{"id":11043,"date":"2018-11-28T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/gherkin\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T12:46:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T11:46:42","slug":"gherkin","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/gherkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Gherkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]Gherkins are actually small cucumbers, but without the cucum<\/wbr>ber flavor.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt”]Also known as:<\/em>
\nPickle (US, Canada)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1627123481876{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: #ccffff !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}” el_id=”mobile”][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637495016188{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_id=”mobiel”]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”3089″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1637495028283{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]Gherkin<\/strong> cucum<\/wbr>ber-like fruit of the crop Cucumis sativus<\/em>, belonging to the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)<\/em>. Gherkins are actually small cucumbers, but without the cucum<\/wbr>ber flavor. Gherkins are pickled in vinegar, possibly with herbs. Also, gherkins have a thinner skin than cucumbers.
\nPre-sow in seed trays from mid-April – mid-May the plants can go outside. Cucumbers for indoor cultivation (greenhouse) can be sown earlier – mid-March. Use branches (prunings) or chicken wire to guide the plants. Just like cucumbers, gherkins like a sunny position in a nutritious soil that is not too dry.
\nHarvest the gherkins when they are the desired size; if you let them continue to grow, they will become small cucumbers, but without the cucum<\/wbr>ber flavor.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Bugs” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1532164328547{background-color: #585858 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”]<\/p>\n

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Red spider mite<\/a>, photo: Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dot-shaped spots on the leaf; mites<\/a> on the underside: Red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Deformed fruits: European tarnished plant bug<\/a> (Lygus rugulipennis)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Deformed leaf: aphid<\/a> (Aphidoidea).<\/p>\n

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Glasshouse whitefly<\/a>, photo: Yvonne Boereboom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leaf turns yellow and bumpy; eggs on the underside of the leaf: Greenhouse whitefly<\/a> (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In greenhouse cultivation: silvery spots surrounded by dark green spots (excrement): Onion<\/a> thrips<\/a> (Thrips tabaci)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Curled leaves; here and there is an aphid of about 2 mm size: Green peach aphid<\/a> (Myzus persicae)<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1532102781238{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Fungi & diseases” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1537885449118{background-color: #585858 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”]<\/p>\n

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Powdery mildew<\/a>, photo: Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

White spots on leaves; growth retarded: Powdery mildew (Ascomycete fungi)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

White, woolly mold: White mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Plant wilts and leaves turn yellow on one side. White (sometimes pink) mold develops on stem and tendrils: Fusarium wilt<\/a> (Fusarium oxysporum)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wet, rotten spots at the bottom of the stem: Fusarium foot rot<\/a> (Fusarium solani)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Leaf becomes covered with a powdery mildew: a variant of Powdery mildew (Podosphaera fusca<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Lower leaves turn yellow, plant goes limp because the roots can no longer absorb water: infestation by Black root rot of cucumber<\/a> (Phomopsis sclerotioides)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Square spots on leaf; bacterial slime, fruit will rot: Cucumber leaf spot (Pseudomonas syringae)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Cucumber mosaic virus<\/a>, photo: DieterO – CC Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yellow-green, circle-shaped spots on leaves; serpentine lines: Cucumber mosaic virus<\/a> (CMV).<\/p>\n

Leaf and fruit become covered by a thick layer of mold and wilt: Verticillium wilt<\/a> (Verticillium spp)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Downy mildew<\/a> on cucumber, photo: Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

White fungal fluff on the underside of the leaves: Downy mildew (Peronosporaceae)<\/em>. It usually involves the lower leaves because the mold get onto the leaf by splashing rain. In powdery mildew (Ascomycete fungi)<\/em>, the fluff is on the top of the leaves.<\/p>\n

Light and dark green spots on young leaves, emergence of dark green bumps. Full-grown leaves show a blotchy pattern: Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1532102799994{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Other” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1532164377225{background-color: #585858 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt”]Leaf stems grow from the leaf axils: remove offshoots (pinching)<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"encyclopedia-category":[653],"encyclopedia-tag":[833],"class_list":["post-11043","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-category-vegetable-garden","encyclopedia-tag-cucumber-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/11043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=11043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}