growing cucumber plants from seeds Space Master 80 Cucumber Seeds (Great for Pickling!) Hydroponic-Adapte – Grow Your Health Gardening

growing cucumber plants from seeds Space Master 80 Cucumber Seeds (Great for Pickling!) Hydroponic-Adapte – Grow Your Health GardeningDescription: We've taken the ever popular Spacemaster 80 Heirloom Cucumber known for producing shorter 2'3' vines and we've adapted it to hydroponic conditions making it the ideal choice for small growing areas including the aeroponic hydroponic Tower Garden or Farmstand. Space master produces a big flush of flavorful, full sized slicing cucumbers that are perfect for snacking, salads, and sandwiches, and even for pickling (when harvesting small).

Description:

We've taken the ever-popular Spacemaster 80 Heirloom Cucumber known for producing shorter 2'–3' vines and we've adapted it to hydroponic conditions making it the ideal choice for small growing areas including the aeroponic / hydroponic Tower Garden or Farmstand. Space master produces a big flush of flavorful, full-sized slicing cucumbers that are perfect for snacking, salads, and sandwiches, and even for pickling (when harvesting small). It's also disease resistant to cucumber mosaic virus and scab. 

Spacemaster 80 Cucumber was bred by Dr. Henry M. Munger of Cornell University and released in 1980. He introduced more than fifty varieties of cucumbers including whole lines of "Spacemasters", "Poinsetts", "Tablegreens" and "Marketmores".  Nearly all U.S. slicing cucumbers have benefitted from inheriting disease resistance and improved color that is directly attributed to Dr. Munger's breeding program. (Click here for his obituary.)

Growing Tips:

Hydroponics: pH 5.5-6.0 and PPM 1190-1750

Soil: Be sure to offer the plants organically rich soil and use a mulch like straw to retain moisture in soil. These plants love the sun and heat, but they will require water and soil moisture. They can benefit from afternoon shade in the hottest months of summer or a 40% shade cloth.  Offer a small trellis support to the vines off the ground and harvest often to keep up production. 

Specs:

• Cucumis sativus, Cultivar originally developed in Israel at a kibbutz (communal) farm
• Grown in healthy soil using organic growing practices on our farm
• Grow outside, full sun, during the warm season (nightly temps above 65ºF)
• Open Field and because they’re determinants, they won't grow vines all season.
• Seed has been tested for ideal germination
• Sprouts in 7-14 days, Seed Depth 1/2", Plant Spacing 18"-36"
• Ideal temperature is 70º-90ºF. Not frost hardy.
• 60 Days to Maturation
• Approx. 20 seeds p/packet