Cucumber Burpless Tasty Green F1

The cucumber that changed outdoor growing in Britain. Cucumber Burpless Tasty Green F1 is an RHS Award of Garden Merit variety with all-female flowers, low cucurbitacin content (the compound that causes bitterness and indigestion), and a mild, sweet flesh that is outstanding eaten fresh from the vine. One of the finest outdoor cucumbers available.

• Cucumis sativus 'Burpless Tasty Green' F1 — RHS AGM, Half-Hardy Annual
• Sow: April–May indoors; plant out June; harvest: July–September
• Full sun; rich, well-drained soil — water generously
• Train up a trellis; all-female flowers — no need to remove male flowers
• Low cucurbitacin — no bitterness, no indigestion
• Harvest at 20–25cm for best flavour