Description
Bring the joy of fresh pickling to your garden with Homemade Pickles cucumber, an organic variety prized for its high yields and ideal pickling texture. Perfect for slicing or fresh eating, Homemade Pickles cucumber produces medium-green fruits ranging from 1½” to 6″ long on compact 4'–5' vines, making it an excellent choice for container gardens or small spaces.
With built-in resistance to common diseases like powdery mildew and cucumber mosaic virus, Homemade Pickles cucumber is both dependable and easy to grow. Its steady production encourages multiple harvests throughout the season, delivering crisp, flavorful cucumbers ready for pickling or enjoying straight from the vine.
This packet sows up to 22 feet of trellised cucumbers.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Cucumis sativus
Days to Maturity: 55 days
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Native: Southern Asia
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
Plant Dimensions: 4'–5' vines
Variety Information: Fruits are medium green with small, white “spines” can be harvested from 1½”–6″ long. Resistant to anthracnose, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew, and powdery mildew.
Type: Monoecious, pickling cucumber
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 60°F, ideally 70°–90°F.
When to Start Inside: 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost. Cucumbers are sensitive to root disturbance; sow in biodegradable pots.
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: ½”
Seed Spacing: A group of 2 seeds every 12″
Row Spacing: 36″
Thinning: When 3 leaves, thin to 1 plant every 12″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Pick, and pick some more! Overly mature cucumbers on the vine will slow production of new cucumbers. Cut the stem rather than pulling at the fruit, as stems are fragile. To increase the quality and storage time, once picked, immediately immerse in cold water to disperse ôfield heatö.
