Best Bean Cucumbers in 2026

Name: 100 Boston Pickling Cucumber Seeds | Type: Heirloom

Size at Maturity: 3" - 6" Long | Days to Maturity: 55 Days

Light Requirement: Full Sun | Planting Time: Warm Season

Beautiful - Full-color packets of National Pickling Cucumber seeds (Cucumis Sativus), a heavy producing self-pollinating variety that is burpless and wonderful for pickles or eating fresh. Sweet skins do not need to be peeled. Minimum of 1g per packet (about 39 seeds).

Productive - Cucumbers germinate in 7-10 days when soil temp is above 70°F. Plant 1/2” deep and space 18-48” apart in an area with full sun. This variety will grow 12” tall with a spread of 36”. This variety will mature in 55-65 days, plant in USDA zones 4-12.

Enjoy Fresh Cucumbers - Cucumbers are great in salads, mini English sandwiches, drinks or just eaten plain. Pick early for gherkins. Cucumbers are a must for many Japanese and Asian dishes. Increased yields if allowed to climb a trellis, whether outdoors, in a container, or under a greenhouse.

Once a mainstay of 19th century gardens, lemon cucumbers are now making a comeback due to their their sweet, mild taste and attractive appearance. The 2- to 3-inch-long fruit possess a roughly round shape with solid yellow skin covered in small prickles, but the skin is nonetheless tasty and lacks bitterness unlike most other strains of cucumber.

Like most cucumbers, lemon cucumbers grow readily from seed and will produce a large volume of fruit 65 days after planting if they are provided with adequate water and some shelter from direct sunlight in hot areas. You can start lemon cucumber seedlings inside 2 to 4 weeks before the last frost, or start them directly in the soil once the threat of frost passes.

Winter sowing -- the process of starting seeds outdoors during the colder months in milk jugs, which act like mini-greenhouses -- is another way to start seedlings for gardeners limited on inside space, or those who want larger plants to transplant. Use good quality soil for seed starts, or soil mixed with compost if you will plant the seeds directly into the ground at a depth of 1/2" or just a smidge deeper.

🍉Direct-seed Mexican sour gherkins into a garden bed to which a 3-inch layer of compost has been tilled into the ground. Sow about six seeds in groups, or circles, that are 12 inches apart. Within each circle, plant the seeds about 2 inches from one another. Sow at the depth recommended on the seed packet -- generally about 1 inch.

🍉Mexican sour gherkin cucumbers, otherwise referred to as cucamelon, mouse melon and in Spanish, sandita or little watermelon.

🍉Gardeners in warmer, Mediterranean climates can often skip the extra work of raising Mexican sour gherkin seedlings by direct-seeding the intriguing veggies in April or May. Direct-seed Mexican sour gherkins into a garden bed to which a 3-inch layer of compost has been tilled into the ground.

☀️ Good for any part of the season, and highly recommended for late season. Holds length under stress. Refined look: dark green, smooth and glossy, with big #1 yields. Direct sowing is recommended, but to get a head start you can grow cucumbers indoors 3-4 weeks before the last frost in individual pots indoors. ...

💦 A 60 day 9 inch hybrid slicer. Sow seeds ½ inches deep in seed-starting formula. Keep the soil moist at 70 degrees F. Seedlings emerge in 7-14 days. As its name implies, this variety is straight, and is at its best when it's 8" long! This great, dependable home garden variety can be used for pickling when small or for slicing. About 60 days to maturity. Average water needs.

🥒 Cobra Hybrid Cucumber - 58 -60 Days for maturity. 8-10 in cucumbers. Full Sun. All our seeds are Home Grown in the USA - Isla's Garden

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Straight Eight cucumber plants are a type of vining cucumber that produces long, slender fruits

They have an average length of 8 inches and are usually ready to harvest within 50-55 days after planting the seeds

Grow cucumbers where a long, warm growing season, minimum 65 days, can be assured. Plant seeds where there is ample space and vines can sprawl, the simplest way is to plant cucumbers in hills.

The Snake Cucumber, also known as Chinese Slangen, is a Dutch cultivar of an old cucumber variety with aromatic. With sufficient water supply, it also prospers very well in a protected place outdoors. The Chinese Snake (Curved) cucumber produces fruits that are smooth, dark-green with white spines. The fruits grow to about 15" to 18" long and curved.

Seeds can be sown indoors and transplanted outside after the final frost or sowed directly outside in full sun in the spring. Harvest individual cucumbers as they reach full size around 65-75 days after sowing. USDA Zone: 7-12