Despite short days and minus temperatures, the Finnish vegetable gardeners produce cucumbers in the greenhouses in winter. They are much more expensive than imported goods, but they are still preferred by Finnish consumers.
Finnish summers are short, the winters all the longer, cold and dark. In January there are just four hours of daylight. Ideal cultivation conditions for cucumbers look different. This does not concern the Finnish vegetable gardeners, however. They produce cucumbers and tomatoes in their greenhouses even in the deepest winter.… mehr