Recommended Citation
Phillips, Ben and Schoonmaker, Jenny, "2022 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Cultivar Trial" (2022). Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports. Paper 239.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/mwvtr/239
Date of this Version
11-18-2022
Keywords
cucumber, pickle, pickling, varieties, variety, trial, michigan, yield, quality, seedless, parthenocarpic, parth
Abstract
A pickling cucumber cultivar trial was planted at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center (42.088261, -86.351980, Benton Harbor, Michigan). Bejo (BJ), Nunhems (NU), and Rijk Zwaan (RZ) seed companies donated parthenocarpic (seedless) cultivars for mechanical once-over harvest. Overall trial quality was marginal due to being the first trial on a new research farm with different equipment parameters, task procedures, and responsibilities. Factors affecting trial quality were logged for next year’s trial, and include machine planting, incorporating the entire nitrogen recommendation ahead of planting, and adjusting final plant population to 30 inch row spacings.