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Pickling cucumber Karen F1

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Early variety with dark green and finely spined fruits. Highly tolerant to cucumber downy mildew, resistant to powdery mildew. Package contains 30 seeds.

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Cucumis sativus - Karen F1

Cucumbers undoubtedly belong to the most popular types of vegetables. Pickling cucumbers or salad cucumbers are probably the most commonly grown type of vegetable. Everyone knows the long snake cucumbers. The fruits measure over thirty centimeters, are smooth, not bitter, and are suitable for cultivation in greenhouses and polytunnels. Cucumbers originate from India, where they have been cultivated for 3000 years. The plant is up to 2 meters long and climbing. It characteristically has large, deeply lobed, alternately growing leaves. Cucumbers produce large yellow unisexual flowers - male and female, 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 quickly sets in, which helps with weight-loss diets.

In addition to basic kitchen preparations of cucumbers, such as salads or for pickling, you can also make various cream salads from cucumbers, but also 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 the emerged seedlings loose and clean. Cucumbers have shallow roots, so we don't dig deep. We pinch plants at the six-leaf stage after the fifth leaf and later also the lateral shoots after the set fruits. Pinching accelerates the harvest by at least fourteen days. Watering during sunshine is not suitable, as plants suffer from scorch and downy mildew. Leaves must be dry at night, so afternoon watering is completely unsuitable and we only water in the morning. For growing cucumbers, it is suitable to use PVC film which will protect seedlings from possible temperature drops. The most suitable is black non-woven fabric.

  • 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 sowing substrate, one seed 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 does not suit seeds or young seedlings very well, they could easily die. We again place seedlings at the target location only after May 20th.

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

  • The location should be fertilized before planting with well-aged manure or matured compost. This is left to settle for another 2 to 3 weeks. During vegetation, you can fertilize with diluted cow manure with fermented chicken droppings. 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. From fungal diseases, mainly mildews such as downy mildew, black fruit rot, powdery mildew. It is suitable as prevention, not only against sucking pests but also against fungal diseases, to use the product ROCK EFFECT. 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 one and a half month old plants. Greener irregular spots begin to form on the leaves, which turn yellow over time. Leaves wrinkle and deform. It is transmitted by pests such as aphids or whiteflies. Protection is the elimination of sucking pests that transmit the disease and elimination of plants in case of infestation.

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

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