter?

Siamese Bitter is a curiosity rather than a salad cucumber. The vines bear small, 2-inch fruit that is bumpy and wrinkled and, as the name warns, very bitter.

How does Siamese Bitter compare with other cucumber varieties?

Similar cucumber varieties include A & C Pickling (50–55 days), Adam (56–60 days), Alibi (49 days). The comparison table on this page lists days to maturity, growth habit and type side by side.

What is Siamese Bitter good for?

Siamese Bitter is grown for southeast Asian cooking, novelty crop.

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every cucumber variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

Source

Source: Cornell University (CALS Garden-Based Learning)

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.