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Seed Time!!!!

16 years ago

The catalogs are rolling in. The boys have already received a couple boxes from the orders they've made. The greenhouse is almost finished (it was their winter project)I can see Spring coming......almost.

I'm wondering what your all time favorite is for pickling cukes? For some reason last year I was in charge of cucumbers and didn't plant any picklers!

I'd love some feedback. Thanks.

Abhaya

Comments (4)

  • 16 years ago

    My personal favorite is National Pickling but here are some other varieties recommended by others in several previous discussions on pickling cukes here.

    Snow's Fancy Pickling
    Boston Pickling
    Pickle Bush
    Carolina
    County Fair
    Regal

    Hope this helps.

    Dave

  • 16 years ago

    I love catalog time!!!! I plan to make up a few orders this week. I usually order online but love going through the paper pages of the catalogs. I have tons of seeds already that I need to use up, hopefully still viable, but I add more and more each year. I will probably have to go through them all, some seeds last longer than others.

    I haven't had much luck with pickling cukes, I guess I haven't planted the right kind or my soil/conditions haven't been good. They have been very bitter. The burpless types I've planted have been great. I usually just use those (small) for what little pickles I put up. I only do very sour pickles with no dill. Nobody else in the family likes them but me so I usually put a gallon jar in the fridge and eat them until they are gone. I'm envious that you are gearing up for planting and have a nice greenhouse! Lori

  • 16 years ago

    I planted Snows Fancy pickling cukes for the first time last year and I LOVED them. It was my first time growing cucumbers, ever, and also my first time making and canning my own pickles. I had a skunk or something dig up most of my seedlings so I had to go and buy a few more plants as I was left with only 3, but those 3 gave me enough to make 7 pints of sweet pickle chips, 2 quarts of dill spears, 3 quarts of refrigerator pickles, plus I gave lots away and used a few for salads - I liked them better than the regular salad cukes I replaced the dug up Snow seedlings with - the store didn't have any pickling varieties, only regular ones.

    I'm going to plant the Snows again this year.

    Lisa

  • 16 years ago

    I grow Parisain Pickler every year. They set fruit in any weather and you have a heck of a time keeping them picked.
    Baker Creek offers them. I plant nearly 200 seeds so that I have a lot of cucumbers in each size (small, med, large.)at any one time. I ferment my dill pickles and these don't develop hollows and are not prone to getting large seeds/yellowing or shriveling.