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🥒 Cucumbers
Vegetable Garden · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 55 days – 70 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 6 days |
| Direct sowing | +5 days vs transplants |
| Spacing | 12″ in the row × 48″ between rows |
| Planted as | seed |
| Expected yield | 4–10 lbs per plant |
| Water | ~1–2 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Plant out around Apr 22, once your last frost has passed.
| Spring | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | May 22 |
| Zone 4 | May 14 |
| Zone 5 | May 3 |
| Zone 6 | Apr 22 |
| Zone 7 | Apr 8 |
| Zone 8 | Mar 22 |
| Zone 9 | Feb 27 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Cucumber Types
- Pickling · 55 days · 4–10 lbs/plant — Short, spined, thin-skinned — bred for the brine crock; a gherkin is just one picked young.
- Slicing · 60 days · 4–10 lbs/plant — The fresh-eating cuke — picked at hand length (round Lemon cukes are a variety).
- English · 65 days · 4–10 lbs/plant — Long, thin-skinned, burpless — sets fruit without pollination, so it thrives under cover.
- Armenian · 70 days · 4–10 lbs/plant — Botanically a melon that logs like a cucumber — ribbed snake fruit that laughs at heat.
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