Cucumbers
A warm-season crop, well-suited to training or trellising. Start early in spring either direct-seeded with 3 seeds per hole or 2 seeds per cell in trays. Thin out to the strongest seedling. Transplant at 10-14 days. They enjoy very generous applications of organic matter and repay handsomely in fruit for well-improved soil. Plant 30-40 cm apart in a single row and train up to save space.
Plants that are grown vertically will yield better, be less prone to diseases, and the fruit will be evenly coloured. They can be trained up a string/wire by pinching off side shoots and guiding the central leader up the string. Note that for central leader production, leaf surface has a direct link to fruit set (more leaves = more fruit). This will give you less fruit per plant; however, the plants will be healthier and produce for longer.
Painted Serpent
Cucumis melo A real winner, if you are growing for your family, or for the farmers market, these ..
R33.90
Parisian Pickling Cucumber
Cucumis sativus This French heirloom is a great little cucumber. A proper gherkin-type that is ve..
R33.90
Rhinish Pickle
Cucumis sativusThis German heirloom is a prolific producer of deliciously crunchy cucumbers that gro..
R33.90
Straight Eight
Cucumis sativus This 1935 All-American winner has really stood the test of time with its stunning..
R32.69
Suyo Long
Cucumis sativusAn Asian heirloom of long, mild, crisp, and sweet burpless cucumbers. The dark green,..
R33.90
Telegraph Improved
Cucumis sativus A very well-known English heirloom dating back to 1897. It produces masses of hea..
R36.32
Tendergreen Burpless
Cucumis sativisA dark green and slightly blocky burpless cucumber dating back to the 1930s. Fruits a..
R33.90
West Indian Burr Gherkin
Cucumis anguria Exceedingly productive, rampant plants, that produce tons of small 5-6cm spiky cu..
R33.49