Southekayi plant
₹279.00
Yields A pick every 2–3 days for 4–6 weeks
Live cucumber, the fastest vining crop we grow. Fruit inside two months, and the easiest one to learn on.
Cucumis sativus
Southekayi / ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ (Cucumber)
- Grow bag12 in wide x 18 in tall
- Ships at2 true leaves, vining, 3 weeks old
- First harvestFirst fruit in 7-8 weeks
- Sunlight6+ hours direct
- Best plantedFebruary-September
Grown to order — delivered in about 15 days
We start it when you order and hand it over once it is established and hardened off. That is what makes the olla work from day one: the roots have already grown down to it before it reaches you.
SKU SOU-NAT
Water it through the olla. That is the only instruction.
A buried terracotta olla releases water at exactly the rate the soil draws it, over a base of well-rotted wood that holds moisture through a hot week. You cannot overwater it and it will not dry out on you. The roots reach the olla before the plant leaves us, so it works from the day it arrives.
Details
The quickest of the vining crops to reward you. Fruit from seven weeks against ten or more for the gourds, which makes it the right one to start with if you have never trained a vine before.
Grow it up rather than along. Trellised fruit hangs straight and clean; fruit lying on soil develops a pale flat side and rots in the monsoon.
Pick young and pick often. Left on the vine the fruit turns seedy and bitter, and one over-mature cucumber will slow the whole plant down.
Cucumber is the strongest whitefly magnet we sell. If you also grow chilli or tomato, put this one at the opposite end of the terrace.
Specifications
| Botanical name | Cucumis sativus |
|---|---|
| Grow bag | 12 in wide x 18 in tall, filled |
| Ships at | 2 true leaves, about 3 weeks old |
| First harvest | 7-8 weeks from delivery |
| Sunlight | 6+ hours direct |
| Support | Trellis or railing |
| Season | February-September |