Tui Cucumber Seed - Telegraph Improved
Cucumbers are a quintessential summer crop, popular sliced into sandwiches and salads, pickled, or added to drinks and punches.
Tui Cucumber Seed - Telegraph Improved is a popular variety with long slim fruit and thin skin so there's no need to peel.
Sow in seed raising trays, direct in the garden, or in containers if you're short on space.
Contains 10 seeds.
Benefits
- Long 30-40cm deep green cucumbers.
- Thin skin, does not need to be peeled.
- Climbing variety, provide support.
- Recyclable paper envelope.
Directions for use
Sowing in trays
- Prepare seed trays with Tui Seed Raising Mix.
- Sow seeds 10mm deep.
- Provide support.
- Keep well watered.
Sowing direct
- Before planting work Tui Seed Raising Mix into soil.
- Sow seeds 10mm deep and 50cm apart.
- Provide support.
- Keep well watered.
Seedlings can be transplanted once they have two sets of true leaves.
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