Berliner Aal

Variety

Berliner Aal

created by Katja K. at 02.02.2021

Seed packet

Features

Season Overview

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Description

Elongated, thick, green drift and field cucumber, used as salad, pickling and mustard cucumber; old variety from 1878; valuable cultural asset. On the Red List for endangered crops.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

From time to time a little prune to promote growth and the development of fruits. Cucumbers need a lot of water and a little fertilizer every now and then.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Very humid

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

50 cm

Row spacing

100 cm

Seeding depth

2 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

Thrips

Caterpillars

Leaf-miner flies

Lygus pratensis

Aphids

Spider mites

White fly

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