$1.79   Armenian Burpless Cucumber  - Heirloom

 

A wonderful burpless slicing cucumber, Armenian is slightly sweet, crisp, and never bitter. It has a gorgeous light green thin skin with shallow ridges and does not need to be peeled before eating. (This variety is best eaten fresh and is not recommended for pickling.) Though they can be grown along the ground, we recommend trellising them for more perfect fruit that can reach 18” – 36” long! It is more heat tolerant than most cucumbers, producing fruit even when the weather is too hot for most other varieties to set fruit. Having a long production period, you will be harvesting well into fall. The Armenian Burpless cucumber is monoecious and does not require a pollinator. It is sometimes called Yard Long cucumber or Snake cucumber. This packet plants one 25-foot row or five 5-foot rows.

When to plant outside: Spring after average last frost date AND when soil temperatures are warm, at least 65 degrees.

When to start inside: 4-6 weeks before average last frost.

Special Sowing & Germination Instructions: Plant in mounds or rows, as you prefer. If rows, plant every 4”, thinning to 1 plant per foot. Mounds should be 4’ apart with 6 seedlings on each mound thinned to 3 per mound. Another HIGHLY recommended method is to plant with a trellis. Cucumbers grow straighter and are easier to see when harvesting with this method. Use recommended row spacing and tie the main stem to the trellis with string or twist ties. Vines may reach 8’ long.

An Heirloom Variety