Cucumber Grafted Plants - F1 Carmen
Superb cucumber variety with excellent inbuilt resistance.
The cucumber ‘Carmen’ is a superb female variety with inbuilt resistance. This unique variety has a resistance to strains of powdery mildew, scab, and leaf spot. The F1 Carmen cucumber plant will produce fruits that are cylindrical, very straight, slightly ribby, dark, and glossy with a short neck. You’ll have an abundance of fruits that will grow top around 34-40cm long. Harvesting from June through to September the cucumber ‘Carmen’ can also be kept very well once picked. Height 301cm+ (118"); spread 60-70cm (24-28").
What’s so good about grafted veg plants?
Grafting onto specific rootstocks, of course, creates bigger, better, more disease-resistant plants with increased yield. Consequently, we believe, the extra vigour which the plant obtains will provide even better protection to late Blight attack, and the plants will grow away from any infection even more rapidly.
Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors, little or no heating required. With excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases - No more ring culture or grow bags you simply plant straight in the soil.
Growing Information
Greenhouse cucumbers must be grown in a warm, humid greenhouse with a minimum temperature of 15C (60F). Outdoor (Ridge) types are suitable for growing outside. Some varieties may be suited to indoor and outdoor cultivation.
Pot up young plants and grow them on until they are large enough to be transplanted. Maintain a minimum temperature of 15c (60F) and keep the compost moist but not wet.
When cucumber plants are well grown, transplant them at a spacing of 2 plants per growbag or 45cm (18") apart in a warm, humid greenhouse. Outdoor varieties should be gradually acclimatised to outdoor conditions over 7-10 days before transplanting into warm, well drained, humus rich soil in full sun, with shelter from winds. Plant outdoor cucumbers in single rows at a distance of 90cm (36") apart. Water well after planting until cucumber plants are fully established.
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