This early bearing pickling or “Kirby” cucumber is a kitchen garden dynamo that produces an extended harvest of dark green, crispy, curved fruits with the traditional knobby “pickle” skin. Hybrid Endeavor is great tasting and high yielding. Vines will keep you well supplied for putting up many jars of your favorite treats like kosher dills, bread-and-butter slices, relish and traditional sweet pickles. Endeavor is also a fine crunchy, fresh-eating cucumber right from the vine. Plants are resistant to mosaic viruses and downy mildew.
Plant In |
Location |
Planting Depth |
Space Seeds |
Days to Germinate |
Days to Harvest |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April - June |
Full sun |
1 inch |
4 inches |
7 - 10 days |
Approx. 53 |
Start Seeds Outdoors Plant heat loving cucumbers in full sun only after spring weather is warm and settled and night temperatures stay above 50F (10C). Amend soil well with aged manure or compost. Sow in groups of 2 to 3 seeds 1.5 ft. apart and 1 in. deep with 3 ft. between rows. Thin to 1 seedling per group. Or make slightly mounded hills5 ft. apart, sowing 5 or 6 seeds in each hill. Thinning to the 3 strongest plants.
Growing Notes Protect seedlings from marauding birds with plastic berry baskets, removing before plants get crowded. Shallow-rooted cucumbers need ample and consistent moisture. Avoid overly wet or dry periods for good quality fruit. Growing cucumber vines up vertical supports gives you long straight fruits, saves garden space and makes them easy to harvest.
Harvest and Use: Cut rather than pull fruits from vines when 3 to 4 inches long. Harvest often: every few days for longest fruit production and so cucumbers don't get too big on the vine. Try to put up pickles very soon after harvesting for best results. Enjoy some Endeavor cucumbers fresh picked from the garden, slice up with tomatoes and chopped dill or chives with olive oil and a pinch of salt.
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