Cucumber Seeds

Puccini (Gherkin) Cucumber Hybrid

Latin name: Cucumis sativus Item #: 1400126T-SS

High yielding, Parthenocarpic variety (no pollenizer needed) with excellent fruit quality and robust skin texture. Uniform size and shape with high heat tolerance. Recommended for greenhouse production.

Treated seed has been treated with FarMore F1400.

Starting at:

$35.73

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Product	SS = 250 Seeds	Price Per SS
1 SS	$35.73

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Disease Resistance Code

Code	Description
Px	Powdery Mildew

Px

Plant Characteristics

Semi-Determinate, Parthenocarpic

L/D Ratio

3

Relative Days

53

Latin name:

Cucumis sativus

Resistance/Tolerance

HR: Ccu, IR: Co:1, Px

CUCUMBERS - PICKLING for fresh market

2-3 lbs/1-1.5 kg per acre; 1 oz/28 g per 100 ft/30 m of row

CULTURE: For early northern crops start seed indoors May 1st. in 2.25 in/6 cm peat pots @ 3 seeds per pot, 0.5 in/13 mm deep, cover seed lightly and firm. Germinate @ 70°F/21°C soil temp. seeds will not sprout properly at lower temps. After germination lower air temp. to 65°F/19°C to prevent soft growth. Feed lightly with 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer and apply fungicide and insecticide 10 days before setting plants outdoors. Repeat fertilizer, fungicide and insecticide the day you transplant while plants are still in flats.

TRANSPLANTING: We usually wait until the soil warms up (June 10-15th.), cucumbers are too soft for those cold, early June nights unless some sort of protection is used. Space plants in rows 4-6 ft/125-175 cm apart and 12-24 in/30-60 cm apart in row. Water thoroughly and mulch with straw, black plastic or hay between the plants. Apply additional fertilizer before blooms appear. Hybrids require 50% more fertilizer than regular types to prevent crooked fruit.

DIRECT SEEDING: Sow outdoors when soil temps. have reached 65-70°F/18-21°C about June 10th in the North. Repeat sowings until July 15th. Sow @ 4 lbs/2 kg per acre in hills (8 seeds per group), thin to 4 seedlings per hill. Large growers increase yields by providing one bee colony for every 2 or 3 acres. Growers usually have plenty of insects at blossom time for pollination but should limit the use of insecticides when plants are blooming.