Quick Snack Hybrid Mini Cucumber | The Kitchen Minis™ Collection
Growing Quick Snack Hybrid Mini Cucumber | The Kitchen Minis™ Collection
‘Quick Snack’ is an award-winning hybrid mini cucumber and 2024 People’s Choice Green Thumb Award Winner prized for its compact growth, crisp texture, and sweet flavor. Part of the Kitchen Minis™ Collection, this variety was bred specifically for indoor gardening and small containers, producing abundant crops of dark green, cocktail-sized cucumbers in a very small footprint.
Start ‘Quick Snack’ indoors for transplanting or sow directly in the garden about ½ inch deep. Space plants 18 to 36 inches apart and grow in full sun. This compact variety is especially well suited to containers, patios, balconies, and sunny windowsills, making it a great choice for gardeners with limited space.
Ready to harvest in about 40 days, begin picking the fruits once they reach a usable size while they are still crisp, juicy, and tender. Harvest regularly to encourage continued production and maintain the best texture and flavor.
Sweet, crunchy, and refreshing, ‘Quick Snack’ is excellent for fresh eating, salads, snacking, and other everyday kitchen use.
- Days to Maturity: 40 Days
- Sow Method: Start Indoors / Direct Sow
- Sowing Depth: ½ Inch
- Plant Spacing: 18–36 Inches
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun
- Plant Height: 20–24 Inches
- Plant Spread: 15–20 Inches
- Fruit Size: 1½–2½ Inches
- Fruit Type: Mini / Cocktail Cucumber
- Pollination: Parthenocarpic (No Pollination Required)
- Series: Kitchen Minis™
Catalog Page: 40
Start Indoors / Direct Sow
½ Inch
20–24 Inches
Cucumis sativus