Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Homemade Pickles Cucumber
Cucumis sativus · Homemade Pickles Cucumber
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Homemade Pickles produces green, lightly spined pickling cucumbers.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water evenly and generously in warm growth, directing water to the soil rather than foliage.
Soil & drainage
Warm, fertile, well-drained soil or a large draining container.
Fertilizer
Prepare the bed with mature compost. This crop benefits from adequate nutrition during active growth; follow a suitable vegetable fertilizer label and your soil test rather than adding an arbitrary dose.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Start in individual pots or direct sow into warm soil. Avoid keeping seedlings pot-bound before transplanting.
Harvest
Pick frequently while fruits are tender; remove overgrown fruit so the plant continues producing.
Through the seasons
A trellis saves space and keeps fruit straighter. Remove flowering-time covers so pollinators can reach plants.
When your plant needs help
- Pick from about 5 cm for small pickles, or somewhat larger while firm; provide a strong trellis for the vines.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.