Cucumber is a popular summer vegetable due to its water content and cooling effect. Native to Asia, cucumber is an annual plant with deciduous foliage. In the kitchen it can be eaten raw, in a salad or with raw vegetables. Check out these 5 tips for crispy, juicy cucumbers at harvest.
To enjoy fresh, crisp and juicy cucumbers, it is important to successfully grow and harvest this vegetable crop. We give you these 5 tips.
How to grow cucumbers and get a crispy and juicy harvest from them?
In order to get crispy and juicy cucumbers when harvested, you must first successfully grow them. To do this, follow these 5 tips.
Sow cucumbers at the right time:
Before sowing or planting a vegetable crop, it is important to first know the planting period. You can sow cucumbers between March and May. In addition, the cucumber appreciates a sunny location and a temperate climate.
From March, sow the cucumbers under a warm shelter, placing 2 or 3 seeds per pot at a temperature of 20°C. After the seeds have germinated, you can only transplant strong seedlings outdoors from mid-May, when the frost has ended. Maintain a distance of 1 m between plants.
Please note that cucumbers do not like cold and frost. If you want to sow them directly into the ground, do so after frost, usually mid-May. Plant up to 3 seeds per bag, i.e. per hole, keeping a distance of one meter between plants.
