Chinese Snake cucumber — long-season, mixed-flower, 35–40 cm long home garden cucumber.
Chinese Snake cucumber has very long, slim fruits. Long-season, very vigorous, mixed-flower home garden variety. The fruit is 35–40 cm long, dark green, with a distinctive 'snake' shape. Sweet, with plenty of juicy flesh.
Growing
Sow in early May in the garden. Plant spacing 50 cm, row spacing 1 metre. Trained on stakes or trellis, the long fruits look their best.
Pick young, from July. Uses: fresh salad, salad cucumber, sandwich topping. A traditional element of Asian cuisine.
Product details
Seed informationUntreated
Life cycleAnnual
Fruit/Flower colorGreen
Plant height (cm)200 cm
Growing timeLate
Harvest time (flowering time for flower seeds)July, August, September
Row spacing (cm)100 cm
Plant spacing (cm)30 cm
Sowing timeMay
Sowing depth (cm)2 cm
Seed requirement (g/10 m²)3 g/10 m²
Seeds per gram45
Avg. germination time (days)6 days
Optimal germination temp. (°C)20 °C