Growing Cucumber

cucumis sativis : Cucurbitaceae / the gourd family

Apr	May	Jun	Jul
S	S
	T	T	T
	P	P

(Best months for growing Cucumber in USA - Zone 5a regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
P = Sow seed

Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 61°F and 95°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 16 - 24 inches apart
Harvest in 8-10 weeks. Cut fruit off with scissors or sharp knife.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Nasturtiums, Beans, Celery, Lettuce, Sweet Corn, Cabbages, Sunflowers, Coriander, Fennel, Dill, Sunflowers
Avoid growing close to: Potato, Tomatoes

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18 Nov 14, bruce (Australia - tropical climate): apple cucumber lots of fruit & flowers but not getting any bigger
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13 Nov 14, chris edwards (Australia - temperate climate): do apple cucumbers need bees to polinate
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09 Nov 14, Stevie (Australia - temperate climate): Can i plant these right next to a mesh fence so they grow up the fence?
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06 Nov 14, lindsay (Australia - temperate climate): my cucumber plant outside leaves are drying but they seem to be shooting from the centre .is this natural .this is the ist time i have tried to grow them
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16 Nov 15, Charmaine Embleton (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hello Faiz, you can buy english cucumber seeds from - Livingseeds.co.za - have a look & get them on-line. They have a wide variety of heirloom seedlings... Regards Charmaine
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15 Jul 14, Harry Dzimba (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I WANT TO GROW CUCUMBER. IAM ASKING FOR THE BEST TIME TO START GROWING
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02 Jun 14, Jay (Australia - temperate climate): How much water do cucumber need
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15 Jun 14, Dede (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Because they are 99% water! you need to water them everyday
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28 May 14, john (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): I am in limpopo Nwanedi i want know the season to plant butternut.I would like you to send me the spay program for butternut,tomatoes,cabbage,maize,pumpkin.i would you to iclude fertilizer program.
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14 May 14, Pertrcia F (Australia - temperate climate): I was doing a project for school and this website helps a lot. Because guess what? I got an A+! OMG!
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I live on the Gold Coast, and have been growing mad hatter capsicum successfully for about three years now, and grape/cherry tomatoes about the same but not very much fruit. This year I planted continental cucumbers. The plant grew very large in about two weeks, (5 foot+), and the leaves are huge, but I have only had 4 fruits and the leaves are being eaten so badly that they look like a very thin, worn out, see through piece of material. This past month for some reason every capsicum, yellow, green and mad hatter, all produced rotten fruit, and I ripped out the plants, except the cucumber. What has caused this? I may have over fertilised.. Also all plants are producing a lot of yellow leaves, especially the tomatoes.

- Trina Richmond

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