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
Breeder: U. BehrendtMultiplier: Gartenbau Walsegarten, Gärtnerei Kronacker, Oldendorfer Saatzucht / Florian Jordan, Oldendorfer Saatzucht, Ulrike Behrendt und Florian Jordan Cerifications: Demeter
Cultivation
Raise 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
increasingly from

Gartenbau Walsegarten
At the Walsegarten farm, Sebastian Vornhecke propagates seeds based on biodynamic principles. The farm is located in Dietzenrode, at the western edge of Thuringia near the Werratal, approximately 30 km south of Göttingen. The surrounding landscape is shaped by the forested ridges of the Hainich.

Oldendorfer Saatzucht / Florian Jordan
The Oldendorfer Saatzucht in Holste, north of Bremen, propagates seeds and breeds according to biodynamic principles. In their associated garden farm Oldendorf, they also sell exclusively open-pollinated varieties through their CSA.
Oldendorfer Saatzucht / Florian Jordan
The Oldendorfer Saatzucht in Holste, north of Bremen, propagates seeds and breeds according to biodynamic principles. In their associated garden farm Oldendorf, they also sell exclusively open-pollinated varieties through their CSA.