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Cucumis sativus

cucumber

Common names: salad cucumber

cucumber

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Description

The cucumber is a warm‑loving climbing vegetable from the gourd family. It produces refreshing fruits from July to September and requires a trellis for support.

Care instructions

Full sun, wind‑protected. Keep soil constantly moist, never allow it to dry out. Provide a trellis. Minimum soil temperature of 15 °C when transplanting.

Companion planting

Good neighbours

Rather not

Diseases & pests

4 relevant

From the knowledge base, automatically linked by affected species.

DiseasemediumJun–Sep

Erysiphales

Erysiphales

DiseasehighJun–Sep

Peronosporaceae

Peronosporaceae

PestmediumMay–Sep

Tetranychus urticae

Tetranychus urticae

PestmediumMay–Sep

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Varieties

7 varieties

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