Vol. IX · No. 40 Brackwater Seed Library Wednesday, 30 September 2026
The Seed Almanac
Fig. 6. Cucumber ‘Marketmore’. Cucurbitaceae.

Cucumber ‘Marketmore’

Cucumis sativus · Vegetable · No. 6

Sow under cover
Apr–May
Sow outdoors
Jun
Harvest
Jul–Sep
Germination
3–10 days
Spacing
45 cm in the row, 90 cm between rows
Days to harvest
60–75 from sowing
Sun
Full sun
Seed saving
Moderate

10 seeds per packet
6 packets on the shelf

Months for Cucumber ‘Marketmore’
JFMAMJJASOND
Under coverAprilMay
OutdoorsJune
HarvestJulyAugustSeptember

Notes

Outdoor ridge cucumber. Insects cross cucumbers; hand-pollinate and tape the flower shut. Leave the seed fruit on the plant until yellow.

Saving seed · Moderate

Insects cross it with other varieties. Grow one variety, isolate, or bag and hand-pollinate.

  1. Grow one variety of this plant, or keep 50 m from others.
  2. Or bag three flowers before they open and hand-pollinate.
  3. Leave the seed to ripen fully, then dry 7–14 days.

Same family · Cucurbitaceae

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