Cucumber ‚Chinesische Schlangen’

Ripening

mittel

Harvest

Week 29 to 38

Vigour

stark

Growth habit

lange Schlangengurke fürs Gewächshaus und warme Spaliere

Origin

China

Open-pollinated

Yes

Heritage variety

Yes

Use

Salat, Frisch

Disease resistance

Echter Mehltau: gering, Gurkenmosaikvirus: mittel

About this variety

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The ‚Chinesische Schlangen’ is a seed‑stable Asian snake cucumber whose extremely long, slender and often slightly curved fruits reach 30 to 40 cm, a showstopper on the trellis. It needs warmth and prefers a greenhouse or a protected sunny spot with trellising so the long cucumbers can hang straight. Because it is seed‑stable, you can harvest seed from a mature fruit for the next season.

Aromatic and mildly sweet with a thin skin and almost no seeds. Fresh in salad or thinly sliced for Asian dishes, especially fine.

Care and diseases

Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.