Cucumber Delikatess
Cucumber Delikatess
Cucumis sativus Delikatess
Cucumber
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Sophie A., 23/01/2018
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Description
'Delikatess' Cucumber is a resistant and versatile German heirloom variety. It produces spiny green fruits that can be harvested as slicing cucumbers (30 cm long) or young as gherkins (for pickling). Excellent flavour. Suitable for growing outdoors or in a greenhouse. Sow under cover from February to May and harvest from June to September.
Cucumber is one of the most popular summer vegetables. Both refreshing and low in calories, it is perfect added to summer salads and cocktails, sliced in sandwiches and blended into smoothies. Cucumber comes in an array of colours, shapes and sizes. Classic slicing varieties are long and dark green, lunchbox varieties are short and bumpy, Armenian cucumbers are light green and lemon cucumbers are round and yellow! Some are suitable for growing outdoors, others need to be grown under cover in a polytunnel or a greenhouse.
Cucumbers do well in light, loose, nutrient-dense soils with plenty of sunlight and temperatures ranging from 18 to 22°C. Cucumbers are moisture-loving plants that need watering regularly.
Harvesting: Cucumbers are harvested when they are full-sized, before they start to turn yellow and bitter. Regular harvests will stimulate fruit production. They are generally ready to harvest about 3 months after sowing, from June to September.
Storage: Cucumbers will stay fresh for several days in the refrigerator. They can also be pickled or lacto-fermented for later use.
Good to know: Cucumber plants are prone to powdery mildew (a fungal disease that causes a white down to form on the surface of the leaves). When watering, try to avoid getting water on the leaves or flowers. When growing cucumbers in a greenhouse or polytunnel, make sure it is well-ventilated. Good companion plants include lettuce and beans. Avoid growing your cucumbers too close to potatoes and tomatoes.
Even if the vegetable garden is first and foremost a place for growing great quality veg, it’s always a good idea to leave a bit of room for flowers. Growing flowers alongside your vegetable plants will make your general gardening experience more enjoyable and is a great way to attract pollinators and repel garden pests! Flowers such as gaillardia, marigolds, zinnias, cosmos or nasturtiums can be sown in and around the rows of vegetables. Herbs such as dill can be very useful also. Bear in mind that some companion plants self-seed easily and can be a bit invasive (borage, chives, lemon balm etc.)
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Cucumis
sativus
Delikatess
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber
Cultivar or hybrid
Annual
Planting and care
Sowing:
Cucumber germination occurs at a temperature between 16°C and 35°C. The emergence generally takes 8 to 10 days.
Sow from March to June in pots or directly in the ground:
In pots, one month before the planned planting date, place 2 or 3 seeds in a special sowing compost and water with a very fine mist. When the two true leaves appear, keep only one plant per pot. Keep the young plant at a mild temperature, ensuring that the substrate remains moist but not waterlogged.
Sowing directly in the ground is done later, in well-warmed soil: sow in groups of 2 or 3 seeds and proceed as for sowing in pots.
When planting or sowing directly, maintain a distance of one meter between each row and 50 to 60 cm between each plant.
Cultivation:
Cucumber is a fairly demanding vegetable that requires well-fertilized soil. It is advisable, preferably in autumn, to add mature compost (about 3 kg per m2) by scratching the soil to a depth of 5 cm, after having loosened the soil as is done for any vegetable crop. It prefers neutral soils (pH 7) but will also do well in slightly acidic or alkaline soil (pH between 5.5 and 7.5).
Cucumber can be grown flat, but to save space, don't hesitate to take advantage of its climbing habit by training it: on a frame covered with wire mesh, inclined at 45 degrees, it will provide beneficial shade to lettuces or even in a tipi to bring some whimsy to the vegetable garden.
When the plants are vertically trained, the cultivation is done with a single stem that will be pinched at a height of 2.5 meters. When grown flat, pinch above the second leaf to obtain two stems that will be pinched above the 4th leaf. The final pruning consists of cutting above one leaf for each formed fruit.
Cucumber pairs well with corn, but avoid planting it near tomatoes and potatoes.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
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