Seeds-15 Hybrid High Yield Green Cucumber For Terrace Kitchen Gardening

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION


One of the most popular vegetable crops. They are eaten fresh or canned, salted, pickled, and used in salads. 95% of cucumber is water. Cucumbers can successfully be cultivated in Terrace Tops, Balcony, Poly Houses and any small gardens by training them up a fence or trellis.

Planting and Growing Guide

OPTIMUM GERMINATION TEMPERATURE: 18 to 35 °C MAX. 41 °C MIN. 16 °C
DAYS TO GERMINATE: 7 to 12
SOWING DEPTH: ½ in.
SOWING MEDIA: Well draining
WATER: Moderately depending upon the soil and climatic conditions – keep the soil moist but not too wet
SUN: Prefers full sun
SOWING METHOD: In-situ
SPACING IN ROW: 2 ft.
SPACING BETWEEN ROWS: 4 ft.
AVG. PLANT HEIGHT: 2 ft. (vine; taller when staked)
AVG. DAYS TO MATURITY: 50 to 70

Where all you can try this

Terrace/Balcony/Terrace boundary walls
Indoor/Outdoor
Available Window space
Barren / Dry Land
Hanging Pots
Green Houses
Kitchen Gardens/Work areas
Or anywhere on stands or using other mediums

How to Plant Cucumbers

Cucumbers can be planted in containers, rows, hills, or raised beds. Be warned: one plant produces a lot of cucumbers. And, some plants can produce all summer long. So, think about spacing out plantings to harvest all season.

Maintaining Your Cucumber Plants

Cucumber plants are easy vegetables to grow. There s not a whole lot of work to do while you re waiting to harvest: trellis vine cucumbers and water. Watering is key, and you need to water deep to reach all the roots. Cucumbers absorb and need a lot of water!

When to Use Organic Fertilizer

If you are ever going to use an organic fertilizer, the vegetable garden would be the place to do so. Cucumber plants really absorb water, soil nutrients, and fertilizers around them. Chemicals are the last thing you want in your homegrown food. That s one reason to grow your own vegetable garden – for safer food.
Fertilizer cucumber plants about a week after they produce blossoms. You can fertilize about every 3-4 weeks. Make sure you don t over fertilize. It can lead to misshapen cucumbers.

When to Harvest Cucumbers

Cucumbers are ready to harvest about 55-70 days after planting. It s better to pick them early than late. Don t wait to see how big the cucumbers get! Cucumbers get bitter as they grow bigger, and the seeds can harden, too. Get them before they turn yellow.

Cucumber Pests and Diseases

Keep an eye out for pests, like aphids, pickle worms, mites, and cucumbers beetles chomping on your cucumber plants. Common cucumber diseases are anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew, bacterial wilt, and angular leaf spot.

You ll see a lot about cucumber beetles, striped or spotted, when looking into cucumber pests. They pack a double punch. They eat the plant and spread bacterial wilt. If your cucumber plants are looking a little droopy and you just watered them, chances are your plants have cucumber beetles. Make sure you use a safe, organic pest control product to use on a garden, like neem oil. You want to get rid of cucumber beetles, but not eat chemicals!