Yellow skin, 20cm x 9cm. Best eaten at 10cm long. Copes well with heat and humidity and shows resistance to powdery mildew. Smaller than the similar looking Giant Russian. Used for salads, pickling and slicing. Germinates best at 18-25' soil temp. Harvest at 60 days, harvest daily.
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Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
First cultivated in India at least 3000 years ago. Summer salad vegetable, known to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Likes rich well drained soil, though not heavily fertilised, add lime to obtain pH of 6.5. Keep moist. Can sow indoors 5 weeks before planting, take care not to damage roots, shallow roots also damaged with cultivation. Best grown on trellis and planted where it gets no overhead watering. Sow after frost.
30-40 seeds per gram
Cucumber seeds planting information:
| Tropics: | Feb-Sep |
| Subtropic: | Aug-Mar |
| Mild: | Sep-Feb |
| Cold/Frost: | Oct-Dec |
| Plant space cm: | 40-60 |
| Row space cm: | 120-150 |
| Depth cm: | 1 |
| Best soil temp: | 16-35 °C |
| Sow after frost: | Yes |
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| Number of seeds per gram: | 30-40 |
| Rate per hectare: | 1-2kg |
| Average days to maturity: | 60-70 |
Companion Planting
Try these plants as good neighbours for Cucumber
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W.A. CustomersDue to quarantine restrictions in W.A. there is a 10,000 seeds limit per each variety.
Cucumber seed count is 30-40 seeds per gram. Please stay under this 10,000 seeds limit when ordering seeds as we will have to reduce or remove it from your order. If you have any queries on ordering large quantities please phone us on (07) 5533 1177.
TAS CustomersDue to quarantine restrictions in TAS there is an 800g limit per each seed variety.
Please stay under this 800g limit when ordering seeds as we will have to reduce or remove it from your order.
