Cucumber

Cucumber

In the 3000 years since they were first cultivated, its versatility and refreshing properties have made the cucumber truly a vegetable people love.

At BASF | Nunhems, we build on this tradition with innovative cucumber seeds and a broad range of cucumber varieties designed to help growers meet local market demands.  

Meeting global demand with a wide range 

To make sure every grower can meet their local consumers’ demands, BASF | Nunhems offers over 150 cucumber varieties for high-tech, low-tech and open-field cultivation. 

Tailored solutions for every segment 

Our assortment is divided over four segments: long, short, slicer and pickling cucumber. We cooperate intensively with growers and other parties in the supply chain. That’s why we know what our clients want, like cucumber varieties with traits like earliness and resistance both for indoor and open field farming. We also provide cucumber seeds for smaller and uniformly shaped cucumbers for the growing convenience segment or the large pickling industry.  

Support for challenging growing conditions 

Even when growers face challenging circumstances, like limitations on pest control, we can help them. By providing them with the varieties and the support that allow them to grow a profitable crop.  

Cucumber Long

Cucumber Mini

Legend:

Cultivation period
For other areas and recommended sowing
periods please contact the cucumber crop team.

Resistances
HR: High resistance
IR: Intermediate resistance
Cca: Corynespora cassiicola
Ccu: Cladosporium cucumerinum
Px: Powdery Mildew
CGMMV: Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus
CMV: Cucumber Mosaic Virus (Gurkenmosaikvirus)
CVYV: Cucumber Vein Yellowing Virus

* In the application for inclusion in the EU list of vegetable varieties.

Techsheets

Cucumber high-wire cultivation under LED lighting
Read about the trials at Botany and watch the video trilogy to find out what they’ve learned so far.
High wire cultivation
Learn more about high-wire cultivation with our series of high-wire white papers ‘The only way is up’
20 years high-wire cucumbers
Read and watch here the full stories and video interviews we created together to celebrate 20 years high-wire cucumbers.

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