When to plant cucumber in Rookwood
- Move seedlings out: all yearRookwood area, tropical savanna
- Sow in trays: all yearRookwood area, tropical savanna
- Sow in the ground: all yearRookwood area, tropical savanna
- Plant seedlings: all yearRookwood area, tropical savanna
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Rookwood. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A quick summer vine that gives a glut of fruit in Adelaide's warm months. Grow it up a trellis to save space and keep fruit clean. Steady water is the key: dry or stressed plants give bitter, misshapen fruit.