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Start indoors • Trellis
Cucumber
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Description
Specifications
Height: 200 cm
Contents: 6 seeds
In the app
Sowing: 25 April - 31 May
Level 1
pre-germinating
Level 2
started indoors
Level 3
first seedlings emerging
Level 4
large seedlings
Level 5
small plants
Level 6
hardening off: day 1
Level 7
hardening off: day 2
Level 8
hardening off: day 3
Level 9
hardening off: day 4
Level 10
hardening off: day 5
Level 11
planted in final position
Level 12
small plants by the trellis
Level 13
about 20 cm tall
Level 14
flowers visible
Level 15
first harvest
Level 16
harvesting continues
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More about our cucumber seeds
- Variety: Iznik F1
- Family: fruiting vegetables
- Plants per square: 2 by the trellis
- Height: up to 200 cm
- Start indoors: late April to late May
- Sowing depth: no more than 1 cm; pre-germinate first
- Germination: 5 to 7 days at 20 to 25°C
- Time to harvest: 9 to 10 weeks, until late summer
- Sunlight: needs a sunny, sheltered spot
- Packet contents: 6 seeds, enough for 3 squares
The seeds are expensive, but the harvest makes them worthwhile.
Note: Cucumbers do not grow well directly beside onions, spring onions, garlic or chives. Leave at least one square with another vegetable between them.
This cucumber is permanently sold out and has been replaced by our Snack cucumber.
How do you grow this cucumber?
Use large MM Airpots filled with MM seed-starting mix or MM coconut seed-starting mix. This gives the seedlings enough room and nutrients for their first stage of growth.
They soon grow into small plants. Turn each pot a quarter turn every day so they grow straight, and keep the mix moist but not soaking wet.
After three to four weeks, the plants should be large enough to go outside. Once it is after 15 May and the outdoor temperature stays close to 15°C or above, harden them off and plant them in a square by the trellis.
As the plants grow, weave the main stems through the trellis net.
Cucumber flowers and fruits form in the leaf axils and on side shoots. These side shoots use a lot of energy, so trim them back to about 10 cm, just beyond the second flower.
When the plants are happy, they keep producing for a long time and grow well above the trellis.
Every five weeks, scatter 30 ml, or 2 tablespoons, of MM plant food around the base. The app will remind you.
These small cucumbers taste best when they are 10 to 15 cm long.
What do you need?
- MM seed-starting mix or MM coconut seed-starting mix
- large MM Airpots
- clear kitchen film, unless you use coconut mix
- one 30 × 30 cm square
- Makkelijke Moestuinmix
- a spot with at least 8 hours of sunlight a day
- an MM trellis, or similar support
- MM plant food
Are cucumbers nutritious?
How can you use cucumber?
Eat snack cucumbers raw, or add them to salads in cubes or slices.
Tangy cucumber salad is popular in the Netherlands, but cucumbers are also used in Greek tzatziki, cucumber soup and even stamppot with potatoes, cucumber, onion and minced meat.
You do not need to peel these cucumbers. Their skin is thin and edible.
Breeders use this process to strengthen useful traits, such as reliable growth in different weather, a consistent appearance, a larger harvest or better flavour. Repeated crossing and selection can also improve resistance to certain diseases.
F1 varieties are not genetically modified. Hybrid breeding is also used in organic horticulture.
Read more: What does F1 mean on seed packets?