Cucumber seed shortage

jungseed · December 1, 2009

I'm hearing that we are being shorted on orders from our growers of cucumber seed. This includes some of our best selling cukes.
So, this is just a heads up that if you really have to have a certain cucumber, order from whomever you get your seed from early.

Ruth

Wi-sunflower · December 1, 2009

I wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with last year's growing season. All year there was a shortage of pickles and cucs at the farmers markets. So why would the seed growers be any dif.

Thanks for the heads-up,
Carol

Andrey_BY · December 1, 2009

Anyway it is better to grow cukes from harvest of 2-3 years ago. So you better buy cuke seeds from seed companies with rather old stock from 2007/2008 ;-)

DeanRIowa · December 1, 2009

I wonder why there is a shortage? Failed seed production or high demand or both?

I had my worst year ever growing cucumbers last season, they all died in a two week span in two different gardens, which were separated by 20 miles.

Dean

mjc · December 1, 2009

I had a decent amount of cukes...but the couple that I let ripen for seed were mostly flat/poorly formed seeds that probably aren't viable. This was also evident in squash, pumpkins and melons too...(although I did have a couple of melons and a pumpkin that produced a decent amount of seed).

So, yeah, I'd say poor seed production is probably the number 1 reason.

December 1, 2009	#1
jungseed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pardeeville, WI Posts: 318	Cucumber seed shortage I'm hearing that we are being shorted on orders from our growers of cucumber seed. This includes some of our best selling cukes. So, this is just a heads up that if you really have to have a certain cucumber, order from whomever you get your seed from early. Ruth

December 1, 2009	#3
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Anyway it is better to grow cukes from harvest of 2-3 years ago. So you better buy cuke seeds from seed companies with rather old stock from 2007/2008 ;-) __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

December 1, 2009	#2
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	I wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with last year's growing season. All year there was a shortage of pickles and cucs at the farmers markets. So why would the seed growers be any dif. Thanks for the heads-up, Carol

December 1, 2009	#4
DeanRIowa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 5a - NE Iowa Posts: 416	I wonder why there is a shortage? Failed seed production or high demand or both? I had my worst year ever growing cucumbers last season, they all died in a two week span in two different gardens, which were separated by 20 miles. Dean

December 1, 2009	#5
mjc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WV Posts: 603	I had a decent amount of cukes...but the couple that I let ripen for seed were mostly flat/poorly formed seeds that probably aren't viable. This was also evident in squash, pumpkins and melons too...(although I did have a couple of melons and a pumpkin that produced a decent amount of seed). So, yeah, I'd say poor seed production is probably the number 1 reason.