Cucumber Lemon 15 Vegetable/Fruit Seeds

Lemon-yellow, spherical cucumbers that are tender and sweet. Sunny yellow baseball sized fruits with white to bright yellow flesh resemble a lemon grow from the vine. These easy-grow curious yet attractive ?rounds? are excellent for salads and pickling. You can expect a long and fruitful harvesting season with this heavy-croppers. This unique strain of cucumber takes 65 days until it is ready to harvest. A steady harvest can be achieved by planting regularly throughout the season.

Lemon cucumber seeds need full sun and should be planted in warm soil with a pH level between 6 and 6.8. Sow the seeds an inch deep with 36 inches between plants. If you are using a trellis, a foot between plants is adequate. Cucumbers will need regular watering while growing. When ready to harvest, cut the Lemon cucumbers at the stem.

• Latin Name: Cucumis sativus
• Days to Maturity: 60-70 days
• Hardiness Zone: 4-12
•  Planting Depth: 1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Row Spacing: 7'
• Growth Habit: Vine
• Soil Preference: Well drained
• Temp Preference: Warmer
• Light Preference: Full Sun
• Color: Yellow
• Flavor: Sweet

Sowing indoors

Sow seeds in individual 9cm (3 ½ in) pots filled with seed compost. Push these large seeds on their side into the compost to a depth of 1cm (1/2 in). Place in a warm environment 20-25°C (70-75°F). As seedlings develop grow on in cooler, light conditions but avoid direct sunlight.

Planting on indoors

Transplant young plants to grow bags, pots or a border in the greenhouse and providing string or cane supports to train stems up.

Planting on outdoors

Gradually accustom plants to outdoor conditions for two to three weeks before planting out to permanent outdoor planting positions. Space plants 30cm (12in) apart.

If growing outdoors provide a protected shelter like a mini polytunnel as this variety appreciates a warm environment.

Harvests

Regular picking promotes further growth. Water well and feed with a high-potash fertiliser when flowers appear to encourage flower and fruiting.

Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season.