National Pickling Cucumber Seeds (Organic)

National Pickling Cucumber is a reliable and productive variety, perfect for gardeners who love making homemade pickles. The short, blocky fruit grows to about 4-6 inches long, with tender green skin and firm, crisp flesh. This cucumber’s mild, refreshing flavor makes it equally well-suited for fresh eating or slicing into salads. Thriving in full sun and nutrient-rich, well-draining soil, National Pickling Cucumbers mature in just 50-55 days, offering an early and continuous harvest. The plants are vigorous and suited to steady garden production.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Cucumis sativus
• Plant type: Tender Annual
• Growth habit: Vining
• Crop category: Cucumber
• Kitchen profile: National Pickling Cucumber is a reliable and productive variety, suited for gardeners who love making homemade pickles.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet with a separately listed bulk option

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 70-95°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 3-10 Days
• Height At Maturity: 1'-4'
• Days To Maturity: 55 Days
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 18"-48"

Grow National Pickling Cucumber after the soil has warmed and cold conditions have passed. Direct sow or transplant carefully, then provide the recorded spacing and climbing support when that fits the plan. Keep the root zone from swinging between very dry and saturated conditions by checking soil rather than relying on a fixed schedule. Once fruit forms, inspect vines frequently because harvest size can change quickly. Pick at the length and texture intended for fresh eating or pickling.

This variety performs well in both garden beds and containers and benefits from trellising to save space and improve airflow.

Regular harvesting encourages further production, providing a steady supply of fruit for your kitchen.

Tender Annual Developed by the National Pickle Packers Association in collaboration with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, this is the pickling cuke that pickle growers asked for!

Before sowing National Pickling Cucumber, review the packet alongside the current product details and note any range in temperature, germination, or maturity. Ranges reflect biological and seasonal variation rather than a fixed promise. Label each planting with its date and location, then compare emergence, growth, and harvest with local weather. This record is useful for succession plantings and for deciding whether the crop fits better into an earlier or later seasonal window.

Explore related options in our Cucumber Growing Guide.