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Organic NY Slicing 264 Cucumber We love cucumbers! And we love that Michael Mazourek at Cornell is developing varieties that stand up to increasing disease pressure here in the Northeast. As Downy mildew becomes more and more prevalent, this cucumber will become more and more common. With impressive resistance to Downy mildew, NY 254 has become our go-to for our July cucumber successions, deliciously abundant and un-phased in the height of late summer disease, powering on 'til frost. A classic American slicer with classic flavor, the remarkable thing is this: cucumbers are still abundant in your garden, weeks after all other varieties have turned brown and died. Thank you Michael Mazourek and Cornell University, for regionally adapting another genius cucumber for growers in the Northeast!
Grow Like a Pro: Here in the Northeast, we can grow several successions of cucumbers so we're crunching them consistently from mid-July through frost. We sow a new succession every 2-3 weeks through mid-July. Make sure your final successions have resistance to powdery and downy mildew so you'll continue to harvest fruit til frost!
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63 days to maturity
Cucumis sativus
Organic NY Slicing 264 Cucumber
Direct Seed (recommended): Sow 2 seeds every 2’ (thin to 1) with at least 36” between rows after last frost. Trellis for easier harvest, straighter fruits & less disease pressure.
Transplant: Sow indoors 2-3 weeks before last frost in peat pots (plant entire pot) or soil blocks to minimally disturb roots when transplanted with above spacing.
Sowing Date: Soil 70 F, late May - early June
Seed Depth: 1/2 inch
Days to Germination: 3 warm - 10 cool
Days to Maturity: 75
Plant spacing after thinning: 3-4 feet
Height: Full vine
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