Marketmore Cucumber

Cucumis sativus 'Marketmore 76'

vegetable

Marketmore 76 is the standard open-pollinated slicing cucumber, bearing uniform, straight, dark-green fruit 8 to 9 inches long with crisp, mild flesh, on disease-resistant vines. A reliable home-garden workhorse since the 1970s, it begins bearing in about 65 to 70 days and keeps producing as long as the fruit is picked.

✅ Plant alongside

Good neighbors that attract beneficial insects or deter pests

• Nasturtium — Trap crop for aphids and a deterrent to cucumber beetles
• Radishes — Interplanted to help deter cucumber beetles
• Dill — Attracts predatory wasps and lacewings
• Sunflowers — Provide a living trellis and draw pollinators

❌ Keep away from

🛡️ Pest & disease prevention

Proactive ways to stop trouble before it starts — tap a name with an arrow for its full guide

• Cucumber beetles →

  Float row cover until flowering then remove for pollination; plant a Blue Hubbard trap crop at the bed edge; mulch with straw. They spread bacterial wilt, so prevention matters

• Squash bugs →

  Clear plant debris at season end; check leaf undersides for bronze egg clusters and crush them

• Powdery mildew →

  Trellis for airflow, water at the base, and space plants well

🌾 Harvest & storage

Pick the cucumbers at about 7 to 8 inches, while they are firm, deep green, and still slender, cutting them from the vine rather than pulling. Harvest every day or two, since cucumbers grow fast and any left to yellow and swell turn bitter and seedy and shut down the plant.

🥗 Nutrition & benefits

Cucumbers are very low in calories and high in water, making them hydrating and refreshing, and the skin supplies vitamin K along with smaller amounts of vitamin C, potassium, and antioxidants.