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'Burpless Tasty Green' Cucumber Plants

Weird name, amazing taste!

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

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'Burpless Tasty Green' Cucumber Plants Vegetables
'Burpless Tasty Green' Cucumber Plants Vegetables

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The highlights

  • Cucumbers without the bitterness
  • One of the most reliable outdoor cucumbers
  • Spiralise and make a cucumber noodle salad!
  • Plant in late spring, harvest from mid-summer

Description

  • A highly reliable outdoor ridge cucumber variety, 'Burpless Tasty Green' produces cool, refreshing and non-bitter fruit, with each cucumber measuring up to 25cm in length
  • Use these vitamin-packed cucumbers in fresh salads, sandwiches or as a standalone crunchy snack. And, of course, if you're partial to a G&T, then ice and a slice wouldn't go amiss, either...
  • Grow outdoors in a sheltered, sunny spot, or in a greenhouse or polytunnel - use a trellis or canes to support your plant
  • Now, we'll be the first to admit we're perhaps not the biggest fans of the 'Burpless' title when it comes to naming a vegetable, but there's a good reason for it. These cucumbers have lower concentrations of 'cucurbitacin' than other cucumber varieties. If you've ever experienced bloating or digestive problems after eating cucumbers, then this natural chemical is likely the culprit. Want an easy fix? Go burpless!
  • Plant out after the last risk of frost has passed and harvest when the cucumbers are about 20cm long
  • Premium, garden-ready cucumber plants grown by veg experts on a family-run farm, and sent to you at the ideal time for planting in your garden
  • Growing your own cucumbers gives you healthy, delicious produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you might be able to buy from the local mega supermarket
  • Super easy to grow and care for, you should see your first cucumbers within 8-10 weeks

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted plant
Extra large plant in a 2L pot
Extra Large Plant in a 2L Pot x 3

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

2-4m
2-4m

Eventual spread:

25-50cm
Spreads approximately 25-50cm.
25-50cm
Spreads approximately 25-50cm.

Tasting notes:

Crisp and cool
Crisp and cool

Time to first crop:

8-10 weeks
Best harvested at 20-25cm long.
8-10 weeks
Best harvested at 20-25cm long.

Habit:

Climbing
Cucumber plants need support to grow upwards (a trellis, for instance). Alternatively, you can grow them to scramble over the ground.
Climbing
Cucumber plants need support to grow upwards (a trellis, for instance). Alternatively, you can grow them to scramble over the ground.

Hardiness:

Not hardy
H1B - Plant out after any chance of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.
Not hardy
H1B - Plant out after any chance of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.

Uses:

Salads, garnishes, pickling
Salads, garnishes, pickling

Rootstock:

Spacing:

30cm
Leave roughly a foot between cucumber plants grown up a trellis or support. If you're planting your cucumbers to scramble over the ground - rather than climb - then leave more space between each plant (around 1m).
30cm
Leave roughly a foot between cucumber plants grown up a trellis or support. If you're planting your cucumbers to scramble over the ground - rather than climb - then leave more space between each plant (around 1m).

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

The most common cucumber pests and diseases are whitefly, cucumber mosaic virus, aphids, powdery mildew and squash anthracnose. The best protection against these is to try and prevent too much humidity on the leaves by watering in the morning and preventing splashing from the soil to the leaves. Also, planting companion plants such as marigolds will attract predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies which will eat the pests.

Water regularly

Water your cucumber plant regularly so that the soil is kept moist. On hot, summer days, this may mean watering once per day. If the soil becomes too dry, too regularly, this will stunt the growth of cucumbers and cause them to taste bitter.

Full sun

Cucumber plants need a spot with full sun. Position them where they will receive 8-6 hours of sunlight a day.

Any fertile, moist, well-draining soil

This cucumber plant likes fertile soil that drains well but retains some moisture. It also prefers slightly acidic soil.

Feed regularly

After the first flowers bloom, start feeding the cucumber plant every week. Use a fertiliser high in potash, such as liquid tomato feed or organic chicken manure pellets.

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South Downs National Park

Meet Josh

Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs

Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.

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