Sumter Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
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Sumter
55 days — The fruit of 'Sumter' cucumber vines are a medium-green color with white spines and are blocky and slightly tapered in shape. Well adapted for many parts of the country and excellent as both a home or market garden variety.
Bred and released by W. C. Barnes of the Clemson Agricultural Experiment Station in 1973. 'Sumter' exhibits resistance to powdery mildew, downy mildew, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, scab, cucumber mosaic virus and watermelon mosaic virus. Each packet contains one gram, which is approximately 35 to 40 seeds.
Planting Instructions: Cucumbers grow best with long, hot, humid days with maximum sunshine and warm nights. Plants are extremely susceptible to frost. Sow seeds outside only after danger of frost when soil has warmed. Make a second sowing 4 to 5 weeks later for a late summer or early fall harvest. For an earlier harvest and to reduce the threat of insect damage to seedlings, start a few plants indoors in individual pots (or trays with separate compartments) about a month before your last spring frost date.
Sowing: To seed in rows, plant seeds 1 inch deep and about 6 inches apart. To plant in hills, plant four or five seeds in 1-foot-diameter circles set 5 to 6 feet apart.
Sowing: To seed in rows, plant seeds 1 inch deep and about 6 inches apart. To plant in hills, plant four or five seeds in 1-foot-diameter circles set 5 to 6 feet apart.
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★★★★★ Productive and great for pickling
By Alison Dvorak on January 12, 2016
By Alison Dvorak on January 12, 2016
We have trouble with spotted cucumber beetles and powdery mildew here. I tried Sumter because of its resistance to powdery mildew, and I hoped it might also take longer to be felled by bacterial wilt. (I also planted it with radish seeds--just left the radish plants there, didn't harvest them--because I read this would deter the beetles. I also picked off any beetles I saw, as always.) Well, it did great! The plants lasted a month longer than any other cucumbers I've tried--all the way till frost. I got 25 pints of pickles and relish out of six plants!
