Cucumis sativus Seeds | Muncher Cucumber
LATIN NAME: Cucumis sativus
COMMON NAME: Muncher Cucumber
Plant Profile
Muncher Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) grows as a climbing annual in the gourd family. Cucumber is crisp, cool answer to heat of summer garden. Plant is one of great, generous crops of summer kitchen garden, giving its cool, crisp fruits through warm months. It is a plant of deep, rich, well-drained ground. Put simply, this is a rewarding species for anyone willing to give it a suitable spot.
Science & Biotechnology
Within the gourd family, Cucumis sativus is of continuing interest to researchers working on plant diversity, seed biology and the selection of improved garden forms. Cucumber is one of plain workhorses of plant science, studied for long, straight fruits and tender skins. Little about its garden performance is mysterious; it has been grown and observed for a very long time.
Uses & Benefits
Muncher Cucumber brings genuine presence to the garden and earns its keep across the growing season. Cucumber is cool, crisp workhorse of summer kitchen garden. Long, straight, tender-skinned fruits are eaten fresh from vine, sliced into salads, sandwiches and relishes, and plant gives its cool, generous harvest through warm months. Vines also climb netting and frames with ease, and fruits are a fine, refreshing presence of summer table. It takes hold quickly and asks for no special treatment from then on.
Cucumbers and melons are hydrating, potassium-rich summer foods; cucumber’s folk role in cooling skin care persists in modern cosmetics, and melon seeds are a traditional snack and diuretic tea in Asia.
Growing from Seed
Muncher Cucumber is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Sow the seeds evenly over the surface and cover lightly in a loose, well-drained seed compost, keep the sowing evenly moist, and give the pot or tray bright light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Muncher Cucumber repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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