Achocha/ Caigua/ Inkagurke / Korila

created by Regina R. at 09.01.2022

Seed packet

Features

Color

light green

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

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Description

Achocha, also called caigua, Inca cucumber or horned squash is a very undemanding ancient vegetable plant. The small but numerous fruits can be harvested about the size of an olive and enjoyed raw on salads, as a vegetable or pickled. They can also be stuffed and eaten stewed in cucumber size. The Inca cucumber is an ancient Peruvian useful and medicinal plant, also known as the shaman cucumber because it was used for healing ceremonies.

Non hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

Pre-culture from April (2 cm seed depth), put young plantlets in the open ground. Spacing of the plants about 1-2 m. Likes loose soil containing compost.