Tips on how to grow Cucumber from seed to harvest

The origin of Cucumber can be traced from Asia. The botanical name of Cucumber is Cucumis sativus. This particular plant fruits are commonly pale or dark green in color, although some varieties are yellow or white in color. The fruit of this plant ranges in size from three inches (7 cm) to more than twenty-four inches (61 cm) long, why the flowers are yellow in color. There are some cucumber varieties that grow like a bush, why others are vining.
Furthermore, this plant are tender annuals that really grow best in temperatures ranging from 60° to 90°F (15°-32° C).

Tips on how to grow Cucumber

1. Make sure you sow the Cucumber seed in the garden or set out transplants three to four weeks after the average last frost date in spring.
2. Don’t forget that the normal soil temperature for growing Cucumbers is 70°F.
3. You can sow the Cucumber seed indoors as early as six weeks before transplanting them into the garden.
4. Make sure you protect the Cucumbers from unexpected frost or chilly nighttime temperatures early in the season. You can use floating row covers or plastic tunnels to keep the chill away.
5. This plant actually requires fifty-five to sixty-five frost-free days from sowing to reach harvest.
6. The Cucumber need to be grown in full sun. This plant cannot tolerate partial shade.
7. This plant actually prefers a loose, well-drained soil that is rich in organic matter. Make sure you prepare the planting beds in advance of planting by adding two to three inches of aged compost, commercial organic planting mix, and aged manure to the beds. You can also turn the soil to twelve inches deep.
8. Make sure you place black plastic sheeting over the planting bed in spring to warm the soil in advance of planting.
9. This plant actually prefers a soil pH of between 5.5 to 6.8. They cannot actually tolerate alkaline soil to a pH of 7.6.

The spacing and planting

1. You need to sow the Cucumber seeds 1 inch deep.
2. Make sure you sow the seeds at the base of the vertical support or on a mound at six to eight inch intervals.
3. If the seedlings are about three to four inches tall, you can thin the strongest plant, spaced twelve to eighteen inches apart for vining Cucumbers on vertical supports and twenty-four to thirty-six inches apart for bush varieties.
4. You can cut weak seedlings off at the soil level with a scissors to avoid disturbing the roots of the remaining plants.
5. If you actually want to grow an early crop, make sure you start the Cucumbers indoors two to three weeks before the last frost in spring then transplant the seedlings to the garden two to three weeks after the last frost.

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