Scientific Name : Cucumis sativus
Common Name : Cucumber
Blooming Season : Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Autumn, Late Summer
Plant Habit : Climbing, Trailing
Spacing : 15 - 20" (38 - 51cm)
Height : 20 - 24" (51 - 61cm)
Width : 15 - 20" (38 - 51cm)
Exposure : Sun
Grower Information :
Seed supplied as: Raw.
Class : Cocktail
Flower Type : Parthenocarpic
Fruit Characteristics : Dark green skin, smooth
Fruit Size : 1.5-2.5 in./4-6 cm long x 1 in./3 cm wide
Days to maturity from direct seed : 38-45
Buy. Eat. Repeat!The Kitchen Minis™ collection includes potted vegetable plants consumers can grow inside on a sunny windowsill or counter without a garden! They can also be grown outside as tabletop patio varieties.
Easy-to-grow Kitchen Minis encourage consumers to harvest and enjoy their own homegrown indoor vegetables, with a fresh harvest over a few weeks!
- Plants benefit from being trellised to keep upright and pinched when plant reaches top of trellis.
- Deliciously crisp and sweet cucumbers for your recipes! Eat fresh off the plant, or add to a vegetable platter or fresh salad.
- Produces handfuls of small, cocktail-sized cucumbers over a few weeks.
- Parthenocarpic variety will set fruit without a pollinator! Perfect for growing indoors or on a balcony. If grown on its own, fruit will be seedless. If grown next to other cucumbers with male flowers, there is potential to set seed.
- Be sure to place it in a location with high light and keep well-watered to allow fruit to mature.
- For best flavour, pick when fruit is 1.5 to 2.5 in./4 to 6 cm long.
Plug crop time: direct sow 3-4 weeks, or 128 cell tray 1-2 weeks
Potting to sale: 6 weeks
Pot size: 6-8 in./15-20 cm