Vegetables
Cucumber 'Marketmore'
Cucumis sativus
If you want a heavy cropping Cucumber for growing outside, then Marketmore is the one. An RHS 'Award of Garden Merit' winner, this reliable variety will produce an abundance fruit typically 20cm long, with a crisp, fresh flavour. Good disease resistance too.
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 2.5m
- Spread
- 45cm
Growing calendar
Sowing & growing
Sow indoors Mar-May, or outdoors May-Jun. Sow 3 seeds vertically, 1cm deep, per 8cm pot of moist, seed compost. Keep at 20°C for germination. Thin out to strongest seedling per pot and grow on at cooler temperatures of about 15°C, keeping young plants protected from direct sunlight. Acclimatise before planting outside when risk of frost has passed.
Aftercare
Cucumbers benefit from thorough watering. Start feeding once first two fruits have started growing. Harvest cucumbers when they are young and tender.
Gallery
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