In the Northwest Territories, cucumbers work best as transplants set out around the last week of May, with harvest wrapping up by mid-September.

The type that works in Northwest Territories is fast, compact, and grown under some form of cover: bush or short-vine cucumbers, ideally parthenocarpic…

Direct-seed or transplant cucumbers only after the danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed, which in the Fargo area falls between May 4 and…

Short-season types win in North Dakota, period. Pickling cucumbers and compact bush slicers built to mature in the 50-to-70-day range fit the state’s…

North Carolina gardeners can direct-sow cucumbers once the frost risk drops into the 30-70% band, which for the Piedmont runs March 23 to April 5.

North Carolina’s long frost-free stretch means almost any cucumber type has time to mature here.

New York’s frost dates put the safe cucumber-planting window in mid-to-late May for New York City, and later than that for anywhere colder inland.

New York’s cucumber answer depends on where in the state a garden sits: the frost-free window in New York City runs roughly eight months, while the North…

In New Mexico, cucumbers go into the ground after the last spring frost window closes, roughly March 31 to April 12 depending on where you sit relative…

Cucumbers in New Mexico do best when the choice is made by type, not by chasing a specific brand name.