Cucumbers – Marching Right Along

Because of the move and having to build my raised beds, these cucumbers were planted a month late. These tiny seedlings are popping up through oak tree mulch. Cute – eh?

I am using last spring’s left over Tasty Green hybrid cucumbers from Twilley Seed Co.  I had excellent germination.  I like an ‘English’ type of cucumber and Tasty Green is Twilley’s closest match.  Last year I had an excellent harvest and expect one this year.  These cukes are best harvested at about 12″ in length.

I use cattle panels as trellises.  Here I am weaving the growing tips in and out of the openings.

I had to make raised beds because our soil is red clay – I don’t understand how all these trees grow in the stuff!  My raised beds are about 5’x16′.  I have a raised cattle panel running down the middle length of some of the beds.  On the outer 2 long edges, I plant other things – bushing summer squash in this bed.