Cucumber Rootstock
- Product number: 133000
- Origin: Central and South America
- Latin: Cucurbita ficifolia
In the Netherlands, it has been used for years as a (reasonably good) rootstock for cucumbers. As an aid, we recommend these grafting clips: 847525 Grafting clip 2.5 mm (for a lot of information: google "grafting cucumbers"). But this squash also deserves to be grown. Oval in shape (15-20cm in diameter and 20-25cm long) and green-yellow mottled with smooth skin. Young, it's edible like zucchini, and when ripe, it's great for decoration, but the flesh is also perfectly edible (a bit cucumber-like). The leaves are decorative and resemble fig leaves.
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Latin: Cucurbita ficifolia
Dutch: Rootstock for cucumber
Also: Grafting
English: Fig-leaf gourd
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- Flower colour: White flowers
- Origin: Central and South America
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Cucurbita ficifolia
- Dutch: Rootstock for cucumber
- Also known as: Breeding
- English: Fig-leaf gourd
