Cucumber 'Silver Slicer'

Cucumis sativus

• Excellent flavour
• 12.5 - 15cm fruit
• Long season producer
• Disease Resistence

Silver Slicer is a never bitter, thin skinned, 15-20cm cucumber with an excellent flavour profile- juicy, crisp, light green flesh and tender, non-bitter white skin. With a high resistance to powdery mildew, expect an abundant harvest late into the season of this superior flavoured cucumber.

A refined heirloom from the breeders at Cornell University, Silver Slicer incorporates all of the good features of heirloom Boothby’s Blonde- superior flavour and thin, white skin - with disease resistance to powdery mildew. 

‘Silver Slicer’ is a licensed variety, and every seed you purchase helps support public plant breeding and research at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Seeds from this variety can’t be reproduced with the intent to sell, nor can the variety be used in breeding projects without an approved license.

Disease Resistance Details
High Resistance: Powdery Mildew

Certified Demeter Biodynamic and Certified Organic Seed
SEED COUNT: 20, 100 approx.
Germination: 90% Lot#18171 APR 2025

Seed Raising, Growing and Harvest Information

TRANSPLANT (recommended) - Sow indoors in 5cm pots, 1–2 seeds/cell, 3–4 weeks before transplanting. Keep temperature above 21°C day and 16°C night. Transplant 30- 40cm apart in rows 120cm apart. Do not disturb roots when transplanting.

DIRECT SOW - Wait until soil temperature is 21°C. Cucumber seeds will not germinate at a soil temperature below 10°C. Sow 2 seeds/30cm, 12mm deep, in rows 120cm apart. Thin to one plant 30cm apart.

NOTE - Cucumbers are very sensitive to cold. Make sure both soil and air temperatures have warmed prior to planting.