How to grow outdoor cucumbers from seed. This simple illustrated guide tells you everything you need to now to start growing your outdoor cucumbers.

Growing cucumbers outdoors.

There are two types of cucumbers, frame cucumbers which need a good deal of warmth, and ridge cucumbers which are hardier and can be grown outdoors in the summer.

Cucumbers grown without added heat will provide crops from August to October.

To encourage an early crop of outdoor cucumbers, start your seeds in a cold frame or cold greenhouse in April.

To sew the seeds, fill a pot with seed compost and plant each seed 1/2 inch deep.

The cucumber seeds will take somewhere between seven and ten days to germinate.

All cucumber plants need rich soil. Be sure to dig your outdoor bed well and enrich it well plenty of well-rotted compost.

Gradually harden off your young cucumber plants by removing them from the protection of the cold frame or greenhouse.

When the plants are hardened off, plant them in rows or at the base of a trellis with at least two feet between each plant. Remember, cucumber plants like rich nutritious soil.

Cucumbers are climbing plants. You can train them along wires or trellis to save space.

Pinch out the growing tip of the young cucumber plants when it has four or five leaves. This will encourage the plant to put out several side shoots and encourage a higher number of cucumber flowers.

Insects and wildlife will pollinate your outdoor cucumber plants, but you can help pollination by gently transferring the pollen between male and female flowers with a small paintbrush.

Pinch out any shoots that do not bear young cucumbers.

Cut your cucumbers while they are young to encourage more cropping. Heavy cucumber crops are likely during August and September but the first frosts will kill the plants.

Finally, enjoy your homegrown cucumber harvest.

Some possible problems you may experience when growing cucumber are:

Bacterial wilt - The main symptom of bacterial wilt on cucumber plants is severe wilting of the vines, followed by the death of the plant. The bacteria is carried by beetles so try to keep them under control.

Powdery Mildew - This causes white powdery growth on the top surfaces of the leaves and stems of infected cucumber plants. Fruit is not directly affected, but the cucumbers size and growth may be stunted. Prevent your plant and the soil around it from staying permanently damp to decrease the chances of powdery mildew occurring.

Blossom end rot - If there is not enough calcium in your soil the end of your cucumbers may begin to rot. Calcium deficient soil can be supplemented to prevent the problem.

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