Vegetable Planting Calendar
Cucumber
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 2 to 3 hills
- Approximate planting per person per year, process, 3 to 5 hills
- 0.25 ounce of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 36 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 48 inches
- 48 inches between plants in row
- Plant 0.5 inch deep
- 65 to 70 days from planting to eating stage
- 0 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 8 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Cucumber questions and
answers
- Recommended slicing varieties
- Dasher II
Early, dark green; concentrated set
- Marketmore 76
Dark green
- Superset
Early, dark green
- Sweet Slice
Sweet, burpless
- Sweet Success
Grows seedless without pollination
- General Lee
Mid-season
- Revenue
Mid-season
- Poinsett 76
Mid-season
- Lightning
Very early
- Speedway
Very early
- Thunder
Very early
- Recommended pickle varieties
- Calypso
- Carolina
Early to mid-season
- Francipak M
Mid-season
- Green Spear 14
Early to mid-season
- Homemade Pickle
Mid-season
- Recommended bush type varieties
- Bush Pickle
Concentrated set
- Little Leaf (H to 19)
Compact vine
- Salad Bush
Slicer
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
April 25 to May 30
- Central Missouri
May 5 to 30
- North Missouri
May 10 to 30
G6201, revised April 2000
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