Vegetable and Salad Seeds Cucumber 2

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Cucumber Marketmore

Cucumber Marketmore 76 seeds are a classic favourite among gardeners, known for their reliability and productivity. These outdoor ridge cucumbers produce thick, dark green fruits up to 20cm in length, adorned with small white spines. Marketmore 76 cucumbers are renowned for their abundance, ensuring a bountiful harvest that will delight any gardener. Ideal for fresh consumption, these cucumbers are perfect for adding a crisp, refreshing touch to your salads and dishes.
Handy Tip: Pick the fruits regularly to ensure a continuous crop. Feed and water regularly.

Cucumber Partner F1 (Gherkin)

Introduce the exceptional Partner F1 Gherkin cucumber seeds to your garden collection. This parthenocarpic hybrid, which is self-fertile, is perfect for early to mid-season harvesting. The fruits are almost smooth, with a medium to dark green colour, offering a delightful appearance and taste. These gherkins are ideal for pickling or enjoying fresh in salads and snacks. Grow Partner F1 cucumbers in your vegetable plot or under protective covers like cloches or polytunnels for an abundant and delicious yield.
Handy Tip: Cucumbers prefer a moist atmosphere. Keep well watered and feed regularly once the fruits start to set.

Cucumber Telegraph Improved

Elevate your gardening with Telegraph Improved cucumber seeds, a favourite among gardeners for its adaptability and impressive yield. This versatile cucumber can be cultivated in a glasshouse, outdoors, or under protective covers like polythene tunnels and cold frames. The Telegraph Improved variety is known for producing medium long, dark green fruits that closely resemble glasshouse types, making it an excellent choice for those seeking quality and reliability. Perfect for traditional salads, these cucumbers thrive in various growing conditions, ensuring a bountiful harvest all season long.
Handy Tip: Cucumbers prefer a moist atmosphere, spray the floor of the greenhouse with water regularly during hot weather to maintain humidity, but give good ventilation to avoid disease.

Cucumber Mini Munch F1

Discover the perfect addition to your garden with Mini Munch F1 cucumber seeds. These small, mini-sized cucumbers are ideal for lunch boxes and snacks. An early all-female hybrid of medium vigour with minimal side branching, Mini Munch F1 is bred for protected cropping, producing multiple flowers and fruits per node. The 8-10cm (3-4") fruits are mid-green, smooth, firm, and exceptionally crisp and flavourful. Suitable even in cooler conditions, this variety boasts a long cropping period, ensuring a steady supply of delicious cucumbers.
Handy Tip: Do not leave unwanted fruits on the plant as this will cause the plant to cease production of new fruits.

***Please refer to the individual packets for specific sowing and harvesting instructions, as they may differ from the chart below.***

Key Features
Versatility: Suitable for growing in glasshouses, outdoors, and under protective covers.
Flavour and Texture: Crisp, firm, and often free from bitterness, perfect for fresh consumption.
Size and Appearance: Typically green and smooth, with some varieties featuring ribbing or spines.
Yield: High productivity and continuous harvesting throughout the growing season.
Growing Requirements: Benefit from support structures and thrive in warm conditions, both indoors and outdoors.

Growing chart

Sow Indoors

Plant Outdoors

Harvest

Sow Indoords

Plant Outdoors

Harvest

Technical specifications

Approx. Seed count	Marketmore - 50 seeds \| Partner F1 (Gherkin) - 20 seeds
	Telegraph Improved - 15 seeds \| Mini Munch F1 - 4 seeds
When to Sow	February to May
Where to Sow	Sow seeds on their edge 1.5cm deep in 9cm pots, maintaining a consistent temperature of 21°C day and night.
What to do Next	Once seedlings have 3 true leaves, transplant into 15cm pots. When plants are 10cm tall and the risk of frost has passed, plant them outdoors. They can grow against netting or along the ground. Cucumber seeds can also be grown in large pots or growbags under glass. Provide support and tie in stems as needed.
Harvest	July to September