Relish the refreshingly crisp, sweet taste of cucumbers all summer long when you grow Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ Pick a Bushel Pickling Cucumber from seed in your garden. This compact bush variety grows beautifully in small spaces, making sunny patio or balcony containers a perfect place for homegrown goodness. An early-maturing variety, the plant produces high yields, ideal for pickling. Add cucumber slices to water for a refreshing drink. Slice for salads, dice to add to tzatziki sauce, or mix into pasta salad. Sow seeds outdoors when danger of frost has passed, following directions on the packet. Plant seeds 1/2" deep, cover with soil, and keep evenly moist. Seeds sprout in 7-10 days. Thin seedlings to 12" apart when first true leaves appear. Matures in 50 days. Pick fruit early to pickle, or let it mature to 6" for fresh eating. Pick a Bushel Pickling Cucumber needs full sun and consistently moist, well-drained soil. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch and feed regularly with Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ Plant Food. Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ seed varieties create culinary inspiration, adding delicious flavors, textures, and colors to your garden-to-table meals.
Enjoy sweet, refreshingly crisp cucumbers in salads and recipes all summer long
Light-green fruits with firm texture are perfect for pickling or fresh eating
Seeds grow well in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens, sprouting in 7-10 days
Try Pick a Bushel Pickling Cucumber sliced for salads, chopped in a spicy shrimp noodle bowl, added to water or cocktails, or diced for tzatziki; pick early to pickle, and enjoy them year-round, or use fruit fresh at any stage; fruit matures to 6 in long
Pick a Bushel Pickling Cucumber grows 10-12 inches tall; matures in 50 days; produces prolific fruit throughout the season; resistant to some diseases; All-America Selection