Save & Sow
Cucumber 'Marketmore'
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
Free delivery when you spend over £80
Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
A friend recommended this tasty and heavy cropping variety of cucumber, and we could not believe how much just three plants produced
Please note, illustrated packets are being introduced gradually over the coming months, availability may vary.
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Height
- 1.8m (6ft)
- Common name
- Cucumber
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 60cm (24in)
- Cultivation
- Sow under cover from March. Sow each seed vertically (to prevent rotting) into individual 7.5cm pots. Harden off and plant them out 30cm apart after the risk of frost has passed. May also be sown direct where they are to grow from mid-May.
Care Tips
These will grow well outside or in a greenhouse. They are climbers so give some support. Water well, and dig in a good lot of compost when planting out. Once cucumbers start to form, apply a liquid feed (e.g. tomato fertiliser) once a week.
