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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber – Ridge – Burpless Tasty Green F1 produces crisp, quintessentially aromatic fruits with a superb flesh, and as the name suggests, less likely to cause gassy episidoes.
The 25cm (10″) long cucumbers are packed with flavour and have a very high vitamin content.
Grow this ridge type trained against a support either outdoors or in the greenhouse.
Height: 3m (9′). Spread: 45cm (18″).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucamelon Mexican Gherkin is an easy to grow climbing variety that’s best suited to a sunny, wind-protected position and performs even better in a greenhouse.
Cucamelon Mexican Gherkin produces heavy crops of mini melon fruits with a taste of cucumber and a hint of lime.
The grape-sized fruits are best picked fresh from the vine throughout summer.
Absolutely gorgeous in summer salads, dips, salsas and a classic, pickles.
For optimum fruit production, crop main stems to approximately 2.4m (8ft) and trim back all side shoots to 45cm (18″).
Height: 2.4m (8ft). Spread: 50cm (20″).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber Femspot F1 is an especially early, extra vigorous variety.
Throughout summer it produces great crops of slender, ribbed cucumbers with a crisp, refreshing texture and gorgeous aroma.
As the name suggests, this is a guaranteed, all-female variety that, for best results, should be grown in your greenhouse, polytunnel or lean-to.
This vigorous hybrid shows good resistance to powdery mildew and scab.
Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18″).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber La Diva is a very strong variety producing high yields of half-length cucumbers that are far more consumable than longer varieties producing less waste.
This variety produces approximately 12cm (5″) fruits with smooth, deep green, glossy skins and seedless flesh that is refreshingly crisp, sweet and aromatic.
La Diva is guaranteed all-female flowering, and has great resistance to downy and powdery mildew helping to ensure a healthy, abundant crop every season.
A superb variety that is suitable for indoor and outdoor cultivation, preferably trained against a support.
Height: 3m (9′). Spread: 45cm (18″).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber Mini Munch F1 is an all-female greenhouse variety and is a reliably heavy-cropper when picked regularly.
Mini Munch at its best when picked at approximately 7cm (3″) long.
With a crunchy texture, fabulous cool flavour and convenient size, this variety is perfect for packed lunches, sandwiches and salads.
An RHS AGM variety.
This variety ideally requires growing in a greenhouse, polytunnel or protected lean-to.
Height: 3m (9′). Spread: 45cm (18″).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber Partner F1 – Gherkin is an easy-to-grow, guaranteed high-yielding, delicious variety.
A guaranteed all female-flowering variety that sets fruit even without male plants.
Partner produces prolific early crops of short, firm-fleshed, tasty fruits that are superbly fresh and aromatic in salads, or classically pickled as Gherkins when picked young.
Grow indoors or outdoors to fit with your growing own space.
If growing outdoors give Partner F1 a sunny, sheltered spot!
Height: 3m (9′). Spread: 45cm (18″).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber Passandra F1 is a guaranteed all-female variety producing heavy crops of short, half-length cucumbers with smooth, shiny skins.
Passandra has dark skin with crisp, aromatic flesh and a gorgeous flavour.
This variety has great resistance to Powdery, Downy Mildews and Cucumber Mosaic Virus.
This dependable variety can be grown in the greenhouse or a sheltered area outdside.
Packed full of nutrients and fibre, Cucumbers are great in sandwiches or salads.
Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18”).
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Vegetable Seeds – Cucumber Telegraph Improved is ideal for growing in a greenhouse and also grows well outside in a sunny, sheltered position, especially under cover.
Ensure you support the growing plant vine to help secure the heavy fruits while they are developing.
This variety is an improved version of a heritage variety that dates back to 1897 forming perfectly straight, long, slender fruits.
The flesh is virtually seedless, crisp, mild and fragrant.
Packed full of nutrients and fibre, Cucumbers are great in sandwiches or salads.
Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18”).
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Salad Seeds – Lettuce All The Year Round is a versatile, reliable Butterhead variety, ideal for successional sowings throughout the year for cut-and-come-again harvests.
All The Year Round produces medium-sized heads with solid, crisp hearts.
This variety is a hardy and reliable plant, even in dry conditions.
Autumn sowings should be grown under cloches or in a cold greenhouse for overwintering, but can be harvested in spring for early salads.
Height: 15cm (6″). Spread: 30cm (12″).
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Salad Seeds – Lettuce Arctic King is a large Butterhead variety that produces tasty light green heads with crinkled leaves for picking as you need during spring.
Specially bred for autumn sowing, Arctic King is well-known for its exceptional cold resistance.
This variety is suitable for growing outdoors in winter but will benefit from cloche protection during particularly cold weather.
Height: 15cm (6″). Spread: 30cm (12″).
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Salad Seeds – Lettuce Little Gem Cos is one of the earliest varieties to mature and produces small compact heads packed with crisp, luscious leaves.
Little Gem is an RHS Award of Garden Merit-winning cultivar that grows well under cloches and also has excellent root aphid resistance making it a gardener’s favourite.
The smaller, crisp leaves of this variety are perfectly suited to packed lunches, sandwiches and salads.
Height and spread: 20cm (8″).
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Salad Seeds – Lettuce Lobjoits Cos is a popular, larger type cos lettuce considered to be one of the finest-flavoured cos varieties.
A fantastic favourite, Lobjoits is considered to be the best cos variety with its deep green outer leaves and the colour is retained through to the heart.
This variety is very crisp with a wonderful flavour and is ideal for spring and autumn sowings.
The obvious classic ingredient in a crisp, fresh summer salad, sandwich, packed-lunch and picnic.
Height and spread: 40cm (16″).
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