4Pcs Cucumber Styling Growth Mold Plastic Heart Shaped Five-Pointed Star Transparent Garden Fruit Vegetable Growing Molds(Star+Heart)

Fun and work great

One of my zucchinis disintegrated and the other one looks like it was starting too. I used in the beginning of May in Louisiana; it was not hot yet.

These are some cute molds, for when you are growing veggies. My son definably enjoyed having star shaped cucumbers.Now, they do not come with a locking mechanism, but zip ties worked fine, as long you make sure to use two on each edge and at least a pair in the middle. I found it easier to lock the mold and just place it on top of a budding fruit, and then harvest right as the mold gets full. If you wait too long there is a chance the mold will crack. It's ok for a curiosity thing, but honestly I ran out of patience to use them after a while.They did work great for cookies however. I froze the batter within the mold and then it was easy to slice the cookies to the desired size, without having the mess of re-rolling the dough for more cuts.

I bought a package of screws to hold these together as suggested by one reviewer. I just assembled them and slid them onto small cucumbers. A few days later they were ready to be harvested and I was so pleasantly surprised. When cut they look just like little hearts or stars. So excited to put these in a salad. The molds are very durable. I think they will last quite a few years.

I went and got screws as seen in photo, did 2 heart cucumber 🥒 and worked perfectly.Today I go to use the star ⭐ and the hole is even smaller and 5 of the holes were not even drilled out. Glad I saw the holes not drilled before I went to buy smaller screws. So I just drilled all the star holes larger by slowly using 3 drill bit sizes.I now have all 4 on cucumbers on the vine.I left 1 screw out to be able to hang the mold. I also assembled the mold inside where it's cool and just slid it on the small cucumber.We had record heat this last week while the molds were on 110° multiple days in a row. And the Cucumber did fine. ( I do have shade cloth up )

Soooo adorable! Kinda stunts their growth in comparison to the ones without molds but still cute

I doubt these will last through the season. Also, you need to buy the nuts & bolts, so expect the price to be double what you are expecting

I found the way that Disney made square watermelons and pumpkins interesting, growing them vertically and putting a mold around them when they are big enough. I got these late in the season, but next year I am looking forward to seeing if I can duplicate Disney with my cucumbers and zucchinis. This will make for an interesting effect at a dinner party.