Cucumber Baby F1 Seeds
Code: 434850
Ideal for lunch boxes
The ‘lunch box’ cucumber! Aptly named, this mini ‘cuc’ is one of the sweetest we have ever found on our trials. Harvest this little beauty from 7.5cm (3”) up to 15cm (6”) in length. Very prolific and has resistance to powdery mildew disease. Greenhouse/outdoor cucumber.
Culture: Crops 12 weeks from sowing. Sow seed singly on edge in 9cm (3½”) pots under glass at 18–21°C (65–70°F) February-May for greenhouse crops or April-May for outdoors. Later pot on plants into large pots, about 25cm (10") in size, or plant them out in a frame/greenhouse or outdoors. (Do not plant in cold frames until May.) Maintain night temperatures of 16–18°C (60–65°F). For standard greenhouse varieties, remove male flowers leaving the female ones (distinguished by swelling on stem behind petals) from which cucumbers will be produced. For standard outdoor varieties leave on both male and female flowers. ‘All female’ varieties produce virtually 100% female flowers. Harvest July-September. HEALTH BENEFIT: Low in calories and refreshing (cucumbers are 96% water).
TOBY'S TIP: Our trials have shown that mini types, normally greenhouse grown, can perform perfectly well outdoors when planted through black polythene, which keeps the roots warm.