Growing Cucumbers

Cucumbers are a crop that lend themselves well to smallscale and part-time farming operations. Multiple markets exist for growers with five acres or less, and many field
operations, such as land preparation, planting, and harvesting, can be custom hired.

Cucumbers (Cucumis sativas) are a member of the cucurbitaceae family, which also includes squashes, pumpkins, muskmelons, watermelons, and gourds. Normally, cucumber plants are monoecious—they produce both male and female flowers on the same plant. Male flowers appear on the main stem earlier and in much larger numbers than female flowers. New, modern hybrids are gynoecious—plants produce only female flowers and are referred to as all-female varieties.

For more information, please see this Penn State Fact Sheet.

Penn State Horticulture Department

For more information on this subject, Please visit the College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Web site.

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