Fully completely different Types of Cucumbers to Develop

A number of varieties of cucumbers to develop

I’ll admit that I am going overboard usually when ordering numerous sorts of cucumbers from my favorite seed catalogs. The problem is that there are just so many improbable varieties and varieties to develop — in quite a few shapes, sizes and hues! Listed under are a variety of of the types of cucumber varieties which may be vital in my yard. For additional rising ideas, see our data on Discover ways to Develop Cucumbers!

Seed sources for cucumbers

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
John Scheepers’ Kitchen Yard Seeds
Renee’s Yard Seeds

Slicing cucumbers

Slicing cucumbers are a most well-liked different in vegetable gardens, with most varieties having thick darkish inexperienced pores and pores and skin. They develop 7 to 9 inches prolonged and must be harvested sometimes to encourage extreme fruit manufacturing.

‘Marketmore 76’
Early, productive and sickness resistant, ‘Marketmore 76’ is an excellent slicer. The fruits develop 8 to 9 inches prolonged with clear, deep inexperienced pores and pores and skin. (58 days to reap)

‘Picolino’ (in {photograph})  
While you love gourmand cocktail cucumbers, plant ‘Picolino’, a slicing choice with fruits which may be best harvested when merely 4 to 5 inches prolonged. They’re crunchy, delicious and wonderful for snacking or slicing. (50 days to reap)

Asian cucumbers

The fruits of Asian cucumbers are sometimes prolonged and slender, sometimes rising as a lot as 18 inches in dimension. The flavour is great, certainly not bitter and wonderful for salads and modern consuming. Trellis the vigorous crops to produce straight fruits.

'Yours Prolonged' (in {photograph})
This heirloom from China is a favorite in my yard and I develop it every summer season as all people loves the tasty fruits. We harvest after they’re 12 to fifteen inches prolonged, at which degree they’re virtually seedless and actually sweet. (65 days to reap)

‘Tasty Inexperienced’
Tasty Inexperienced is a popular Japanese hybrid with clear, thin-skinned fruits which have a lightweight, sweet style. It’s moreover early to produce, high-yielding and offers great sickness resistance. (60 days to reap)

Pickling cucumbers

Rising varieties meant for pickling is the 1st step in a prize-winning batch of pickles. The crops of pickling cucumbers produce thin-skinned fruits that maintain crunchy when pickled and produce in abundance.

‘Bush Pickle’ (in {photograph})
This compact choice is good for small areas like raised beds or containers. The crops develop merely 30 inches tall and yield many vibrant inexperienced fruits that must be picked when 3 to 5 inches in dimension. (50 days to reap)

‘Miniature White’
‘Miniature White’ is a singular pickling choice that pumps out dozens of mini cucumbers decrease than two months from seeding. Harvest when the creamy fruits are 2 to 4 inches prolonged for an excellent pickle, or quick snack. (55 days to reap)

Pickling Gives You Could Like:
Ball Pickle Crisp Granules
Ball Mason 32 oz Big Mouth Jars with Lids
Full Info to Pickling E e book

Specialty cucumbers

It’s a catch-all class for cucumbers which have completely different shapes and hues like ‘Lemon’, ‘Boothby’s Blonde’, ‘Crystal Apple’ and ‘Poona Kherra’.

‘Boothby’s Blonde’
This widespread heirloom cucumber comes from Maine, the place it was grown by a variety of generations of the Boothby family. The pale yellow oval-shaped fruits are crunchy and refreshing. Harvest fruits after they’re 3 to 5 inches prolonged. (60 days to reap)

‘Lemon’(In {photograph})
This was the first unusual cucumber I grew, and I was immediately hooked! The crops produce many rounded, lime inexperienced to pale yellow fruits over the summer season. They’re delicious sliced or pickled. Harvest when the cucumbers are 2 to 3 inches all through and sooner than they flip vibrant yellow. (70 days to reap)

Armenian cucumbers

Okay, I’m dishonest proper right here as Armenian cucumbers (Cucumis melo) aren’t botanically cucumbers; they’re muskmelons. That acknowledged, the seed is often listed in seed catalogs alongside cucumbers on account of they’re so comparable. Armenian cucumbers are moreover referred to as snake melons and are essentially the most well-liked “cucumber” in our yard.

Armenian cucumber(In {photograph})
There are mild and darkish inexperienced skinned types of Armenian cucumbers and all have ribbed, mildly sweet fruits. They’re moreover coated in a young fuzz that rubs off merely. The fruits can develop as a lot as 2 ft prolonged nonetheless are best harvested when 10 to 12 inches in dimension. (65 days to reap)

Striped Armenian cucumber
Additionally known as ‘Painted Serpent’, this cucumberlike melon is a magnificence! The fruits develop very prolonged and slim with darkish and light-weight inexperienced stripes and barely fuzzy pores and pores and skin, no should peel! (63 days to reap)