Cucumbers, Organic Early Spring Burpless F1 Cucumber Seeds

This is an excellent home garden burpless cucumber with excellent flavor.

• Produces an abundance of 8-12 inch pale green fruits.
  
• Skin is thin, with crisp, bitter free flesh.
• For straighter fruit and easier harvest, try growing on a fence or trellis (make this decision before you plant the seed).

SPECIFICS: (see below for complete sowing information)

• SEED DEPTH: 1/2 inch
• SEED SPACING: 3-4 seeds in a group (hill) with trellises 20 inches apart, or if trailing along the ground hills should be 4-6 feet apart
• MATURES: 55 days

SOWING:

• Plant seeds outdoors in late spring after the ground is thoroughly warmed.
• Plant a hill of 3-4 seeds with trellises 20 inches apart.
• If allowing vine to trail along the ground hills should be 4-6 feet apart.
• Cover with 1/2 inch of fine soil, well pressed down.

GERMINATION:

• Cucumbers are very cold sensitive and may not sprout if the soil temperature is below 60-degrees.
• Germinated in 5-10 days depending on soil and weather conditions.

THINNING:

• When plants are 3-5 inches high, thin each hill to a single plant.

NOTES:

• High fertility and consistent soil moisture will stimulate growth and increase yield considerably.
  
• Too much moisture can lead to rot or disease.