In Germany, less and less cucumbers are grown for canning

Last year, the area under cucumbers in Germany decreased by 7% compared to 2018, and the number of such farms decreased from 315 to 250. This is reported by ASB Zeitung. Katya Behringer, spokesperson for the Hengstenberg processing company, said that the production of a can of cucumbers from German raw materials requires a lot of manual labor. Accordingly, workers pick cucumbers by hand, lying on the wings of vehicles, so-called cucumber planes. In addition, extreme weather conditions, drought and heat have a bad effect on cucumbers, the spokeswoman said. "They like constant moisture and warmth, but not intense heat." At a temperature above 30 degrees, the cucumber plant stops growing. "Cucumbers grow at night, and only at temperatures above 15 degrees," the spokeswoman explained. On warm nights, cucumbers grow by three centimeters. It is often necessary to intensively irrigate cultivated areas to create suitable conditions. "These points make farming expensive and unattractive," ...