PICKLING CUCUMBER Improved of Bourbonne

Species: Pickling Cucumber
Latin name: Cucumis sativus L.
Inscription in the national hobby gardencatalog: De Bourbonne
Other usual name: Pickels - Essiggurken - Salzgurken - Gewürzgurken
Variety: Improved of Bourbonne
Family: Cucurbitaceous
Origin: Asia, India

The Pickling Cucumber Improved of Bourbonne: Very vigorous, productive, climbing or crawling plant, got long skiny,  dark green fruits,  with a firm and very tasty flesh. Harvest the fruits as needed, do not wait their full maturity, used to preserve in vinegar.

Seed sowing: March to June
Harvest Pickles: July to October
Height: Pickles reache on average 1.50 m
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
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 15 °C to 20°C
Seed germination: 7 to 10 days
Nutritional value: 11 Kcal of 100 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 3 gr +/- 110 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.