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Cucumber - Orient Express

Cucumbers date back as far as 3000 years in India and China. Today they are a popular addition to almost any home garden. Approximately 35 seeds / gram.
Hints:

  • Seeding - Soil temperature should be at least 20°C. Cucumber seed will not germinate below 10°C.
  • Cucumber plants can also be transplanted. Peat pods are recommended.
  • Sow in clumps, 5-6 per clump, 1 cm deep with clumps 1 m apart. Thin to one or two of the best plants per clump.
  • Sow in rows, seed 5 cm apart, 1 cm deep. Thin to 20 cm apart. Pick daily once bearing begins to keep vines productive.

  • Orient Express - 64 days. This dark green oriental type fruit is long, narrow and has an exceptionally long shelf life. One of the highest yielding hybrids available. Excellent crunchy full flavour. This gynoecious vine type variety with pollinator added has shown a wide spectrum of disease tolerance to powdery mildew, angular leaf spot and cucumber mosaic.