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Number of Reviews: 13
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 01/15/2015 by
CCE Seneca County
- An intermediate gardener
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Seneca, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Easy to grow. Nice tasting. |
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Reviewed on 12/27/2014 by
UpstateJohn
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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| in 2014 This was our 15th year of growing the Straight Eight Cukes. I like it because it is large enough to be served as a slicing cuke, but it can also be used to make great pickles. It performs well with good yields, but the best thing about it is TASTE. Then in my Upstate New York area there is the weather variability factor that comes into play. When it is cooler and damp, the Straight Eight comes under fire from mildew which can vary in severity. Most years the plant survives quite well and yields truckloads of cukes, but in the cooler wet years it can fall to illnes and failure due to powdery mildew. But Hey!!!! I still plant them every year, and they usually come through with flying colors. I also balance the crop selections with some Parade, Russian, and A&C Pickling cukes to improve the odds. |
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Reviewed on 07/20/2011 by
Dirt Poet
- An intermediate gardener
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Livingston, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Very productive and it holds up to disease for the whole season in my area. Flavor is unremarkable. |
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Reviewed on 03/27/2011 by
sadie
- An experienced gardener
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Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Dies quickly at the first sign of disease. This may be one that I have to scrap which is too bad because I like open pollenated plants. I wonder if I don\'t grow these this year, will the other varieties do better without these plants that tend to get sick around them? |
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Reviewed on 06/03/2009 by
Marlingardener
- An experienced gardener
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Falls, Texas, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Last year I tried Gen. Lee and a French gherkin, as well as Straight 8. Only the Straight 8 performed well. This year I just put in the 8's and have been picking cukes like crazy! They are strong vines producing great tasting cukes that I can slice and use fresh, or make pickles. The only reason that I gave reliability a 4 star instead of a 5 star is that I have to supplemental water here in Texas and the vines tend to wilt easily. If I don't water I lose vines. |
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Reviewed on 05/25/2009 by
Meg
- An experienced gardener
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Suffolk, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| This is an old variety with no genes for resistance to downy mildew, a disease that has been occurring more commonly in the eastern US since 2004. Yield of affected plants of any variety is greatly reduced, with many fruit misshapen, before the plants are killed. Resistance is a common feature of newer varieties, which although not highly effective against the new pathogen strain, these varieties have been shown to be less severely affected than Straight Eight. |
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Reviewed on 01/31/2009 by
Dirt-to-Dinner
- An intermediate gardener
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Santa Clara, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Our first year with this variety we planted too many plants (eight!) in a too small space (around the edges of a single square foot cage for support) and *still* had beautiful cucumbers to spare well into the Fall. |
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Reviewed on 01/28/2009 by
Daylilyfanatic
- An intermediate gardener
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Rockland, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Performed pretty well however it was effected by powdery mildew and yeilds were low last year. It tasted great though and was easy to grow. |
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Reviewed on 07/12/2007 by
tman
- An intermediate gardener
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Westchester, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| This is the main slicing cucumber I grow due to it's reliability and resistance to disease. I have tried many slicing varieties and none were able to handle the crazy new york climate like this one. I have never heard of it being a bush though, always been a vine.I gave it 4 stars for yield because while it does produce quite alot I would wish it were a little more. |
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Reviewed on 12/01/2006 by
mikegreeley2001
- A novice gardener
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Cattaraugus, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| iam not sure what i did but my plants withered I started them from seed seeds were dated 2006 I tested my soil added fertilizer that was needed about one month before transplanting |
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Reviewed on 06/08/2006 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is a traditional open pollinated slicing cucumber. It is very competitive with Poinsett, Marketmore, Ashley and other slicer contemporaries. It was my standard for ten (replaced Early Fortune) years or so. I have moved up to the slightly larger Straight Nine. I would never in a month of Sundays consider it a "bush" cucumber tho. Vine size and yield are comparable to the other slicers. |
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Reviewed on 03/21/2006 by
NWL
- An experienced gardener
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Oxford, Maine, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Small plant: bush type, though occasionally will grow as vines. Although this variety reportedly does well for most people, it does not do well for me. I have grown it in three different locations in western Maine, and its viability is acceptable at best. I grow it solely for the flavor, which is excellent. |
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Reviewed on 12/28/2005 by
Miss_Mudcat
- An intermediate gardener
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Indiana, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| I have grown this cuke for a few seasons. I like it because it is large enough to be served as a slicing cuke, but it can also be used to make great pickles. It performs well with good yields, but the best thing about it is TASTE. A customer at our local farm market said it was the best pickle she ever tasted, and I agree! |
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