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Originally Posted by carolyn137
this is the only bacterial wilt resistant cuke that i know of. it is 1 hard mother to find! i googled it and found a few seed companies that appear to sell it.
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Tom, check out Diva at Johnny's as well as Marketmore 76 I forget where in terms of bacterial wilt tolerance ( not resistance). For a small cuke I prefer Cool Breeze to County Fair and I've not had wilt problems so far.
But Cucurbit wilts are not just confined to bacteia since Fusarium and some viruses can also cause wilts as transmitted by the spotted or striped cuke beetles.
I moved to growing Japanese and Armenian cuke varieties many years ago b'c I never saw them come down with any wilts at all. Somthing to consider.
Can give you some variety names if you want them.
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I would be intrested in names of Japanese cucks that you have grown. On a whim this year I planted 1 suyo long cuck (only one that came up). It was late but did not seem to be bothered by the cicumber beetles so I thought I might try more next season. Another one that was not bothered by the beetles was Sikkum. It was planted with Diva and another variety and it was the only one that survived. Was blossoming right up till frost.