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Pickling cucumber Aloe F1

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Early to mid-early high-yielding variety. The fruits are long, slender, dark green in color and are not bitter. The package contains 40 seeds.

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Cucumis sativus - Aloe F1

Cucumbers undoubtedly rank among the most popular types of vegetables. Pickling cucumbers or salad cucumbers are probably the most commonly grown vegetable variety. Everyone knows the long snake cucumbers. The fruits measure over thirty centimeters, are smooth, non-bitter and suitable for growing in greenhouses and polytunnels. Cucumbers originate from India, where they have been cultivated for 3000 years. The plant grows up to 2 meters long and is climbing. It characteristically has large, deeply lobed, alternately growing leaves. Cucumbers produce large yellow unisexual male and female flowers, which are pollinated by insects. The fruit are cucumbers - berries.

Cucumbers contain the enzyme erepsin, which breaks down proteins. Vitamin E protects cells from free radicals. When consuming cucumbers, a feeling of satiety comes quickly, which helps with weight loss diets.

In addition to basic kitchen preparations of cucumbers, such as salads or for preserving, cucumbers can also be used to make various cream salads, as well as cocktails and various smoothies.

How to Grow Cucumbers

  • It is not advisable to plant cucumbers where potatoes or strawberries were previously grown. On the other hand, beds after peas, onions, beets or beans are suitable. Cucumbers require a bright, warm location that is sheltered from wind. We keep the soil around emerged seedlings loose and clean. Cucumbers are shallow-rooting, so we don't hoe deeply. We pinch plants at the six-leaf stage after the fifth leaf and later also pinch side shoots after set fruits. Pinching will speed up harvest by at least fourteen days. Watering during sunny heat is not suitable, as they suffer from scorch and downy mildew. Leaves must be dry at night, so afternoon watering is completely inappropriate and we only water in the morning. For growing cucumbers, it is advisable to use PVC film which will protect seedlings from possible temperature drops. Black non-woven fabric is most suitable.

  • Cucumber seeds can be sown directly in the bed around May 20th. Cucumbers are quite susceptible to temperature shocks, so temperatures should not fall below 8°C.

    Another option is pre-cultivation, where we avoid cucumber downy mildew. Sowing can be done from mid-April. We sow seeds into seed substrate, one seed each directly into pots or seed trays. We can pre-cultivate behind a window indoors or in a greenhouse. Seedlings are pre-cultivated for 12-16 days and the suitable temperature for seed germination is 15-18°C. Waterlogging doesn't suit seeds or young seedlings very well, they could easily die. We again place seedlings in their final location only after May 20th.

  • They require quality, well-fertilized, deeply worked soil.

  • It's good to fertilize the site before planting with well-aged manure or matured compost. This prepared soil should be left to settle for another 2 to 3 weeks. During vegetation, you can fertilize with diluted cow manure with fermented chicken manure. You can also use artificial fertilizer Cucumin, designed specifically for cucumbers. We can also apply Cererit or Floran.

  • Sucking pests such as aphids, whiteflies or spider mites can significantly weaken our cultivated plants when heavily infested. Fungal diseases mainly include mildews such as cucumber downy mildew, black fruit rot, powdery mildew. It's suitable to use ROCK EFFECT as prevention, not only against sucking pests, but also against fungal diseases. For treatment against fungal diseases we can use products Acrobat MZ WG, Aliette 80 WG, also Dithane DG Neotec, Champion 50 WP, Kuprikol 50, Ortiva, Previcur Energy, Ridomil Gold MZ Pepite and Plíseň STOP.

    Symptoms of cucumber mosaic virus can be observed in approximately month and a half old plants. Greener irregular spots begin to form on leaves, which turn yellow over time. Leaves become wrinkled and deformed. It's transmitted by pests such as aphids or whiteflies. Protection is elimination of sucking pests that transmit the disease and destruction of plants in case of infection.

  • We harvest cucumbers at least two to three times a week. When harvesting, we take care not to tear cucumber seedlings and damage shoots. We harvest ripe fruits.

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Data sheet

Growing difficulty
Medium
Growing suitability
Garden cultivation
Greenhouse cultivation
Purpose
Edible fruits
Sowing Time
Summer
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Harvest time
Autumn
Summer
Fruit color
Green

Specific References

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