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Corn - Sweet Cucumber

Corn - Sweet
Zea Mays
Sweet corn can be sown in spring after all danger of frost has passed. Successive plantings are possible to extend the harvest until January in most areas. Sow all year in the tropics. Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical areas. Direct sow in full sun, 2-4 cm deep, space 20-30 cm apart in rows 60-90 cm apart. Block planting improves pollination and gives well-filled cobs. Prepare soil with compost and well-rotted manure. Once the first node on the stem shows root nodulation, hill the plants up to 25 - 30 cm deep. Count 18 days from when the silk appears and start checking for ripeness, the kernel should be milky.

Corn 'Popcorn'

Organically certified
Not to SA, TAS or WA
Easy to grow popcorn is a nutritious treat. This is also the best choice if you want to try growing baby corn to use in stir-fries.

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Sweet Corn 'Balinese'
Not to SA, TAS, WA
'Balinese' is an open-pollinated, heirloom, pale golden standard sweet corn. The cobs, often 2 or more per plant, are medium-sized. The leaves and stems are a good animal forage.

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Sweet Corn 'Bicolor'
Not to SA, TAS - now allowed in WA
Large cobs of supersweet corn, with an attractive colour contrast of cream and gold kernels; produces 2 cobs per plant, disease resistant. This is untreated hybrid seed with a high germination. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.

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Sweet Corn 'Legacy'
Not to SA, TAS - now allowed in WA
'Legacy' produces large cobs of yellow corn on a hardy and rust resistant plant. It is a standard sweet corn or SU type. SU types of sweet corn should be eaten soon after harvest as otherwise the sugars convert to starch and they lose their sweetness. This is untreated hybrid seed with a high germination. Height of plant: 229 cm. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving. Days to harvest: 85.

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Sweet Corn 'Max'
Not to SA, TAS - now allowed in WA
'Max' produces large cobs of golden corn on a hardy and rust resistant plant. A ’supersweet’ (Sh2) supermarket hybrid, it contains about twice the amount of sugar of older varieties. It is also slower to convert sugar to starch, so retains its sweetness longer. It should be grown at a different time to other sweet corn as cross-pollination will reduce its sweetness. This is untreated hybrid seed with a high germination. Height of plant: 196 cm. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving. Days to harvest: 85.

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Thank you very much for your excellent service... I should also tell you that this summer's crop of "Legacy" corn, which we grew from your seeds, is tall and strong with beautiful sweet cobs. We will be back to purchase from you again and have also recommended you to our friends.
Sue and Brian of Fraser ACT

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Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Sow cucumbers direct after all danger of frost has passed; in tropical areas sow during the dry season. Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical areas. Sow 10-20 mm deep and 50 cm apart if on a trellis, 1m apart if planted into raised mounds. Growing on a trellis reduces fungal problems spraying regularly with seaweed also helps. Prepare soil with compost and well-rotted manure; cucumbers dislike acidity and needs frequent watering. Pinch out the terminal bud to encourage branching. Harvest cucumbers daily with 2 cm of stem to reduce water loss and improve storage of the fruit.

Cucumber 'Marketmore'

Organically certified
'Marketmore' produces attractive, non-bitter, dark green fruit 20 cm long. It has good disease resistance and is highly productive. Days to harvest: 60 - 70.

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Lebanese Cucumber 'Mideast Prolific'

Organically certified
'Mideast Prolific' is a popular, open-pollinated, Lebanese style, thin-skinned, tender, cucumber, 120 - 170 mm long. It has an excellent flavour whether pickled or fresh and is never bitter. Vines are very productive. Days to harvest: 70 - 85.

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Lebanese Cucumber 'Muncher'

Organically certified
'Muncher' is an open-pollinated, Lebanese style, heirloom, burpless, cucumber, 150 - 220 mm long. It is thin-skinned, tender and crisp. It has an excellent flavour whether pickled or fresh and is never bitter. Vines bear early and are very productive. Days to harvest: 65.

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Cucumber 'Lemon'

Organically certified
An apple type, this is a highly productive heirloom variety, first introduced in 1894. The fruits are round, ‘lemon shaped’ with a crisp sweet thin yellow skin with white flesh. It can be eaten like an apple and is easy to digest. Used mainly for salads, pickling and slicing. It is moderately drought tolerant. Days to harvest: 65 - 68.

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Cucumber 'Giant Russian' H
Excellent variety for humid areas, vigorous vine, fruits are very large, crisp, sweet and acid-free, keep for several months, much more resistant to mildew than Lebanese cucumbers.

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Cucumber 'Gympie Gold' H
'Gympie Gold' has large, golden yellow, oblong fruit with low acidity. It stays sweet and crisp even when older and stores well in the fridge. It has good disease resistance and is very productive. It is best picked around 16cm long when still pale lemon-green; mature size is 25cm long with a diameter of 12cm.

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Cucumber 'Spacemaster'
'Spacemaster' is a very productive, bush variety, 90 cm across; suitable for growing in containers or by market gardeners. Fruit is slender, dark green, 17 - 22 cm long with a crisp, sweet flavour. It is disease resistant. Good for salads or pickles, if picked young.

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Cucumber 'Straight Eight'

Organically certified
'Straight Eight' is an old variety with dark green, perfectly straight, 20cm long, 6 cm across, smooth, symmetrical fruit with a small seed cavity. It has crisp, fine-grained flesh with a mild, sweet flavour. It fruits early and abundantly; best grown on a trellis.

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Cucumber 'Suyo Long' H
'Suyo Long' is a traditional long-fruited variety from China. It has a mild-flavoured, ribbed fruit growing up to 35 cm long and is considered a 'burpless' type. It copes well with hot weather. Growing on a trellis produces straight fruits and reduces fungal problems, this variety continued to produce through recent flooding rains with virtually no mildew. Days to harvest: 51.

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Information for growers regarding cucumber pollination requirements.

Asian and Tropical Vegetables For Hot Wet Summers
If you are challenged by pest and disease problems in your vegetable garden during hot, humid summers, don’t give up! Green Harvest offers a range of vegetables, grown around the world in subtropical and tropical areas, that we have found to be hardy and reliable to the weather extremes of high temperature and humidity experienced in the ‘wet season’. As a general rule sow these vegetables from October through to March, to replace more temperate varieties. Seeds suitable for subtropical and tropical conditions are marked H for hot and humid!

Part of the problem is gardening books written by authors from cooler areas neglecting to give good advice on plant selection for northern areas of Australia. We recommend the books The Seed Savers Handbook or Organic Vegetable Gardening for the best information on subtropical vegetables.

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