{"product_id":"semences-concombre-marketmore-76-ancestral","title":"Marketmore 76 Heirloom Cucumber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCucumis sativus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reference garden cucumber in North America for five decades. Developed in 1976 by the breeder Henry Munger at Cornell University — hence the \"76\" marking the release year — it came out of a long crossing program aimed at uniting in a single variety resistance to several major diseases that traditionally ruin cucumbers: scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew and mosaic virus. The result: an open-pollinated, productive and robust cultivar that has let home gardeners and organic market growers succeed with their cucumbers without resorting to pesticides or patented hybrids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong, straight fruits 20 to 22 cm, a uniform dark green, with smooth tender skin that needs no peeling. White, firm, crunchy, juicy flesh, mild and fresh in flavour with no trace of bitterness — a cucumber frankly superior to what you find at the grocery store. Perfect sliced in a salad, in sticks with tzatziki, slipped into a sandwich, turned into pickles when harvested younger, or blended into gazpacho with yogurt and dill on heatwave days. Vigorous climbing plant that produces continuously from mid-July to frost, provided you pick regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrower's tip:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cucumber hates being moved — its roots are fragile and it broods for a long time over a rough transplant. If you start indoors (3 to 4 weeks before planting out, no more), use biodegradable pots that go straight into the ground. Otherwise, direct-sow in early June once the soil is well warmed. Install a trellis — it improves air circulation (and so disease resistance, already good), keeps the fruits straight and clean, and makes harvesting far easier — much better than hunting for cucumbers in a tangle of leaves on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen-pollinated. Stable variety, reproduces faithfully. Monoecious, bee-pollinated: crosses with other nearby cucumbers — isolate for seed saving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: climbing stems 1.5 to 2 m, to be trellised.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaturity: 60 to 70 days after transplant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExposure: full sun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich, deep, well-drained soil, kept cool with good mulching. Space plants 40 to 50 cm apart on the trellis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStart indoors 3 to 4 weeks before last frost in biodegradable pots, or direct-sow in early June once the soil is at 18 °C minimum. Harvest regularly (every 2 to 3 days at peak production) to stimulate the formation of new fruits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Joual Vert","offers":[{"title":"40","offer_id":42601056370860,"sku":"GC-H-CUCMAR-40","price":0.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200","offer_id":42601056403628,"sku":"GC-H-CUCMAR-200","price":3.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000","offer_id":42601056436396,"sku":"GC-H-CUCMAR-1K","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5000","offer_id":42601056469164,"sku":"GC-H-CUCMAR-5K","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1388\/8684\/products\/marketmore_f760c3c1-8c9c-492d-b79c-0f6a0cf1894a.jpg?v=1664221250","url":"https:\/\/joualvert.ca\/en\/products\/marketmore-76-heirloom-cucumber-seeds","provider":"Joual Vert","version":"1.0","type":"link"}