Quantity
About 30 seeds
Exposure
Sun
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Family
Cucurbitaceae
Type
Vegetable
Cycle
Annual
The Lebanese cucumber is a highly prized variety for its bright green, smooth, and crisp fruits, which offer the vegetable garden a production that is as generous as it is elegant. Its mild, bitterness-free flavor and delicate texture make it a summer harvest essential, perfect for enjoying fresh straight from the pick. In the garden, it charms with its rapid growth, regular fruiting, and its ability to produce abundantly throughout the season once the heat sets in. Grown on the ground or on a trellis, it easily adapts to different cultivation methods, while offering straighter and cleaner fruits when it climbs. Its yellow flowers attract pollinators and contribute to the vibrancy of the vegetable garden, enhancing the vitality of all surrounding crops. Easy to grow in light, rich, well-drained soil, it responds particularly well to consistent moisture and frequent harvests. Picked young, it reveals all its finesse, crispness, and freshness, whether in salads, as a snack, or in summer preparations. The Lebanese cucumber thus combines yield, mildness, and simplicity in a flavorful, reliable, and always welcome variety in the garden.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
2.5 cm (1 in)
Establishment temperature
21 to 30 °C (70 to 86 °F)
Establishment time
5 to 10 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun
Soil
Light, rich in organic matter, and well-drained
Watering
Regular
Container growing
A controlledenvironment.
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Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodSummer
Harvest55 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionsDill, broccoli, chamomile, celery, kohlrabi, chives, cumin, fennel, bean, lettuce, marjoram, okra, oregano, pea, radish
Avoid planting withSwiss chard, mint, sage, rosemary, rue, savory, tomato, zucchini
Salad, snack, fresh dishes, fresh consumption, trellis farming
