CUCUMBER Long of China

Species: Cucumber
Latin name: Cucumis sativus L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Chinese Slangen - Largo Verde de China - Longo da China
Other usual name:  Cucumber Snake - Slicing Cucumber
Variety: Long of China
Family: Cucurbitaceous
Origin: Asia, India

The Cucumber Long of China: Very productive variety, climbing on fences or trellis, with long straight fruits of 50 to 80 cm and a rounded end, the skin is dark green slightly warty, got a firm, crunchy  white flesh and few seeds, it's flavor is very sweet and soft. Harvest progressively before completly ripe, mainly used sliced in salads or in soups.

Seed sowing: From February to June
Harvest cucumbers:  From July to September
Height: The Cucumberplant reaches on average 1 meter.
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Seed sowing under greenhouse from February to June, for an early harvest in June. Sowing in the open ground from May to June, put 2 to 3 seeds in each hole, cucumbers prefer a loose sandy soil , space them 30 to 40cm between holes and 1 meter between lines. Let 4 leaves then cut plants after the second leaf, then let 5 to 6 leaves grow and cut after the fourth leaf it. Is necessary to keep them in a hot place, and a good sunny exposure against a fence, or trellis.

Sowing distance:  80 cm by 100 cm between lines
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 15 °C to 20°C
Seed germination: 7 to 10 days
Nutritional value: 11 Kcal for 100 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 4 gr. = +/- 125 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.