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Bitter cucumber Goya
Annual vigorously growing plant from pumpkin family for protected cultivation. Climbing aid is required. This variety from Japan produces bitter fruits up to 25 cm long, which turn orange when ripe. Its bitter fruits have a health-promoting effect. The green fruits are only eaten when cooked. Pinch off the tip of the seed coat before sowing for better germination.
Article number: CV49
Cultivation
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Cultivation information
Cucumis sativus L.
Sowing: direct sowing outdoors at the end of April or beginning of May, if no more frosts are to be expected. Sow in cold greenhouse from mid-April, planting in early May
Germination temperature: 20 – 25° C
Distances: outdoors 100x30-40 cm, greenhouse cultivation 100x40 cm
Required quantity of seeds: direct sowing: 20-30 g/acre;
Sowing depth: approx. 2 cm
Thousand seeds mass: 15 -30g
Propagator: FLO, FPE, GHO, JAN, JPE, MOM, RFE, SPE
