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CloseA slicer cucumber, these perfectly straight cucumbers have sweet, mild flesh. If picked small, the Straight Eight Cucumbers are suitable for pickling, too. Home gardeners keep growing this old favorite for its large, flavorful fruits. Straight Eight Cuc
umbers are a reliable and versatile choice for gardeners, offering a juicy texture and mild, sweet flavor that makes them perfect for salads, pickling, or snacking.
Sku: 1520
Common Name: Cucumber
Botanical Name: Cucumis
Sow a few seeds evenly spaced in hills, 8 inches high and 12 inches across. Young vines should have a fence, trellis, or heavy cord on which to climb. When young vines are about 8 inches, thin to 3 plants per hill. Does not transplant well.
Planting Depth: 0.5"
Seed Spacing: Sow Organic Straight Eight Cucumber seeds roughly 6' apart in rows. Best practice is to grow vining cucumber varieties against a fence or trellis.
Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Plant cucumber seeds only after all danger of frost is past and the ground is warm. They need lots of sunshine and water. Keep weeds to a minimum with a straw or leaf mulch.
