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Port Albert Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

A variety of cucumber

A stubby, torpedo-shaped cucumber with tender yellow skin and small black spines that stays tender at any size and crops heavily. Linked to the Albertland settlers around the Kaipara Harbour in Northland. Transplant at 1 m.

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Port albert cucumber facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing Port Albert cucumbers

  1. Sow seeds indoors 4 weeks before planting out
  2. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  3. Put up a trellis or net 1 week before planting out
  4. Water deeply at planting out every week
  5. Mulch around the plants 2 weeks after planting out
  6. Feed with liquid fertiliser 5 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  7. Pick fruit regularly at first harvest every week
  8. Pull out finished plants 6 weeks after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Cucumis sativus L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Violales
Cucurbitaceae
Optimal temperature 18 - 32 °C
Absolute temperature 6 - 38 °C
Optimal rainfall 1000 - 1200 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 400 - 4300 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 7.5
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 8.7
Crop cycle 40 - 180 days
Max altitude 2000 m
Life form herb
Life span annual
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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