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Aug 9, 2018 3:51 PM CST
Name: Kristi
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sallyg said:The years seem to have their own personalities, at least to this casual gardener. And certain bugs wax and wane.. it all seems very unpredicatable. You do have to try new things to know if you can do better.


This is oh, so true! Thumbs up


I have tried also doing a later second planting in early to mid July but that has never worked out for me. The plants seem to come down with all the cucumber diseases way before they have set a crop.

Rita, I agree that the successive plantings are never as good but unlike you, I'm not smart enough to quit trying. Whistling
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Aug 9, 2018 4:01 PM CST
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pod said:


Rita, I agree that the successive plantings are never as good but unlike you, I'm not smart enough to quit trying. Whistling


Well, maybe you have better luck with them.
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Aug 9, 2018 8:55 PM CST
Name: Kristi
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Whistling en successful with the successive plantings but I'm persistent. Whistling
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Aug 10, 2018 5:02 AM CST
Name: Ed
South Alabama (Zone 8b)
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She should see success from such seedings!!! Big Grin Whistling
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Mar 13, 2019 11:08 AM CST
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Name: Rita
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This season I will be direct seeding my cucumbers instead of starting any indoors under lights.

I often start them indoors but last year simply direct seeded. It was easier and they grew and flowered quickly. No time lost!!
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Mar 13, 2019 5:14 PM CST
Name: Deborah
Southern California (Zone 10a)
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Rita, how many varieties this year?
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Mar 13, 2019 5:54 PM CST
Name: Don
Meadville, PA - Crawford Co. - (Zone 5a)
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Been looking at some of the older postings on this thread about cucumber salads. My wife cannot digest lettuce and since we both like salads and cucumbers, we now have a cucumber salad nearly every day. We only use the seedless or nearly seedless ones, just our preference. One version is: cucumbers sliced thinly, sweet onion, celery, sweet green, red or yellow peppers, salad olives, parsely, olive oil, salt, pepper, sugar and apple vinegar. Second version are same ingredients except omit the olive oil and use sour cream dressing. We love both versions and usually rotate them from day to day. Been eating them daily for over a year and haven't tired of them yet. Good way to get a healthy intake of a variety of vegetables in one's diet too. Quite often one of these salads comprise out entire lunch and helps curb appetite when eating dinner. Good on the waist line.
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Mar 13, 2019 6:09 PM CST
Name: Tracy
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Newyorkrita said:This season I will be direct seeding my cucumbers instead of starting any indoors under lights.

I often start them indoors but last year simply direct seeded. It was easier and they grew and flowered quickly. No time lost!!


It is what i do, no issues.
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Mar 13, 2019 6:56 PM CST
Name: THISISME W
Mesa, AZ (Zone 9b)
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This year I will be direct sowing Park Seed's Sweet Success cucumbers. I have never grown them before. I usually grow MarketMore 76 or MarketMore 80 cucumbers. But Sweet Success had great reviews at Garden Varieties For Gardeners. So I decided to give them a try.

Anyone have any experience with Sweet Success cucumbers?
One has to do more than just read. They have to investigate and think for themselves.
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Mar 13, 2019 7:34 PM CST
Name: Linda
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My favorite and most productive cucumbers have been;
Marketmore 76
Muncher
7082 ((an experimental variety from Row 7 Seed company)--these were amazing cucumbers..Probably my favorite of the 3 listed here.

I also love lemon cucumbers, but they are so late to produce, and not as productive as some of the others.

I normally start mine indoors 3 weeks ahead of planting outdoors.
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Mar 13, 2019 7:36 PM CST
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Deeby said:Rita, how many varieties this year?


Haven't decided as yet. But I do like to have a variety and not just one.
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Mar 13, 2019 10:10 PM CST
Name: Tracy
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mom2goldens said:My favorite and most productive cucumbers have been;
Marketmore 76
Muncher
7082 ((an experimental variety from Row 7 Seed comany)--these were amazing cucumbers..Probably my favorite of the 3 listed here.

I also love lemon cucumbers, but they are so late to produce, and not as productive as some of the others.

I normally start mine indoors 3 weeks ahead of planting outdoors.


I do spacemaster and something else I can't remember right now. Also lemon and two plants gave me more cucumbers than I could handle. Produced right up to our first freeze. Chickens feasted on some that got too ripe. I think the lemon cucumbers must like the heat.
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Mar 14, 2019 7:43 AM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
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I had these guys show up last year, courtesy of the local fauna.

http://stonethegardener.tumblr...

Saved seed... Will be replanting...

And... Whatever commercial varieties of seed I happen to have...

Cucumber requires so much extra watering that... I usually don't fare well... And trying to get them away from the cats... Gotta be quick to spot them...
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Mar 15, 2019 2:36 PM CST
Name: Deborah
Southern California (Zone 10a)
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Don, I've been reading thru this thread too, and now I'm craving kosher dill pickles and Auntie Esther's cucumbers. I know I'll be at the grocery store soon!
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Mar 21, 2019 4:41 PM CST
Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
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I just started some English Telegraph in a pot outside. In the past few years I didn't have much luck with sowing directly, maybe my garden was all clayish, this year my husband turned over the soil, almost French double digging style, so I hope to have better luck. But just in case, I bought a burpless cucumber from the farmers market and planted it a few days ago.
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Mar 21, 2019 10:20 PM CST
Name: Tracy
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Welcome! #socalgardennut
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Mar 28, 2019 11:14 PM CST
Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
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NakedChickenFarm said: Welcome! #socalgardennut


Thank you. Glad to be posting here.

Here is a picture of cucumbers I used to grow in my previous house. I don't know what happened to my green thumb but I'm determined to bring it back this year. I used to be able to harvest 5-6 cucumbers in a day.



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Mar 31, 2019 1:34 PM CST
Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
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Marketmore has been my favorite cucumber too, I don't know if I have any in my seed box.
I just planted the following Tendegreen(burpless), Armenian Metki White, Armenian Cucumis melon var. flexuosus, Tasty Green(Japanese burpless).
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Apr 6, 2019 1:23 PM CST
Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
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SoCalGardenNut said:Marketmore has been my favorite cucumber too, I don't know if I have any in my seed box.
I just planted the following Tendegreen(burpless), Armenian Metki White, Armenian Cucumis melon var. flexuosus, Tasty Green(Japanese burpless).


One of the above seeds sprouted today. I don't know which one, I guess I like surprises.
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Apr 6, 2019 1:59 PM CST
Name: Deborah
Southern California (Zone 10a)
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Whatever it is it'll be a nice surprise. The only time I've ever seen cucumbers growing they were sprawled along the ground and long, bumpy and curling. That's a nice picture of yours so straight and smooth!

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