Whether as a salad, stewed vegetables or face mask: They taste delicious, are healthy and a cool treat on the skin. More and more hobby gardeners want to plant outdoor cucumbers themselves. What is important is what they absolutely need from flowering to harvesting in order to fulfill their cultivation requirements.

Cucumbers cannot be fresher than when you grow them yourself. Because of their specific active ingredients, they are not only used as a versatile food, but also as a moisturizer in cosmetics. There are over 40 types of cucumbers. Some recommended resistant F1 hybrid outdoor cucumbers:

  • Bella F 1 - high-yielding, robust, bitter-free, purely female flowers.
  • Burpless Tasty Green F 1 - very digestible, aromatic.
  • Sudica F 1 - insensitive to cold, seedless, bitter-free, purely female flowers.
  • Rawa F 1 - robust, tasty, purely female flowers, ideal for single households.

Which location do outdoor cucumbers want?

Outdoor cucumbers are less sensitive to cold. You can go outside when the ground temperature is above 10 degrees. Like all cucumber varieties, they love a warm and full sun, preferably sheltered from the wind.

Which soil is suitable for outdoor cucumbers?

Cucumber soil must be loose, nutritious and rich in humus - and outdoor cucumbers love stable manure. Plant a proven cucumber substrate recipe for outdoor cucumbers under cucumbers.

Which cucumbers to sow and which to plant?

Consider whether you want to grow outdoor cucumbers in the greenhouse yourself or whether you prefer to buy young plants and plant them directly in the garden. This saves the daily hardening of the plants and transplanting. If you want to grow outdoor cucumbers yourself, you should start in mid-April.

Outdoor cucumbers want to hold on

Whether walking along the ground or climbing up - outdoor cucumbers rarely grow in the desired direction. Plant sticks or climbing aids support the plants so that they can grow healthily and bear ripe fruit more easily.

From the flower finally to the cucumber

Outdoor cucumbers in the greenhouse are ripe from the end of May. Three weeks after flowering - in the case of early plants from July - you can harvest the first cucumbers outdoors. Important: Regularly cut the ripe cucumbers from the plant. This promotes the ripening of other fruits. Ideally, you can harvest outdoor cucumbers twice a week until the end of September.

tips and tricks

Too many outdoor cucumbers? Preserved quickly and easily: Ingredients - bay leaves, peppercorns, mustard seeds, juniper berries, dill, vinegar and water. Boil 1/3 cucumber vinegar 2/3 water with ingredients. Cut cucumbers as desired and fill in screw-top jars. Pour the hot liquid over it, screw well - done!

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