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Growing Cucumber

(cucumis satavis)

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				P

(Best months for planting Cucumber in USA - Zone 5a regions)

P = Plant direct in garden where they are to grow.

Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 16°C and 35°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 40 - 60 cm apart
Harvest in 8-10 weeks. Cut fruit off with scissors or sharp knife.
Compatible with: Nasturtiums, Beans, Celery, Lettuce, Sweet Corn, Cabbages, Sunflowers, Coriander, Fennel, Dill, Sunflowers
Avoid growing with: Potato, Tomatoes

A young plant
Flower - female
Flower - male

Cucumbers are frost tender. Can be started in small peat pots then transplanted when weather is suitable. A trailing plant which will grow tendrils as it gets bigger. Lebanese cucumbers are best picked about 10 -12 cm (4 - 5 in) and eaten whole. Gherkins are usually picked 5 or 6 cm (2 - 3 in) long and pickled. They have a prickly skin. Apple cucumbers are round with a pale, almost white, smooth skin.

Grow in full sun. Grow up a trellis or framework to save space and keep the fruit clean. Needs ties to support it at first. Water regularly and fertilise to encourage growth.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Cucumber

Pick frequently before the fruit become too big.
Use raw in salads, peeled if preferred.

Your comments and tips

27 Mar 13, neil sheppard (Australia - temperate climate): Does anyone know where I can buy Diva cucumber seeds, preferably in Australia.
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02 Mar 13, Carol (Australia - temperate climate): My cucumbers are HUGE and yellow, I'm almost convinced that they are something entirley different. They have been planted too close together as I only have a small space, which I'm geussing may be the yellow, but I cant understand the why they are so big.
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27 Mar 13, Jade (Australia - sub-tropical climate): you are leaving them grow too long - don't let them get huge, pick them first
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22 Feb 13, Ademola francis (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): pls i need cucumber seed'i want to be purchasing and suppler the seed pls i need ur help.
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22 Feb 13, Sheree (Australia - temperate climate): I am a learner gardner growing Lebanese Cucumbers for the first time. We have had lots of rain and some of the leaves are getting yellow marks on them. Is that a fungus or mould if so how do I get rid of it?
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16 Feb 13, Meriel (Australia - temperate climate): I am growing apple cues and on the same vines they are big and white and some small ( golfball size) and yellow so how can they be overripe? I have been juicing the yellow ones and they don't seem to be bitter, I have about 4 vines and they are all doing the same thing, some small and yellow are in shade some in sun, some big and white are hanging in sun in rosé bushes and on trellis covered by leaves, all deep watered nearly every day. It is a puzzle.......
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05 Feb 13, Alison (Australia - temperate climate): Does anyone have advice on how to eradicate tiny ants from my veggie pots and planting bags. ( i don't have a lot of garden space,so I'm growing all my veg and berries in pots and large planting bags, but the ants seem to LOVE them!!
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10 Feb 13, Jake (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You can spray the container with a surface spray that will kill them as they go in and out, but another option is to submerge the container in water for a few hours. The ants will leave.
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05 Feb 13, Alison (Australia - temperate climate): Im growing cucumber in large,deep,planting bags. I planted 8 seedlings about a week ago and they are in a full sun position, I water them twice a day ( not flood them probably about a cup each ) I have lost 3 so far, its almost as if they have been sprayed with weed killer, they have just curled up and shrivelled away. Can you advice me on how to save the last 5 plants.
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03 Feb 13, Margaret Hamilton (Australia - temperate climate): Why are my cucumbers only producing male flowers?
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