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Cucumis Anguria ( Maroon Cucumber)
Oval juicy and crisp fruits with a mild cucumber like taste. Covered in soft spines, their skin is light green with dark green stripes or mottling. Commonly known as West Indian gherkin, bur gherkin, or maroon cucumber.
Sprawling with long, tendril-bearing stems spreading extensively along the ground or climbing with support.
 
When to Sow: Apr - May
 
HOW TO SOW CUCUMIS ANGURIA:
Sow indoors  - Individually in pots or moudules of moist well drained compost in their edge to prevent rotting, and cover with a 1cm of soil . Ideal Temp 21-29°C.
Protect leaves from scorching by direct sunlight. Grow on until around 10cm tall transplating as  necessary to larger pots before plating in their final position inside a greenhouse or conservatory. Grow against a support structure or canes and tie in as needed.
 
  • Classification: Tender Annual
  • Expert Level:  Medium
  • Germination Time: 1-2 weeks
 
  • Harvest  Time:Aug - Sep
  • Site: Full Sun Soil Type: Chalk/ Sand/ Loam
  • Soil Acidity: All Types
  • Moisture: Well drained
  • Care:  Water regularly and feed once the fruits start to set with high pottasium fertilizer
  • Harvest : Pick regularly as older fruits can become bitter.
 
  • Days to Maturity:  84 Days
  • Feed:Manure & Liquid Feed
  • Plant Spacing:  20cm

Cucumis Anguria ( Maroon Cucumber)

£2.25Price

  • 25 Seeds per packet Approx

    Please note that the majority of our seeds are packed by volume so the number of seeds indicated is an approximation.

    We make every effort to provide British seeds where possible, but in some cases our British Growers are unable to grow in sufficient quantities to meet our demand or the seeds are subject to Plant breeders' rights which means it is only possible for us to buy these seeds from certain non UK sources.  

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