I planted WAY too many cucumber seeds and now my patch is over-crowded I believe. I tried thinning them out but they did not transplant well…and the location was close and pretty much the same soil. What I need to know is will they grow okay or would it be worth my while to pull [...]
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I know that plants need a certain amount of nutrition from the soil to grow, and that when growing plants indoors, the only nutrition they get is what you give them. I am trying to grow these plants completely organically, with dirt from my backyard, using nothing bought from a store except the vegetables/plants from [...]
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I have 2 ‘telegraph’ cucumbers grown from suttons seeds. I have been doing as instructed on the packet and removing the male flowers to prevent the cucs from becoming bitter. But they are not even developing beyond the female flower stage. They look good then go yellow and dry/shrivel. I have read that this is [...]
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I am growing cucumbers in an old kiddie pool that I filled with dirt. The sprouts have already started showing. Are they like tomatoes, in that I need to use stakes as they grow taller??
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Our soil sucks. So far we’re growing cucumbers and tomatoes which are both doing extremely well. Any other ideas?
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Are the longer, English cucumbers, more bitter than the shorter, USA-grown?
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I planted some cucumbers from seed in my garden this year. The plants grew, and then, blooms formed. Cucumbers began to grow from the blooms. The plants overall look pretty healthy. At first, it looked like I was going to have some nice and rather large cucumbers-Then they began turning yellow and red! We’ve had [...]
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We live in SC and would like to grow a garden for the first time. We would like to have cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelons and cantaloupes and whatever else is somewhat easy. When should we start the garden and how? Any tips would be great and thanks so much
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I am growing cucumbers in my garden and they are really “picky” to touch why is that??
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