Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber

With its fresh, crisp and bitter-free fruits, the Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber might just become your go-to cucumber variety. Sweet Burpless Bush prolifically produces mid-green cukes up to 10 inches in length, which are perfect for slicing and eating fresh off the vine. Great disease resistance makes this cucumber a pleasure to grow and if given a little care, you could be picking its fruits within 7 to 8 weeks. 

Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber Care  

To encourage Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber to keep cropping all summer long, it needs to be grown in as much sun as possible. As a tender edible, cucumbers should only be planted outside once all risk of frost has gone and the temperature is above 65 °F. Sweet Burpless likes to be grown in well-drained and fertile soil at a spacing of 3 to 4 feet apart.

Growing Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber

If given enough sun and heat, the Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber can produce fruits ready to harvest in around 55 days. As a bush variety, this cucumber can grow to 3-4 feet tall and benefits from being tied to a trellis for support. This variety is best suited to growing outdoors rather than under glass.  

As a bush variety, Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber can be grown in a large container. Choose a container with drainage holes and a minimum size of 18 inches in diameter. 

Watering Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber

To continue cropping until the fall, the cucumber plant’s soil needs to be kept consistently moist. Water deeply at the base of the plant to avoid the foliage whenever the top few inches of soil are dry. 

Feeding Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber

To help maintain plant health and to encourage its prolific fruits, a fertilizer can be applied. A liquid, balanced fertilizer can be applied every 10-14 days or as per the manufacturer’s instructions.

Sweet Burpless Bush Cucumber Information