"Beit Alpha" Burpless Open-Pollinated Cucumber Seeds for Planting, 100+ Seeds Per Packet, (Isla's Garden Seeds), Non GMO, Botanical Name: Cucumis sativus, Great Home Garden Gift

Key features

• 🥒 A smooth, long, cucumber with dark and crunchy skin, the Beit Alpha is quickly becoming a gardener favorite. It is burpless, not bitter, and doesn't need to be peeled.
• 🌱 The fruit are on average 8-12” long and are great for pickling or eating raw. This cucumber is a parthenocarpic variety, you can grow in a greenhouse without pollinators.
• 💦 This variety also needs nutrient rich and moist soil, and in the hot summer months it is a good idea to hav some afternoon shade. It will thrive if you harvest often which will encourage continued growth and harvests. Open-Pollinated.
• 👩‍🌾 Trellis growing is a smart way to conserve space in a smaller home garden.
• 🐝 The Beit Alpha cucumber is commonly self-pollinating, however, to ensure proper pollination and increase the yield, hand-pollination is sometimes used. This involves transferring pollen from the male flowers to the female flowers using a small brush or a cotton swab. It's important to pollinate the flowers early in the morning when the flowers are open and the pollen is most viable.
• ☀️Type: Annual - Sun: Full - Planting Depth: 1” - Spacing: 5-6” - Water: Moderate/High - Days to Maturity/Bloom: 60 days - Height: vine
• 🌎 USDA Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
• 📷 Please post pictures of your plants in a review! - Isla's Garden 🪴