Cleopha
Cleopha is a very vigorous, parthenocarpic 'snake' cucumber for the greenhouse with 30 cm long fruits. Fine, smooth, dark green cucumber with very little cork ribbing. Long harvesting period, robust, also suitable for extensive cultivation conditions.
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Characteristics
parthenocarp/ mixed flowering: parthenocarp
Origin
Multiplier: Gartenbau Walsegarten, Gärtnerei Kronacker, LohmannsHof Gärtnerei / Inh. Max Rehberg, Oldendorfer Saatzucht, Ulrike Behrendt und Florian JordanBreeder: U. Behrendt Cerifications: Demeter
Cultivation
Direct sowing: open ground: from mid of May, only ridge and pickling varietiesCultivation note: Mixed flowered varieties should not be grown in the same greenhouse as female only varieties.Planting distance: 100-150 x 30-40 cmAmount of seed needed: direct sowing 20-30 g/aSeed germination temperature: 23-26 °COptimal amount of plants: ca. 2 plants/m²Raise in seed bed: for heated greenhouse: from mid of February for planting out mid of March for cold greenhouse: beginning of April for planting out beginning of May