Cucumbers

Follow these simple instructions for using Johnny's Cucumber Beetle Lure for enhanced protection from this common pest of cucurbits (e.g., squashes, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins). See instructions for units needed per area to be monitored, replacement requirements, and efficacy time.

With the introduction of high-yielding, disease-resistant cucumber varieties, greenhouse production is an increasingly important source of this crop. Full-size slicing, pickling, snack, and long European types are all being successfully grown under protected cover. While these structures offer an improved environment for growth, certain cultural practices must be maintained best results and yields.This Technical Production Guide provides detailed information on cultural best practices to ensure successful production of premium greenhouse cucumbers.

Familiarizing yourself with the terminology regarding cucumber types leads to better understanding of the differences in cucumber flowering habits, productivity, and eating qualities. Johnny's cucumber product manager and trialing tech help define terms and what they mean to you as a grower, in terms of pollination needs and other factors. Preference for one type over another varies by individual and by market.

Year-round Nova Scotian gardener and author Niki Jabbour lends her expertise on how to grow 'Corinto' cucumber, our easy-to-grow slicer that's early, productive, and disease resistant.

Pruning the lateral growth points between the leaf, tendril, and developing fruit of trellised cucumber plants encourages upward growth and helps optimize yield.

Greenhouse vining crops benefit from the lower-and-lean trellising method, and the Rollerhook tool makes it easier to implement this inexpensive, highly efficient technique in your own greenhouse.

Follow the steps in this Tech Sheet for best results with top-grafting greenhouse cucumbers onto an interspecific squash cross rootstock to reach earlier harvests, improve plant health and stress tolerance, and increase net income.

A slide deck recap of Johnny's Fundamentals of Cucumber Grafting Webinar, covering benefits, considerations, preparation, set-up, methods, process, demonstration, comparisons, transplanting, and more.

Join Johnny's Cucumber Trialing Technician, Nate Gorlin-Crenshaw for an introduction to the fundamentals of top-grafting cucumber plants, including an overview of the benefits and challenges of incorporating grafted plants into your growing system.

Save money by growing your own vegetables and herbs. Niki Jabbour explains how, by choosing: a) easy-to-grow, productive varieties; that b) you love and use a lot; and that c) are more costly if you buy them.

Johnny's Cucumber Trial Tech Nate Gorlin-Crenshaw distills two reliable and straightforward techniques for grafting greenhouse cucumber variety scions onto 'Tetuskabuto' rootstock.