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Pickling cucumber Orfeus F1

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An early variety with medium growth. The fruits are medium green, sparsely warted. Very resistant to mildew. The package contains 30 seeds.

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Cucumis sativus - Orfeus F1

Cucumbers undoubtedly belong to the most popular types of vegetables. Pickling cucumbers or salad cucumbers are probably the most commonly grown vegetable type. Everyone knows the long snake cucumbers. The fruits measure over thirty centimeters, are smooth, don't turn bitter and are suitable for greenhouse cultivation as well as under polytunnel cover. 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 against free radicals. When consuming cucumbers, a feeling of satiety quickly occurs, which helps with weight-loss diets.

Apart from basic kitchen preparations of cucumbers, such as salads or pickling, cucumbers can also be used to make various cream salads, but also cocktails and various smoothies.

How to Grow Cucumbers

  • It's not advisable to plant cucumbers where potatoes or strawberries were previously grown. On the contrary, beds after peas, onions, beets or beans are suitable. Cucumbers require a bright, warm location that is sheltered. We keep the soil around sprouted seedlings loose and clean. Cucumbers are shallow-rooted, we don't hoe deeply. We pinch plants at the six-leaf stage after the fifth leaf and later also side shoots after fruit set. Pinching accelerates harvest by at least fourteen days. Watering during sunny heat is not suitable, they suffer from scorch and downy mildew. Leaves must be dry at night, therefore afternoon watering is completely unsuitable and we only water in the morning. For cucumber cultivation, it's suitable to use PVC film which protects seedlings from potential temperature drops. Black non-woven fabric is most suitable.

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

    Another option is pre-cultivation, when we avoid cucumber downy mildew. Sowing can be done from mid-April onwards. We sow seeds into sowing substrate, one seed per pot or seed tray. We can pre-cultivate by 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. Over-watering doesn't suit seeds or young seedlings well, they could easily die. We place seedlings at their final location only after May 20th.

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

  • It's good to fertilize the location before planting with well-aged manure or matured compost. This is then left to settle for another 2 to 3 weeks. During vegetation, we can fertilize with diluted cow manure with fermented chicken droppings. We 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 during heavy infestation. Among fungal diseases, mainly mildews such as cucumber downy mildew, black fruit rot, powdery mildew. It's suitable as prevention, not only against sucking pests but also against fungal diseases, to use ROCK EFFECT product. 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 on approximately month and a half old plants. Greener irregular spots begin to form on leaves, which turn yellow over time. Leaves wrinkle and deform. It's transmitted by pests such as aphids or whiteflies. Protection is 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. During harvesting, we're careful not to tear cucumber seedlings and damage shoots. We harvest mature 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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