Cleopha (AS)

created by Mulchfan at 21.01.2023

Features

Location

Greenhouse

Growth habit

slim

Taste

mild

sweetish

Fruit shape

elongated

grooved

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

M

A

M

J

A

S

O

N

D

Description

Strong-growing, parthenocarpic snake cucumber for the greenhouse with approx. 30 cm long fruits. Beautiful, smooth, dark green cucumbers with a very low tendency to cork cracking. Long harvest period, robust, also suitable for extensive cultivation conditions. Gender distribution: all-female flowering/parthenocarpic. Cultivation advice: Do not plant mixed-flowering varieties together with all-female cucumbers in the same house. For heated greenhouse cultivation: from mid-February for planting in mid-March for cold-house cultivation: early April for planting in early May. Germination temperature for cultivation: 23-26 °C

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

The young plants should still be small when planted and the plant must be able to grow quickly after planting. Cucumbers need a lot of warmth and only grow at temperatures above 12 °C. They should only be grown in the same area again after four years.