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Cucumber (Pickling / Calypso)

🥬 Vegetable
Hardiness Zones 4a to 11b
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📖 About This Plant

Short, blocky cucumber bred for pickling with thin skin and bumpy surface. Extremely productive plants with strong disease resistance. Fresh-eating is great too.

📊 Quick Facts

Sun
Full Sun
Water
High
Season
Late Spring
Harvest
50-55 days

🌱 Care Tips

Grow same as slicing cucumbers. Harvest at 2-3 inches for half-sours, 4 inches for full pickles. Don't let any cucumbers over-mature or production stops.

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