Cucurbits · warm season
Pickling cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Blocky, thin-skinned fruit for dills and bread-and-butters. A second sowing in June carries you through canning season.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Direct sow late May and again late June
- Harvest window
- July through early September
- Days to maturity
- 50–60
- Spacing
- 10–12 in. on a trellis
- Light
- Full sun
How to grow it
Same culture as slicers. Pick at 2–4 in. for gherkins, 4–5 in. for spears. Boston Pickling and National Pickling are Ohio standards. Process the same day you pick for the crunchiest jars.
Related cucurbits
Slicing cucumber 50–65
Zucchini 45–55
Yellow summer squash 45–55
Butternut squash 90–110