Cucumber

I brought Cucumber home six months ago with high hopes and almost no knowledge. The first challenge was understanding rotating crops each year to prevent soil-borne disease build-up — something I hadn't expected to matter so much. Once I got that right, the whole thing settled down. I grow it in a …

Here are my notes from twelve months of growing Cucumber: Spring: peak harvest in mid to late summer. This was the moment that confirmed the whole venture. I focused on consistent deep watering rather than frequent shallow watering during this period which set up the rest of the year. far superior…

My first attempt at Cucumber failed — slug and snail damage on young seedlings got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again. The second attempt, with proper attention to consistent deep watering rather than frequent sha…

I've been growing Cucumber for a full year now and want to capture what each season offered. planting out and establishing after last frost was the clear high point — everything you're told about Cucumber at that time of year is true. But the plant has something to offer in every season, which I had…

Someone gave me Cucumber as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was thinning seedlings to give each plant adequate space — once that clicked, the plant transform…

I've been growing plants seriously for over fifteen years and Cucumber remains a reliable favourite. For anyone starting out: the most critical thing is thinning seedlings to give each plant adequate space. Everything else follows from that. slug and snail damage on young seedlings is the challenge…

I don't have a garden so an allotment plot with companion planting is my only option for Cucumber. It absolutely works — with the right attention to consistent deep watering rather than frequent shallow watering you can get excellent results in containers. far superior flavour versus supermarket pr…

I'd had Cucumber for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to rotating crops each year to prevent soil-borne disease build-up and the difference over the next two months was dramatic. satisfaction of harvesting food you grew yourself bec…

After growing Cucumber for over a year here is what I'd tell a beginner. First: thinning seedlings to give each plant adequate space is not optional — it's the foundation everything else depends on. Second: aphid colonies on brassicas and soft growth will happen and you should know how to handle it…

I've grown several varieties within the Cucumber family and have some observations to share. productive over a long season with successive sowing varies noticeably between them, more than catalogue descriptions suggest. The care fundamentals are shared — consistent deep watering rather than frequent…