Cucumber

Cultivation and production - Vegetable crops - Cucumis sativa

Vegetable crops

Geographical origin zone : Asie du Sud

Number of germination days : 5 à 10 jours

Germination temperature : 16 à 25°C

Soil temperature at planting : 15°C

Seeds storing : 8 - 10 ans

Yield : 6 à 8 kg/m²"à8kg/m²" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

Density : 1 à 2 rangs / planche tous les 50 à 70 cm.

Production

The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. Considered an annual plant, there are three main types of cucumber—slicing, pickling, and seedless—within which several cultivars have been created. The cucumber originates from Himalaya to China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi) and N. Thailand, but now grows on most continents, and many different types of cucumber are grown commercially and traded on the global market. In North America, the term wild cucumber refers to plants in the genera Echinocystis and Marah, though the two are not closely related.