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Happy, Healthy Plants Guaranteed
Expertly Grown In The UK
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Expertly Grown In The UK
Carefully Hand Delivered

'Minisweet' Cucumber Plants

Sumptuously sweet mini cukes

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

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'Minisweet' Cucumber Plants Vegetables
'Minisweet' Cucumber Plants Vegetables

£10

Pre-order for delivery Late May

Pre-order for delivery Late May

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The highlights

  • Wonderfully sweet and refreshing cucumbers
  • Compact habit, ideal for a patio or balcony
  • Perfect for a lunchbox snack
  • Plant later in spring, harvest from summer

Description

  • A compact variety that yields distinctly sweet, snack-sized cucumbers with a satisfying crunch
  • Produces a plentiful supply of delicious mini cucumbers; perfect for lunchboxes, salads, pickling and refreshing dips
  • Train up a support and grow in a greenhouse or polytunnel, a pot on the windowsill, a conservatory, or in a sunny, sheltered spot outdoors
  • Pretty, lemon yellow flowers grow precede the dark green, cylindrical fruits - the fragrant flowers can be used as an edible garnish, too!
  • Plant out after the last risk of frost has passed and harvest when the cucumbers are roughly 7-10cm long
  • Premium cucumber plants grown by experts on a family-run farm, in Lancashire, and sent to you at the ideal time for planting out
  • Growing your own cucumbers gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from the local shop. These cucumbers taste better, too!
  • Super easy to grow and care for - you should see your first cucumber crop within 2-3 months

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:

30-60cm
30-60cm

Eventual spread:

40-60cm
Spreads approximately 40-60cm.
40-60cm
Spreads approximately 40-60cm.

Tasting notes:

Sweet and refreshing
Sweet and refreshing

Time to first crop:

2-3 months
Best harvested at 7-10cm long.
2-3 months
Best harvested at 7-10cm long.

Habit:

Climbing
Grow this cucumber variety up a trellis or canes.
Climbing
Grow this cucumber variety up a trellis or canes.

Hardiness:

Not hardy
Plant out after any chance of frost has passed, in a sunny, sheltered place.
Not hardy
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 30cm between cucumber plants grown up a trellis or support.
30cm
Leave roughly 30cm between cucumber plants grown up a trellis or support.

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

Cucumber plants like fertile soil that drains well but still retains some moisture. If you want to improve your soil's drainage, consider adding some compost, perlite or coarse sand.

Feed regularly

After the first flowers appear, start feeding the cucumber plant every week. Use a fertiliser high in potash, such as liquid tomato feed.

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Josh our veg grower

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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