Cucumber 'Marketmore'
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Cucumber 'Marketmore' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A popular market variety that produces 22cm cucumbers. Good flavour and crunchy texture make it an ideal salad variety. Good disease resistance. Growing on a trellis will reduce fungal problems, as will keeping the leaves dry.
Cucumber 'Marketmore'
Product: Cucumber 'Marketmore'
Product type: SEED (40)
Botanical name: Cucumis sativus
A popular market variety that produces 22cm cucumbers. Good flavour and crunchy texture make it an ideal salad variety. Good disease resistance. Growing on a trellis will reduce fungal problems, as will keeping the leaves dry.
Plant type: Warm season annual vine
Plant height: 25 cm; 1.8 m high on a trellis
Sow when: Germinate best at 18 - 25°C soil temp.
Temperate: Late September - December
Subtropical: Early spring, to avoid high humidity
Tropical: April - August
Germination: 4 - 12 days
Depth: 5 - 10 mm deep
Position: Full sun: requires bee pollination
Sow where: Sow direct
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 5.5 - 7
Sow: 3 - 4 seeds then thin to strongest seedling at 2-leaf stage
Garden Bed: On 'hills' spaced at 60 - 80 cm with rows at 1.5m
Trellis: 3 - 4 seeds spaced at 30 - 40 cm
Details: Requires frequent watering
Harvest: 56 days; harvest daily with 2 cm of stem to reduce water loss and improve storage of the fruit