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Succession planting, also known as successive planting, is a way to extend your harvest by staggering plantings of crops or planting varieties with staggered maturation dates!
Tips for Successful Succession Planting
- Make sure you have enough seed to get you through the season and into fall if you plan to over-winter vegetables in hoop houses. Some seed lasts several years; others need to be fresh for good germination.
- Add some compost or leaf mold to the beds, between plantings, to keep the soil rich.
- Don't hesitate to pull out vegetables past their prime. Use them while they are at their best and then use the space for something else.
Succession Planting

Cucumber Seeds, Garden Sweet Hybrid
$1.99
Our Garden Sweet Hybrid Cucumber Seeds produce loads of tasty, thin-skinned burpless cucumbers that reach up to 12" in length.
Considered a slicing cucumber. Sweet Hybrid Cucumber is a vining variety that is also disease resistant. Its fruits maintain their crisp texture and sweet flavor even in hot, humid weather.
Flavor: Sweet tasting.
Preparation Ideas: These burpless cucumbers are perfect to slice up and have for a snack!
Plant Type: Vegetable
Fill Weight (grams): 0.75
Grows Best In: Full Sun
Days to Germination: 8-10 Days
Days to Maturity: 60-65 Days
Growth Type: Vining
Planting Depth: .5"
Seed Spacing: Sow Garden Sweet Hybrid Cucumber seeds 4' apart in rows.
Disease Resistance: Downey/powdery mildew
Instructions: In full sun, sow a few seeds over a hill 12" tall and 2' across in well-draining soil. For smaller gardens, plant alongside a fence or trellis. When plants are 2" tall, thin to 3 cucumber plants per hill. Plant at 3 week intervals up to midsummer for fresh cucumbers all season. Keep fruits picked.
Suggestions: Plant cucumber seeds only after all danger of frost is past and the ground is warm. They need lots of sunshine and water. Keep weeds to a minimum with a straw or leaf mulch.

Organic Cucumber Seeds, Garden Sweet Burpless F1
$2.79
Sweet Burpless F1 Organic Cucumbers grow anywhere from 10"-12" in length.
This cucumber variety has a medium green coloring and its almost spineless. The bitter-free cukes are smooth and BURPLESS. Vigorous & productive plants!
Flavor: Sweet and never bitter.
Preparation Ideas: These never bitter cucumbers are perfect to slice up and have for a snack.
Plant Type: Vegetable
Fill Weight (grams): 1.7
Grows Best In: Full Sun
Days to Germination: 8 - 10 Days
Days to Maturity: 53 - 55 Days
Growth Type: Vining
Planting Depth: .5"
Seed Spacing: Sow your Garden Sweet Burpless F1 Organic Cucumber seeds roughly 4' apart.
Instructions: Best practice: In full sun, sow 5 Garden Sweet Burpless F1 Organic Cucumber seeds over a hill 12" tall and 2' across with well-drained soil. For smaller gardens, plant alongside fence or trellis. When plants are 2" tall, thin to 3 plants per hill. Plant at 3 week intervals up to midsummer for fresh cucumbers all season. Keep cukes picked.
Suggestions: Plant cucumber seeds only after all danger of frost is past and ground is warm. They need lots of sunshine and water. Keep weeds to a minimum with a straw or leaf mulch

Squash Seeds, Dixie Hybrid
$2.19
Dixie Hybrid Squash is a yellow summer crookneck squash variety that is early, highly productive and vigorous.
This squash has a uniform shiny lemon-yellow coloring. Dixie Hybrid squash is tastiest when 4"-6" long. Grow these and enjoy a snack or side dish that is low in calories and a good source of vitamin A!
Flavor: Mild taste is best when harvested at 4"-6".
Preparation Ideas: Perfect for freezing and canning!
Plant Type: Vegetable
Fill Weight (grams): 1
Grows Best In: Full Sun
Days to Germination: 7-10 Days
Days to Maturity: 41 Days
Growth Type: Summer
Planting Depth: 1"
Seed Spacing: Sow Dixie Hybrid Summer Squash seeds roughly 4' apart in rows.
Best Container Size: 12"+
Instructions: After all danger of frost and in a sunny location, sow a few Dixie Hybrid Summer Squash seeds spaced evenly over a hill 9"-12" tall and 2' across. When the plants are 3" tall, thin by cutting all but the 3 strongest seedlings per hill. To avoid weeding, mulch heavily around plants and in the rows.
Suggestions: Pick summer squash early and often. Not picking will stop the production of the plants. Ready to harvest just after blossom falls from squash and squash can be easily dented with your thumbnail.
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