De Bourbonne

Variety

De Bourbonne

Approved Data

created by Cornelia17 at 21.02.2023

Features

Location

planting: bed

Fruit shape

elongated

Color

green

Taste

crunchy

Cultivation Break

4 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

Description

The very best cornichons ever, say French gourmets. These thin, approx. 5 cm long fruits with prickly skin taste crisp and wild. Soak them in salt overnight, rub them dry in the morning, fill them into sterilized jars and pour boiling vinegar over them. So simple! This variety is one of the last non-F1 hybrids still available.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Sow from mid-April in pots or from mid-May directly into the open ground. Planting distances 50x50cm. Cornichons love mature compost and a mulch cover. Cucumbers like to be in the company of sweetcorn, which provides shade. Harvest the ripe cornichons every other day.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Plant distance

50 cm

Row spacing

50 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm

Diseases

Soft rot

Root Rot

Dry rot of crucifers

Grey mold

Fusarium

Downy mildew

Angular leaf spot of cucumber

Powdery mildews

Ascochyta blight

Pests

Land snails

Thrips

Caterpillars

Leaf-miner flies

Lygus pratensis

Aphids

Spider mites

White fly

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