Cucumber – Homemade Pickles‏

Heirloom.
Homemade Pickles is most popular by home gardeners and pickle lovers. Heirloom plants produce a very high yield of solid very crisp cucumbers that have a perfect classic pickle shape and taste. Cucumbers are medium green with small white spines and excellent taste. They produce the best crunchy dill pickles! Great fresh, in salads, and they have the perfect interior texture for pickles. Perfect harvested at 1 1/2 inch for baby sweet pickles or 5-6 inches long for delicious dill pickles. Vigorous plant produces over a long season. This variety is ideal for container growing or in an area with limited space as it is a bush type plant. Very resistant to common cucumber diseases. An excellent variety!
Sowing: Plant in full sun outdoors in spring when all danger of frost and temperature is up to 65 degrees F. Sow seeds 1/2 inch deep in well drained soil in full sun. Keep seed bed moderately moist during germination. Or start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost.
Germination: 3-10 days Spacing: Space plants 18 inches apart. Space rows 24-30 inches apart Height: 5 feet Moisture: Moderate Days to maturity: 55-60 days Spread: Bush type plant; vine Zones: 3-9
Information: Avoid wetting plant. It is recommended to cut the stem when harvesting rather than pulling the fruit. Immediately immerse in cold water. This will increase quality life of harvested fruits.
cucumis sativus.