WEST INDIAN CUCUMBER AB
Cucumis anguria
The West Indian Cucumber with sweet, bitter-free flesh.
The West Indian Cucumber can be eaten raw in vinaigrette or cooked in a pan with butter or oil, tomatoes , onions , garlic , bouquets garnis . Eat young.
Sowing
Sowing : in April in pots then transplant into healthy, fresh, loose and humus-rich soil when the plant has 3 leaves and frost is no longer a risk.
Plant 1.50 m apart in all directions, in a sunny and warm location. Water. Harvest 5 months after sowing.
Trick
Most cucumber varieties are called " coureses ," meaning they produce long stems and can easily occupy 2-3 m² ! Not very practical for small vegetable gardens! But it is possible to get around the problem by encouraging your cucumber plants to grow taller, by climbing a fence for example. Help your plants position themselves on their support, and the tendrils of your cucumbers will do the rest. This practical and simple method gives the fruits better exposure to light, prevents them from being soiled, and makes harvesting them much easier... and it also works for gherkins !
