Cucumber Telegraph Improved Seeds

Telegraph Cucumber seeds should be sown between early February and late April and protected from frosts. Once they are big enough to handle, they should be pricked out, given a larger pot and grown on until the risk of frost has passed. Once they have been planted in their final location, they will require some support in the form of a cane or trellis to help them grow vertically. Read our guide for more information on the secret to healthy seedlings.

Telegraph Cucumber is an English Heirloom variety valued for its long, straight fruits that are excellent for use in salads. Cucumber Telegraph Improved seeds are a strain of Telegraph Cucumbers that produce a reliable, heavy crop when given the right conditions.

Telegraph cucumbers produce long fruits of up to 40 centimetres (16 inches) long. Other varieties of cucumber produce much shorter, stubbier fruits. Telegraph cucumbers resemble those which we typically see in supermarkets and have crisp, edible skin and very few seeds.