Cucumber Socrates F1 Seeds

Growing your own fruit and vegetables is extremely rewarding and this fast-growing and vigorous variety of mini cucumber that will provide you with plentiful crops of bitter-free fruits. ‘Socrates’ cucumbers are a ‘all female’ variety that will perform at its best when grown in a tunnel or greenhouse where they can be kept free from pollinators. ‘All female’ F1 hybrids give the surest results, producing almost all female flowers, virtually eliminating the need to remove male flowers (male flowers are generally only produced when plants become stressed). They delicious fruits are best cut when about 18cm (7in) long, this is when they will have a pleasing nutty flavour. They have a very high resistance to diseases that provide you with a much longer growing season. Delivered as a pack of 5 seeds. Sow indoors from February – May.
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