Cucumber 'Tasty Green' – Grow Your Own Cucumber (2L Pot)

Cucumber 'Tasty Green' is a vigorous, reliable variety cropping long, smooth, dark green fruit with a sweet, crisp flavour.

Fruit reaches around 25 to 30cm and is picked from July through to October. It is a Japanese bred variety well regarded for flavour and for how heavily it crops. Plants climb to one and a half to two metres given something to hold on to and spread 45 to 60cm, so give them a cane, a string or a trellis. Support is essential, and it keeps the fruit clean and straight while saving space.

A greenhouse or polytunnel is the reliable route in Britain, though it will crop outdoors in a warm, sheltered spot once all risk of frost has passed, usually from late May. It is not hardy and cold nights check it badly. Keep the roots evenly moist in a rich, free draining compost or growbag, as dry roots turn the fruit bitter, but avoid cold wet ground, which rots the plant. Feed every fortnight with a high potassium feed once the fruit begins to form and pick regularly to keep it cropping. Bitter fruit can be harmful to pets if eaten.

Supplied as one established plant in a 2L pot, ready to grow on and plant out after the last frost.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Cucumber
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 1.5 to 2 metres tall with support, by 45 to 60cm across
• Growth Habit: Vigorous climbing or trailing annual
• Perfect For: Greenhouses, polytunnels, growbags, large containers and a sheltered sunny border
• Foliage: Large, rough, mid green leaves
• Flowering Time: Summer, with fruit picked from July to October
• Planting Position: Full sun in a warm, sheltered spot. Grows well in a large container or growbag
• Soil Type: Rich, fertile and free draining, with plenty of organic matter
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Killed by frost and checked badly by cold nights well before that
• Maintenance: Train up a cane, string or trellis, keep the roots evenly moist, feed fortnightly once fruit sets and pick often
• Seasonal Interest: Summer and autumn
• Type: Tender annual vegetable

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