China Hybrid Cucumber

These slender cucumbers reach 12 inches in length and are only 1 1/4 inches thick. They are dark green, moderately ribbed and high spined. Crisp, with few and small seeds, they're wonderful for salads and great for making sweet chunk and bread'n butter pickles. Vines are strong, vigorous and suitable for trellising so they can be grown in a small space. This F1 hybrid produces uniform sized fruit in abundance. Mature in 58 days.This cucumber is also available in the Slicing Cucumber Collections: 1 packet of each and 1 Jumbo packet of each.Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 4 to 6 feet apart. Plant seed not over 1/2 inch deep 4 to 6 to the hill, pressing soil firmly over them. When plants are well established thin to 3 to each hill. Seed can also be started indoors for an earlier harvest.These items are useful when starting seeds indoors for transplanting:Jiffy-7 Peat PelletsPeat Pots, 2 1/4'' roundPeat Pots, 3'' round3'' square pots4 1/2'' round potsFor protecting your transplants against late, unexpected frosts choose between Hotkaps plant protectors and Wall O' Water plant protectors.Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start!

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