F1 Burpless Tasty Green

SKU
192RV9C
£6.49
106 In stock

Size: 3 x 9cm pot plants

An all female variety can be grown both in and outdoors, producing good quantities of long, bitter free cucumbers.
Description
This variety has been around for years and has proved to be just as reliable today as it was back then. Burpless can be grown both indoors and outdoors and will produce good quantities of long (25cm) bitter free cucumbers with dark skins. All female variety so NO need to cross pollinate.

Harvest

June to November (once the fruits are roughly 40cm long, about 8-10 weeks from planting) Once you see the end of the cucumber changing from pointed to rounded.

Growing Instructions

Plant 45cm apart in well prepared soil in a sunny (above 16°C) but sheltered position, once all frosts have finished! Keep them well watered until established and in dry weather. They can be left to grow wild along the floor but its best to train along a trellis, fence, stake, wire or string. This will not only save you space but it helps the plant to keep disease free and with gravity on your side will help the cucumbers to stay straight - although Telegraph cucumbers do have a habit to curl. Carefully train them to grow clockwise up a string picking the side shoots and flowers off up to 30cm high. Then only pick the side shoots off and let the plant carry on growing up to about 6 feet tall. Once it has reached the top of the string/support let the plant grow wild coming back down towards the floor. Pick off any yellow dead leaves along the way. Only begin to feed once you see the first two cucumbers growing. NOT before!

Tip

Pick cucumbers regularly to promote long and continuous harvesting. DO NOT use farm yard manure on your cucumbers, as farmers sometimes use a hormone weed killer on barley/wheat/straw that is then used as bedding. This will dramatically harm your crop!
Product Name F1 Burpless Tasty Green
Species Cucumber
Variety F1 Burpless Tasty Green
Planting Time March - July
Harvest Time June - November
Maturity from Planting 60-90 Days
Hardyness Non Hardy
pH Level 5.5 - 7.5
Size 3 x 9cm pot plants
Pack Size 9cm
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