Cucumber is cucumber, which is a vegetable, because botanically speaking vegetables refer to different parts of a plant, containing fiber and other components, so strictly speaking cucumber is a vegetable, can be eaten both raw and cooked, and in the market throughout the year.

Nutritional value of cucumber

Cucumber's texture is crisp, a kind of sweet feeling, can be eaten raw, in addition to the common way to eat cucumber, stir-fried cucumber, cucumber fried meat, fungus mixed with cucumber, vegetable salad, cucumber and ham sausage, and so on.

Cucumber is rich in a variety of calcium, phosphorus, protein, sugar, vitamins, carotene, niacin, rich in nutritional value, with lower blood sugar, brain and mind, diuretic detoxification, lower cholesterol and other effects.

Cucumber origin and planting

Cucumber common places of origin are Hubei, Shandong, Hebei, Gansu, Hunan, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Henan, etc., of which Shandong's cucumber is more famous, has a high yield, excellent quality, good taste characteristics.

Cucumber in the north more choose to plant around mid-April, the south can be sown in January-March, is more suitable for planting in the soil layer is deep, loose and fertile, rich in organic matter in the soil.