Bangladeshi Sosa Cucumber

Sosa Cucumber is a unique variety in high demand in the Bangladeshi community. These cucumbers can grow to 3 pounds in size! These cucumbers can be grown on the ground or trellised.

When young sosa cucumbers are green, they're eaten fresh in salads. These cucumbers have sap called phloem, visible when the cucumber is cut, that is nutritious to eat. As they mature the fruits turn yellow, and are popular cooked with spices and other vegetables. Before cooking, fruits are peeled and seeds are removed. 

This seed was grown by Alam Ashraful, who has been saving it for three years after receiving it from a friend in his community who had been saving it for six years. Alam is an incubator farmer at Providence Farm Collective specializing in growing Bangladeshi vegetables, and is excited to sell his specialty Bangladeshi seeds to Truelove Seeds for the first time in 2025.

Days to maturity: 50-60

Seeds per pack: 30

Germination rate: 95% on 03/10/2025

Planting / harvesting notes

Seed indoors 2-3 weeks beforehand and transplant into warm soil (above 60 degrees at night). Space the plants at 12 inches apart. Vines grow 4-5 feet, so allow them space to sprawl. Practice pest control, including covering the plants with row cover as they size up to keep off cucumber beetles, which can spread disease. Harvest 3 inch fruits daily.

Seed keeping notes

Cucumbers are insect pollinated and require about 1/2 a mile of isolation from other varieties of the same species, which in this case is Cucumis sativus. The seeds will be fully mature when the fruit turns yellowish orange, large, and bloated - harvest at this stage. Separate the seeds from the flesh, rinse them, and dry them on a screen or paper product away from direct sunlight in a ventilated place. The plumpest and hardest seeds will be most viable.