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I love cucumbers!  Over the summer my cucumbers in my greenhouse climbed the sides of the walls and up to the ceiling!  Unfortunately, cucumbers want a lot of water.  We went on a 2 week vacation over the summer and our housesitter didn't water the greenhouse so the cucumber plants shriveled up and died.  All of them.  I was so disappointed.  I love raw cucumbers and pickles.  I've never made pickles and had hoped to harvest enough to try to pickle.  This year will be different!  
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We have talked about installing a drip irrigation system on a timer for the greenhouse.  I'll write more about how that will be beneficial later.  For now, it would eliminate the need for a housesitter (or me) to manually water every time.  Instead, the timer can go off and it could drip for about an hour and then turn itself off.  Easy peasy.  I hope.  Haha!
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I will direct sow my seeds after risk of frost has passed.  The ideal soil temperature is 75-90 degrees F.  These cucumbers reach maturity at 60 days.  I should have plenty to eat both raw and pickled!  I'm excited!
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I get all my seed from <a href="https://www.rareseeds.com/">Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds</a>. </center></h2>