Cucumber Marketmore

A superb, tasty, straight-fruited slicing cucumber with excellent resistance to powdery and downy mildew. Outdoor ridge type.

• Sow indoors for surest results February-April, 0.5cm (¼”) deep, on edge, in small pots of compost.
• Water well and place in a warm position.
• A temperature of 21-24°C (70-75°F) is ideal.
• Keep moist.
• Seedlings usually appear in 7-14 days.
• When plants have developed 3 or 4 leaves, transplant to 12cm (5”) pots and grow on in cooler, but not cold conditions.
• Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 60cm (2′) apart, during May-June, into fertile, well-drained soil.
• Or sow outdoors May-June, for ease, where they are to crop.
• Sow two seeds per position, 0.5cm (¼”) deep, directly into finely-prepared, fertile, well-drained soil, which has already been watered.
• Allow 60cm (2′) between rows.
• When large enough, thin to leave the stronger plant.
• Harvest: July-October.