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Days from Flowering to Maturity
Crop	Time (days)
Cucumber, slicing	15-18
Eggplant	25-40 (2/3 maximum size)
Muskmelon	42-46
Pepper, green	45-55
Snap Bean	7-10
Summer squash & zucchini	3-4
Sweet Corn	15-23 (from silking)
Tomato, red	40-50
Watermelon, icebox	28-32
Watermelon, large	50-60

When will veggies be ready to harvest?

It is often difficult to estimate when vegetable crops will be ready to be harvested. Weather conditions effect growth and development of the crop and can advance or delay maturity. For flowering vegetables, days from flowering provide a fairly accurate determination of harvest time.

Source: Janssen, D., Acreage & Small farm Insights Newsletter from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln (UNL), July 2008.

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