Cucumber, Homemade Pickles Seeds

Homemade Pickles is a compact, prolific pickling cucumber bred for crisp, thin-skinned fruits that make exceptional dill and sweet pickles. The firm skin holds up beautifully through the brining process for a satisfying crunch.

At a glance

• Variety: Homemade Pickles cucumber
• Type: non-GMO, pickling
• Fruit: crisp, thin-skinned
• Plant habit: compact, prolific
• Sun: full sun
• Spacing: 3 to 4 seeds per hill, thin to 2 to 3 plants
• Seeds per packet: minimum 25 seeds

Best for

• Dill and sweet pickles
• Bread-and-butter slices
• Dedicated pickling patches
• Canning and brining

How to grow

Direct sow after last frost in full sun once soil has warmed, planting 3 to 4 seeds per hill and thinning to 2 to 3 plants. Keep well-watered for the best skin quality and crunch. Harvest at 3 to 4 inches for dill pickles or slightly larger for bread-and-butter slices, and pick every day.

Flavor profile

Crisp, fresh, and mild with the firm crunch prized for pickling.

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