Max Pack Cucumber
Max Pack cucumber is a prolific pickling cucumber variety that lives up to its name with huge yields of crispy, uniform fruits. Home gardeners love it for making pickles, as the short, blocky cucumbers have a small seed cavity ideal for crunch. This variety is easy to grow thanks to its resilience and disease resistance. It resists turning bitter even under heat or drought stress, so you can enjoy mild, sweet cucumbers all season.
This is an annual hybrid seed that grows well in USDA Hardiness Zones 3-11.
Each packet will have a little over 30 seeds.
This variety has compact plants requiring no trellis.
This variety is exceptionally disease resistant.
Max Pack cucumber is a prolific pickling cucumber variety that lives up to its name with huge yields of crispy, uniform fruits. Home gardeners love it for making pickles, as the short, blocky cucumbers have a small seed cavity ideal for crunch. This variety is easy to grow thanks to its resilience and disease resistance. It resists turning bitter even under heat or drought stress, so you can enjoy mild, sweet cucumbers all season.
This is an annual hybrid seed that grows well in USDA Hardiness Zones 3-11.
Each packet will have a little over 30 seeds.
This variety has compact plants requiring no trellis.
This variety is exceptionally disease resistant.
Max Pack cucumber is a prolific pickling cucumber variety that lives up to its name with huge yields of crispy, uniform fruits. Home gardeners love it for making pickles, as the short, blocky cucumbers have a small seed cavity ideal for crunch. This variety is easy to grow thanks to its resilience and disease resistance. It resists turning bitter even under heat or drought stress, so you can enjoy mild, sweet cucumbers all season.
This is an annual hybrid seed that grows well in USDA Hardiness Zones 3-11.
Each packet will have a little over 30 seeds.
This variety has compact plants requiring no trellis.
This variety is exceptionally disease resistant.
Growing Instructions
Cucumbers thrive in warm, sunny conditions, and Max Pack is no exception. Sow or transplant after the last frost when soil has warmed (at least 65°), and choose a spot with full sun and rich, well-draining soil. The vigorous vines of Max Pack can sprawl or be trained up a trellis to save space and keep fruits straight and clean. Give each plant about 12"-24" of space or a trellis rung to climb. Keep the soil evenly moist to get the best, non-bitter fruits.
Harvest, Storage, and Use
Max Pack cucumbers are ready to pick about 50–60 days after planting, once they reach about 3"–5" long and a rich green color. Harvest by gently twisting or snipping the stem with scissors. Frequent picking encourages the plant to set more fruit, ensuring a continuous bounty.
These cucumbers shine in the kitchen for homemade pickles: use them for classic dill pickling, bread-and-butter chips, or even ferment them into half-sours. They can also be used fresh since their skin is thin and their flesh is crisp, making them great for salads, snacks with dip, or slicing into sandwiches. For storage, un-pickled cucumbers stay fresh about a week in the refrigerator.
| 👍 Good companions | Peas, beans, corn, and lentils (enrich soil with nitrogen and can act as living trellises or shade), root crops like radishes, beets, carrots, and onions, oregano, dill, chives, marigolds and nasturtiums (repel pests), sunflowers (serve as living trellises and boost pollination), garlic (reduces soil-borne wilt disease), lettuce and celery (have similar water needs but don't compete) | ||
| 👎 Bad companions | Potatoes (compete for nutrients), aromatic herbs like sage, basil, and rosemary (can stunt growth and affect flavor), mint, melons (competes for nutrients), fennel and eucalyptus (inhibit growth), and other squash family members like pumpkins and zucchini (shared pests) | ||
| Growing zones | 3-11 | Crop type | Annual |
| Crop difficulty | Mid | Seed type | Hybrid |
| Sowing method | Direct Sow | Containers? | Large / Bed |
| Sun req. | Full Sun | Ideal soil temp. | 70-80°F |
| Days to germination | 7-14 days | Days to maturity | 50-60 days |
| Seed spacing | 6" (thin to 12") | Row spacing | 60"-72" |
| Seed depth | 1/2" | Needs support? | No |