Gherkin (Cucumis sativus)
Species Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
A pickled cucumber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand – is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment. The fermentation process is executed either by immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles.
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Germination temperature
- 15.6–40.6 °C
- Ideal germination temperature
- 35 °C
- Germination time
- 3–10 days
- Time to harvest
- 50–70 days
- Frost limit
- 0 °C