Cucumber Plant Spacing
When growing in containers the cucumber plants need enough room to.
Cucumber plant spacing. To grow cukes in hills. Plant 6 seeds per hill and thin to 3 plants per hill when the seedlings are 4 10cm high. Cucumber seeds need to be planted 1 inch deep and 12 inches apart.
The preferred method of cucumber planting is direct seeding in the garden after the soil has warmed as the seeds will not germinate in a soil chillier than 60 degrees. Just push two or three cucumber seeds an inch into the soil spacing the plantings 18 to 36 inches apart. Poke 1 inch 2 5 centimeter holes about 3 inches 7 6 centimeters in a circle around the top of each hill.
Another option is to plant cucumbers in mounds or hills that are 1 2 feet apart with 2 3 seeds in each mound. Vine varieties should be 18 inches apart with 6 feet between rows. How to plant cucumbers.
Cucumber spacing is influenced by cucumber variety. Spacing per square foot when gardening pickling cucumbers direct sowing outdoors. Pile the soil into a series of mounds measuring about 18 inches 45 centimeters across and 8 inches 20 3 centimeters high.
For vines trained on a trellis space plants 1 foot apart. When you grow cucumbers vertically rather than allowing them to sprawl on the ground like i used to do it frees up tons of space in your garden. Plant seeds 1 inch deep and about 2 to 3 feet apart in a row depending on variety see seed packet for details.
Sow cucumbers directly in the garden in a sunny location about one to two weeks after the. Bush varieties will tolerate a closer spacing. Bush varieties usually only need about 3 feet of space according to the utah state university extension.