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Cucumber Duo

Cucumis sativus

Half-hardy Annual

What is Half-Hardy Annual?

Two popular and reliable varieties

Skip seed sowing and get ahead with ready-grafted plugs

Vigorous rootstocks offer improved disease resistance

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These cucumbers come with their own ready-grafted roots, so there's less of your graft needed in growing them! Skip the seed-sowing route and get ahead with these sturdy cucumber plugs which have been grafted onto vigorous rootstocks ensuring strong growth and improved disease resistance. Height Up To 300cm (118in). Spread Up To 45cm (18in)

Cucumber Grafted Duo includes the following, available as either one or two plugs of each variety:  

  • Cucumber ‘Baby Rocky’ F1 Grafted Plug Plant – ‘Baby Rocket’ is an early maturing variety, supplying large numbers of fruit, 8-10cm (3-4") long , borne in compact multiple clusters close to the main stem with little energy wasted on unnecessary side branching. ‘Baby Rocky’ is well adapted to outdoor production in UK climates as it remains productive in both high and low temperatures.
  • Cucumber ‘Socrates’ F1 Grafted Plug Plant: (indoor type) - Vigorous, strong plants produce numerous mini, bitter-free fruits around 15-18cm long. An 'all-female' variety best grown in a greenhouse or tunnel. Socrates is regarded as one of the best tasting cucumbers on the market today. One of the best to crop if it's a cloudy or dull summer with low light levels.

Height Up to 300cm (118in)
Spread Up to 45cm (18in)

Half-hardy Annual

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full sun

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2 Jumbo Plug Plants (KF0083)
4 Jumbo Plug Plants (KF0084)

Greenhouse cucumbers must be grown in a warm, humid greenhouse with a minimum temperature of 15C (60F). Outdoor (Ridge) types are suitable for growing outside. Some varieties may be suited to indoor and outdoor cultivation.


Pot up young plants and grow them on until they are large enough to be transplanted. Maintain a minimum temperature of 15c (60F) and keep the compost moist but not wet.


When cucumber plants are well grown, transplant them at a spacing of 2 plants per growbag or 45cm (18") apart in a warm, humid greenhouse. Outdoor varieties should be gradually acclimatised to outdoor conditions over 7-10 days before transplanting into warm, well drained, humus rich soil in full sun, with shelter from winds. Plant outdoor cucumbers in single rows at a distance of 90cm (36") apart. Water well after planting until cucumber plants are fully established.

Water cucumber plants regularly. Apply greenhouse shading as required and create a humid atmosphere by regularly spraying or damping down pathways.

Climbing greenhouse types will produce higher yields if allowed to climb. Train the main shoots onto 1.8m (6ft) high nets, canes or strings until they reach the top of their support and then pinch out the growing point. Pinch out sideshoots once fruit begins to develop, leaving two leaves after each fruit. Remove male flowers from greenhouse types.


Outdoor ridge types can be pinched out at the main stem after 7 leaves have formed to encourage sideshoots. Outdoor ridge types require pollination by insects - do not remove male flowers from these varieties.


When growing cucumbers, harvest regularly to encourage, long continuous production. Pick the fruits whilst young and tender before they show signs of producing seeds, as older fruits can become bitter. Harvesting cucumbers is best done early in the morning when temperatures remain cool.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

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