Homemade Pickles Cucumber Seeds (Organic)

Homemade Pickles Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a heavy-yielding heirloom bred for pickling, producing small, crisp, solid-cored fruit with white spines and medium green skin. The cucumbers grow to about 5 to 6 inches, stay crunchy when pickled, and the disease-resistant plants hold quality well through the season. Organic.

At a glance

• Botanical name: Cucumis sativus (Tender Annual heirloom)
• Type: Pickling cucumber, Organic
• Fruit: 5" to 6", white spines, solid core
• Days to maturity: 55-60 days
• Germination: 3-4 days at 70 F soil temperature
• Sun: Full sun
• Planting depth: 1/2" to 1"
• Spacing after thinning: 18"
• Seeds per pack: approx 50 (bulk approx 3,530 per 1/4 lb)

Best for

• Dill, bread-and-butter, and homemade pickles
• Fresh eating and salads
• High-yield, disease-resistant plantings
• Trellised or ground-grown vines
• Canning and preserving

How to grow

Sow indoors 3 weeks before the last frost, or direct-seed 5 to 6 seeds per hill two weeks after the last frost and thin to the strongest 3 plants. Give well-drained soil with added compost, full sun, and good air circulation with mulch to keep moisture even. Water moderately until flowering, then more heavily as fruit develops. Harvest from 1.5" to 5" and pick continuously to keep vines productive.

Flavor profile

Mild and refreshing with crisp, juicy flesh that keeps its crunch through pickling.

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