July 15, 2025, 10:58 am | Read time: 4 minutes

1. Marketmore76

The very high-yield, bitter-free field cucumber produces many side shoots and can also be grown space-saving on a trellis. Marketmore76 is robust and is considered tolerant to scab, cucumber mosaic virus, and both powdery and downy mildew. The smooth, slender fruits are dark green and grow 20–25 centimeters long. They have a small seed cavity with firm flesh. Because they are particularly aromatic, they are ideal for salads or as snack cucumbers.

2. Vorgebirgstraube

The Vorgebirgstraube is a time-tested, robust pickling cucumber that contains hardly any bitter substances. It can be grown both climbing and creeping. The variety continuously produces 7–9 centimeter long crunchy fruits with a dark green, fairly thin skin and firm flesh. They are perfect for pickling in vinegar but can also be well fermented. If you don’t want to process Vorgebirgstraube, you can also eat them directly.

3. Persika

Persika is a well-suited outdoor salad cucumber with medium-length, smooth-skinned, slightly striped, and largely bitter-free fruits. These do not grow longer than 20 centimeters and are therefore very suitable as snack cucumbers.

4. Dekan

The salad and pickling cucumber Dekan is very resistant to mildew and is hardier compared to other varieties. It is also one of the cucumber varieties suitable for outdoor cultivation. It tolerates cooler temperatures relatively well and also boasts a particularly long harvest period. The fruits grow up to 15 centimeters long and have a light green skin with white stripes.

5. Tanja

Another cucumber variety that can be well grown outdoors is called Tanja. The classic old field cucumber is very resistant to many cucumber diseases and can be grown both ground-covering and climbing on trellises. Initially, the fruits are slightly spiny, but as they ripen, the spines diminish. Tanja produces slender, dark green, 20–25 centimeter long fruits with a small seed center. It is bitter-free and, due to its intense cucumber flavor, is a particularly popular salad and slicing cucumber.

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6. White Wonder

White Wonder is an old, white-skinned cucumber variety with great resistance to typical cucumber diseases. Initially, the fruits are still light green, but as they ripen, they become lighter until they are finally white to cream-colored. They grow up to 20 centimeters long and are suitable both as pickling and salad cucumbers.

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Growing Cucumbers in Multiple Batches

Cucumbers for outdoor cultivation can be grown well in two batches. The first batch is started indoors from April. Cucumbers do not like to be transplanted, so each plant should be given its own pot. However, since not every seed germinates, two seeds can be sown per pot. If both germinate, the weaker plant is pulled out and discarded at a very young stage.

The young cucumbers are planted out no earlier than after the Ice Saints in mid-May. Depending on the weather, it may also be advantageous to wait until early June to plant them out, as cucumbers are quite sensitive to their preferred temperature. They can react with growth disturbances at temperatures below ten degrees. A fleece can help protect the cucumbers in case of a temperature emergency. The second batch of cucumbers can be sown directly into the bed between mid-May and June.