Description
Cucurbita – Cucumber –
grow in moderately fertile, well drained, but moisture retentive soil in full sun or partial shade. None can withstand frost and thrive in hot weather.
prone to slugs, aphids and beetles.
Harvest cucumber as soon as they are big enough, check daily, cucumbers enlarge quickly. The more you harvest the more the vines will produce. Cucumbers with yellow are over ripe and oversized fruit is bitter
Harvest cucumber as soon as they are big enough, check daily, cucumbers enlarge quickly. The more you harvest the more the vines will produce. Cucumbers with yellow are over ripe and oversized fruit is bitter.
‘Straight Eight Cucumber’ – matures in 50-75 days, fruit is to 8″ inches long, space 36-48″ inches apart
