The appearance of the season’s first flowers is always a thing of joy to gardeners. Some garden plants like carrots, lettuce, and tomatoes give little or no trouble to gardeners but cucumbers! These plants can be picky about their growing conditions when fruiting. Often these results in cucumber crooking, popularly known as cucumber curling. It …
Seeing a cucumber develop into its full shape is one of the most satisfying feelings for a gardener. Your vegetable is starting to grow, and you can see your efforts bearing fruit. However, some cucumbers from the batch may turn out lopsided or fat from one end and skinny on the other. You may be …
Watching your cucumbers develop is, without a doubt, one of the best things you can get to experience as a plant parent. So it makes sense why you’re so saddened to see that instead of your cucumbers turning out long, some, if not all, of them have turned up short and round.
Cucumbers are one of the most ancient and popular vegetable crops. They are one of the few vegetables that are eaten unripe. The greener and smaller their fruits, the tastier they are. People began to actively cultivate cucumbers in ancient times, about six thousand years ago, as evidenced by finds near Khazar, the city of …
Everybody loves to have big and healthy green cucumber pieces in their salad. Don’t you? It has various health benefits and pleases your taste buds too. But if you are not focused enough on the plantation and care of your cucumbers, it might go wrong. Is it the case for you? Does your mind revolve …
Cucumbers are a common plant in your garden during the summer. They will grow easily and can quickly be harvested after six weeks under the right conditions. However, sometimes they don’t end up growing the way you want. There are many explanations for this. Light, water, heat, nutrients, and problems with pollination and pests are …
If there is a vegetable garden next to the house, then cucumbers will undoubtedly grow there. This vegetable is so good when fresh, pickled, and canned during the summer season. The experienced gardeners will always allocate the best place for cucumber and additional time for leaving.
Cucumbers have appeared relatively recently, and for many gardeners who are not inclined to experiment, they are considered some exotic vegetable. Those who have not yet grown treat cucumber varieties with some suspicion when they turn white, suggesting that they do not have the best taste and that the yield and leaves are not desirable. But those …
Cucumbers are a refreshing addition to the summer salad. You cut them into slices and place over the eyes for a moisturizing mask or mash them for a face mask, which moisturizes the skin. Growing cucumbers in the garden are not as difficult as you might think. It is easy provided they receive adequate water, …
Grow your vegetables. Seriously, it’s not as hard as you think it is and you know what goes into it. So, apart from eating healthy, fresh and organic vegetables, you get to enjoy the fruit of your labour.
Cucumbers are loved for their fresh, cool taste and myriad of health benefits. Dehydrated? Have a cucumber or two. Trying to lose weight? Cucumber sticks with dip. Vitamin deficient? Cucumber Smoothie. Canker sores? Cucumber juice. Leaves great fresh breathe too!