West Coast Seeds (Lebanese Beit Alpha)

Easy to grow, smooth skin type with sweet flavour and nice crunch. Lebanese cucumbers are spineless and burpless with skin so tender it doesn’t need to be peeled. Parthenocarpic plants can be grown indoors and out. Best harvested at 10-13cm (4-5”).

TIPS:  Plant cucumbers beside asparagus, beans, Brassicas, celery, corn, dill, kohlrabi, lettuce, onion, peas, radish, and tomatoes. Avoid planting near potatoes and sage. Both corn and sunflowers can act as a trellis for cucumbers to good effect. Dill will help cucumbers by attracting predatory insects, and nasturtiums is said to improve the flavour and growth of cucumbers.