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National Pickling

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus 'National Pickling'

Overview
The gold standard for homemade pickles, this prolific heirloom has been the choice of serious picklers since 1924. It produces an enormous harvest of blocky, thick-walled cucumbers that maintain perfect crispness when pickled and have the ideal flesh-to-seed ratio for processing. The vigorous vines continue producing all season long, giving you plenty of cucumbers for fresh eating and preserving.
Planting
Direct sow after soil warms to 65°F, successive plantings every 2-3 weeks for continuous harvest.
Growing
Sun: full. Soil pH: 6–7. Space plants 12" apart. Germination: 6-10.
Pests & diseases
Common pests: Cucumber beetles, squash bugs, aphids, spider mites. Common diseases: Powdery mildew, downy mildew, angular leaf spot, anthracnose.