The best gardeners know that the secret to successful crops often involves more than just planting seeds and watering. Companion planting, the strategic placement of certain plants together for mutual ...

Plant cucumbers outside after the last frost once the soil has warmed to 60°F to 70°F, which is generally late May to early June. Start cucumber seeds indoors 3 to 4 weeks before the last frost, and ...

As sweet as it is to spot yellow flowers popping up on a cucumber (Cucumis sativa) plant, when you're trying to create a flourishing vegetable garden, it's upsetting when you only see flowers and they ...

Cucumbers are one of the easiest plants you can grow in your summer garden, but just how many cucumbers you can expect to harvest from a single plant depends on several different factors. Some of it ...

If you are going to venture at all beyond the ordinary in growing cucumbers - and you must if want to eat the best tasting ones - then you should think about how they reproduce. Cucumber flowers are ...

Every home gardener knows it takes a certain amount of TLC to ensure your plants are healthy and thriving. Whether it’s pest and disease control or staying on top of your watering schedule, there’s ...

Cucumber plants are a summer garden favorite among most gardeners, featuring fast-growing vines that thrive in warm weather. There are many different cucumber varieties you can plant at home and lots ...

Q: Last year, my cucumber plants kept wilting, no matter how moist the soil was. How can I help them fare better this year? A: You probably ran into bacterial wilt, a common disease that affects ...

Our summer vegetable gardens are paying off now. We are picking tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers ... . Wait a minute. If you’re like a lot of us, you picked a few cucumbers and then our plants got ...

After being pollinated, the plants form seeds within a hollow green fruiting body, shaped somewhat like a cucumber.