{"id":1241,"date":"2025-10-07T10:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/?post_type=vegetable-seeds&#038;p=1241"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:37:39","slug":"poinsett-cucumber","status":"publish","type":"vegetable-seeds","link":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/vegetable-seeds\/poinsett-cucumber\/","title":{"rendered":"Poinsett Cucumber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Poinsett Cucumbers are delightfully crisp and crunchy, the classic slicing Poinsett Cucumber is perfect for salads or condiments. Non-bitter, easy to grow and resistant to most cucumber diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Characteristic<\/strong><\/td><td>Poinsett Cucumber<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Kind<\/strong><\/td><td>Open Pollinated cucumber <em>(Cucumis sativus)<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sowing Season<\/strong><\/td><td>All year Round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Maturity<\/strong><\/td><td>45-60 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Monoecious<\/strong><\/td><td>Production of more female flowers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fruit Shape<\/strong><\/td><td>Cylindrical<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fruit Length<\/strong><\/td><td>18-20cm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fruit Weight<\/strong><\/td><td>200-300g<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Exterior Colour<\/strong><\/td><td>Deep Green, White spined<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Internal Colour<\/strong><\/td><td>White<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Flavour<\/strong><\/td><td>Crisp, non-bitter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fruit Diameter<\/strong><\/td><td>4-5cm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growth Type<\/strong><\/td><td>Vining<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Disease Tolerance<\/strong><\/td><td>Powdery Mildew (Sphaerotheca Fuliginea) and CMV (Cucumber Mosaic Virus).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>End Use<\/strong><\/td><td>Fresh Market Growers, Home Growers<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":650,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"vegetable-seed-categories":[68,17],"class_list":["post-1241","vegetable-seeds","type-vegetable-seeds","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","seed-categories-cucumber-opv","seed-categories-opv"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poinsett Cucumber - National Tested Seeds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/vegetable-seeds\/poinsett-cucumber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poinsett Cucumber - National Tested Seeds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Poinsett Cucumbers are delightfully crisp and crunchy, the classic slicing Poinsett Cucumber is perfect for salads or condiments. 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