Cucumber 'Wautoma'

Cucumis sativus

How to grow Cucumber 'Wautoma'

  • Full Sun

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Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water often. Keep in mind when planting that Wautoma is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Wautoma requires a soil ph of 5.5 - 6.8 meaning it does best in weakly acidic soil.

Growing Wautoma from seed

Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 11.7 inches (30.0 cm) and sow at a depth of around 0.47 inches (1.2 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 16°C / 61°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Wautoma about 14 days after your last frost date.

Transplanting Wautoma

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Wautoma is a tender plant.

Harvesting Wautoma

Expect harvests to start to occur in late spring.

Cucumber Wautoma Etymology

Improved, created heirloom. Bred from a native American pickling cuke. Highly disease resistant.
Created by Wisconsin researchers for the USDA from several american cukes, including an heirloom cucurbit of the Wautoma tribe. Released in 1985.

Wautoma folklore & trivia

This variety got most of its disease resistance from an heirloom inbred cucurbit of the Wautoma tribe, which is how this variety got its name.

Other Names for Cucumber 'Wautoma'

Wautoma OP