Excelsior organic cucumber seeds are CERTIFIED ORGANIC! This is an outstanding pickling variety for full season production and home gardening. Plants are open and have a vigorous habit with medium to dark-green fruits averaging 10-12cm (4-5") in length. Excelsior is a parthenocarpic variety with high resistance to Cornyspora and scab, with intermediate resistance to powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, and vein yellowing virus. Try it at home for high tunnel growing. Keep Excelsior cucumber plants picked, and they will reward you with buckets of cucumbers, the perfect size and shape for making dill pickles. A comparison trial with Excelsior grown in a greenhouse and outdoors was done. The plants in the greenhouse started producing two weeks earlier, but they did not produce more fruits.
Matures in 65 days. (Hybrid seeds)
Details
Botanical Name
Cucumis sativus 'Excelsior'
Common Name
Excelsior Cucumber
Hardiness Zone
Appearance
Max Height
8 feet
Max Spread
Plant Form
- Vine
Foliage Colour
- Green
Fall Colour
Flower Colour
- Yellow
Edible
Edible
- YES
Edible Component
- Fruit
Edible Harvest Period
Edible Use
- Fresh Eating
- Pickling
Fruit Colour
- Green
Growing
Flowering Period
Moisture
Sunlight
Full Sun
Maintenance
Deer Resistance
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