🌱 Sowing & planting
- Latin name: Cucumis sativus
- Sowing depth: 1.3 cm
- Pre-sowing: in 8 cm pots (indoors or under glass)
- Germination temperature: 18–32 °C
- Germination period: 7–10 days
- Planting distance: 120 cm between rows, 20 cm between plants (along mesh or on a climbing rope )
- Growth cycle: ± 105 days
- Plant out: when 2-3 true leaves appear
📅 Growing times
- Greenhouse: Sow indoors late March–mid April or under glass late April–early May; harvest July–September.
- Open ground (pre-grown): sow under glass mid-April–mid-May; plant outdoors mid-May–early June; harvest August–September.
- Open ground (in situ): sow early May–end May; harvest mid-August–end September.
Cucumbers love warmth and grow best sheltered or in a greenhouse.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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🏠 Greenhouse / greenhouse
🪟 Open ground (pre-cultivated)
Open ground (on site)
🏠 Greenhouse / greenhouse
🪟 Open ground – pre-cultivated
Open ground – on site
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📘 Basic information
- Crop group: Fruit crop
- Crop family: Cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae)
- Height: 30–150 cm (climber)
- Frost resistant: no
- Root system: 45–60 cm deep
- Fertilization: good composted soil is sufficient
- Preferred soil: pH 5.5–6.8
🌞💧 Pitch & water
Location: ☀☀☀ lots of sun.
Watering: 💧💧💧 plenty of water – especially in warm weather and when fruiting.
🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors
🧑🌾 Cultivation method step-by-step
- Sow in 8cm pots at a depth of 1.3cm, at 18–32°C.
- Germinate in a warm place; keep the soil slightly moist.
- Plant out when there are 2–3 true leaves, after the frost.
- Train the plants along mesh or rope to save space and create airiness.
- Water regularly and avoid allowing the soil to dry out completely.
- Harvest regularly to continue encouraging the plant to produce new fruits.
❗ Dangers & Concerns
- Mildew: especially in warm, dry weather in combination with dew.
- Snails: they like to eat young plants and fruits.
🧺 Harvesting & storing
- Harvest medium sized fruits for best flavor and fine seeds.
- Harvest regularly to keep the plant producing for longer.
- Overly large fruits are often more watery and have large, disturbing seeds.
🍽️ Nutritional value
Per 100 g raw cucumber with peel:
- 15 kcal
- 0 g fat
- 4 g carbohydrates
- 1 g protein
- 0 g fiber
- 2 g sugar
- Vitamins: A and C
- Other: pantothenic acid, magnesium , phosphorus , manganese and potassium
