Cucumber 'Telegraph English' 4 Inch

One of the biggest discoveries of first-time vegetable garden growers is how much better home-grown produce tastes. Cucumbers are an excellent example of this, and they require relatively little effort. 'Telegraph English' cucumbers were first developed for growing in greenhouses, and are now a favorite of home gardeners, with long, thin, small-seeded, burpless fruits. FYI, burpless cucumbers are low in cucurbitacin, the plant substance that makes cucumbers bitter, so with regular watering, English cucumbers are almost always sweet, crisp, and delicious. As with most veggies in this family, cucumbers usually send out male flowers first to attract pollinators, then female flowers emerge. To help with cucumber and squash production, consider planting flowers near or in your veggie patch, such as bee balm or salvia.    

Common Name: English Cucumber, Telegraph English Cucumber

Culinary Uses: Fresh in salads, on sandwiches, and appetizer trays.

Harvest Time: 60 days

Mature Size: Vines are 8' long. Cucumbers are 10" - 18" long, slender, with small seeds.

Growth Rate: Moderate

Cold Hardiness: Frost sensitive annual°

Characteristics:

Light: Sun to partial sun

Structure: Vines up to 8 feet long

Photos: Real images, not stock photos

Please Note: When Ground Shipping is selected, plants will be shipped on the following Monday to help maintain the plant quality.