Cucurbits · warm season
Slicing cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Fast summer crop. Trellised vines stay cleaner in Ohio’s humid Julys and make straighter fruit.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Direct sow or transplant late May; succession in late June
- Harvest window
- July through September
- Days to maturity
- 50–65
- Spacing
- 12 in. on a trellis; 36 in. if sprawling
- Light
- Full sun
How to grow it
Plant in hills or a trench of compost. Keep soil evenly moist—dry spells make bitter fruit. Harvest at 6–8 in. Pick daily or plants stop setting. Powdery mildew arrives in August; choose resistant varieties and water the soil, not the leaves.
Related cucurbits
Pickling cucumber 50–60
Zucchini 45–55
Yellow summer squash 45–55
Butternut squash 90–110