Whether as a salad, braised vegetables or a face mask: they taste delicious, are he althy and a cool treat for the skin. More and more hobby gardeners want to plant outdoor cucumbers themselves. What is important is what they absolutely need from flowering to harvest in order to fulfill their cultural requirements.
How do you plant outdoor cucumbers correctly?
To plant cucumbers outdoors successfully, choose a warm, sunny, wind-protected location with loose, nutrient-rich, humus-rich soil. Sow in mid-April or purchase young plants early. Provide climbing aids and regularly harvest ripe fruits from July to the end of September.
Cucumbers can't be fresher than home-grown. Because of their specific active ingredients, they are used not only as a versatile food, but also as a moisturizer in cosmetics. There are over 40 types of cucumbers. Some recommended resistant F1 hybrids outdoor cucumbers:
- Bella F 1 – high-yielding, robust, bitter-free, purely female-flowering.
- Burpless Tasty Green F 1 – very digestible, aromatic.
- Sudica F 1 – insensitive to cold, seedless, bitter-free, purely female flowering.
- Rawa F 1 – robust, tasty, purely female-flowering, ideal for single households.
What location do outdoor cucumbers want?
Outdoor cucumbers are less sensitive to cold. You can go outside if the ground temperature is above 10° degrees. Like all cucumber varieties, they love a warm, full sun location that is as sheltered from the wind as possible.
Which soil is suitable for outdoor cucumbers?
Cucumber soil must be loose, nutrient-rich and humus-rich - and outdoor cucumbers love manure. A proven cucumber substrate recipe for planting outdoor cucumbers under cucumbers.
Which cucumbers to sow and which to plant?
Consider whether you want to grow your own outdoor cucumbers in the greenhouse or whether you would rather purchase young plants and plant them directly in the garden. This saves the daily hardening of the plants and transplanting. If you want to grow your own outdoor cucumbers, you should start in mid-April.
Outdoor cucumbers want to hold on
Whether along the ground or climbing up - outdoor cucumbers rarely grow in the desired direction. Plant stakes or climbing aids support the plants so that they grow he althily and can 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 - from July onwards for early plants - you can harvest the first cucumbers outdoors. Important: Cut the ripe cucumbers from the plant regularly. This promotes the ripening of other fruits. Ideally, you can harvest outdoor cucumbers twice a week until the end of September.
Tips & Tricks
Too many outdoor cucumbers? Preserved quickly and easily: Ingredients – bay leaf, peppercorns, mustard seeds, juniper berries, dill, vinegar and water. Bring 1/3 cucumber vinegar 2/3 water to the boil with the ingredients. Cut the cucumbers as desired and fill them into screw-top jars. Pour hot broth over it, screw it tight – done!