Cukes anyone?

[jal_ut]

I think you will find quite a difference in the price of the seed.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Marketmore 97
4 gram packet ( 100-120 seeds) Territorial Seed co. $8.05 ( $9.15 OG )

Marketmore 76
Packet (30 seeds) Johnny's Selected Seeds $3.45 x 4 = $13.80
or 500 seeds @ $3.95 or 1000 seeds @ $4.95 or 5000 @ $13.95

but I was really asking, any cultural deferences in the two?

Eric

[jal_ut]

but I was really asking, any cultural deferences in the two?

I have never grown the 97. I doubt if there is much difference, from what I could find on them. Maybe a little more disease resistant? Do you ever have any diseases bother cucumbers? I don't have many problems here due to the low humidity and cold winters.

[t92k]

jal, when you plant in rows how far apart do you space the plants? I grew Marketmore 76 last year and did them in hills with 3 plants in each hill and 3 feet between hills. We got a decent harvest considering a woodchuck ate the tops of them when they were small. They recovered from that and we started to get cucs. Then tropical storm Irene hit and after that the leaves wilted and the plants died.

This year I'm planning on 2 12' rows trellised with 3' between the rows. Not sure how far apart I should space each plant.

[jal_ut]

I plant a seed every 8 inches in a row. If you are going to trellis them, rows 3 feet apart would work OK. If you are going to let them sprawl, rows 5 to 6 feet apart. The vines will get 4 to 6 feet long.

Another planting plan for cukes is to plant in hills with 5 or 6 seeds to a hill and hills spaced 6 feet apart. Just let them sprawl. This takes a bit more space than growing them on a trellis.

I prefer to plant a single row with seed spaced 8 inches and let them sprawl. Cucumbers are the last thing I plant here usually. The ground and the weather needs to be warm for good success. June 1 works here.