Vegetables · Warm
Cucumber
Cucurbitaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 40 cm
- USDA zones
- 4a–11a
- Frost-sensitive
- yes
- Growth duration
- 12 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- raised-bed mixAlso okay:loamy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:heavy / waterlogged
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Cucumbers are water-guzzlers and heat-lovers. A trellis saves space and prevents mildew (air gets between the leaves). Never water in the evening — wet leaves overnight = fungus party.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
These plants improve the soil / free the slot early:
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage