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High Yield Cucumbers (Plant Care (Wind stem around twine and remove side…
High Yield
Cucumbers
Sowing
All female varieties best
March / April
7 cm pots
Planting
Before being pot bound
Ensure level or just above
soil level to prevent stem rot
Trained up string placed
underneath root ball
Like fertile rich organic soil
Plant Care
Wind stem around twine and
remove side shoots
Remove lower fruits below 30cm
Like it warm and wet =
can mist the leaves during the day
Straw at base to reduce soil evaporation
Feed with nutrient teas
Prune suckers at joints -
ensure not to cut out fruit
Layering = to produce
more cucumber
s
when very long
remove lower leaves
lay vine along ground and
leave top 75 cm to stick out
Plant will root and reinvigorate them
Harvesting
regular to encourage more
when fruit end is roundish
cut when 15-20 cm
Pests
red spider mite - misting the leaves
with warm water helps
stem rot = rotate and plant in warm soil
and raised above soil level
Mosaic virus = ensure aphids are controlled
Types
= slicing and pickling