As farmers and gardeners, we occasionally try to push the limits of what is possible. This is what occurred with me in the summer of 2022. I had already grown out one crop of carosello and w… Read More

Immediately after I could distinguish the smooth Carosello Leccese from the other more scalloped fruit in my Carosello Leccese trial, I cleared the smooth-fruited plants out in order to make… Read More

Back in 2020, I had a really good situation in that I was finally able to grow out one of my cucumber varieties with a local farmer. I had set aside several hundred dollars for him to grow o… Read More

I am grateful for the opportunity I had to have my Striped Carosello Leccese cucumbers grown to seed by a Rio Linda farmer in 2021. We grew over 1 ton of cucumbers, with the majority of the… Read More

Very rarely do I come across a variety as good as the Carosello Spuredda Leccese Scuro. This is a dark green variety with a smooth skin and an exceptionally good rich flavor. While I had gro… Read More

When I began gardening as a hobby, I never thought I would be growing gourmet cucumbers. In Tucson, I was just happy to grow anything that would taste decent and wanted to share what I enjoy… Read More

Right before leaving on a trip in 2021, I knew that I needed to harvest the Carosello Spuredda Leccese Scuro. I was going on a trip that would last for over a month. If I left the fruit on t… Read More

There are both positive and negative things to growing in my greenhouse. The main positive thing is that I can grow varieties in isolation to determine their color and, occasionally, their t… Read More

Even with so many wonderful cucumber varieties that I can grow, deciding exactly what cucumber variety to choose to plant be difficult. Even though I had grown the Light Carosello Leccese be… Read More

While I do enjoy seeing fruit in its prime state, here are some pictures from the harvests I made back in 2020: Carosello Barese:          … Read More

By late June, I began to recognize these Striped Carosello Leccese as being both beautiful and delicious. I additionally noticed that the fruit that was exposed to more sun would have darker… Read More

After discovering the Striped Carosello Leccese I was very interested in having a farmer grow out this variety for me. I wanted to ensure that I could produce enough seed to distribute this… Read More

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There’s never a way to know what I am going to get when I grow out any carosello variety that is referred to as a “Spuredda Leccese”. Being that the word “Spuredda&rd… Read More

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When growing out the a seed packet Carosello Spuredda Leccese cucumber-melon what I expected was something that was either dark or something with stripes. What I did not expect was to grow s… Read More

Un grazie a Liliana, che mi ha regalato questi semi. Grazie Liliana😉 Un seme è un regalo bellissimo, perché se riesci ad averne cura ti regalerà una pianta. Di c… Read More