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Cucumber in Newfoundland
Hates cold nights and wind. Short indoor start and transplant into warm soil.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Heat-loving — needs strategy here
- Indoor seed start
- ~3 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~2 weeks after typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Frost tender
- Days to harvest
- 50–65 days
- Sunlight
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Spacing
- 30–45 cm apart
- Wind
- Needs shelter and support
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Benefits greatly
Common problems here
- Chill stress
- Wind damage to vines
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Greenhouse types
- Compact bush types
Harvest
Pick young for best flavour.
Will cucumber work in your garden?
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