Here’s how to grow cucumbers, from seed to harvest. Find more fast-growing vegetables for your garden. Cucumber plants crave two things above all else: heat and water. This means that you have ...

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 ...

You can succession plant your cucumbers, so put another round of seeds in the ground in a few weeks. Cucumbers can crawl on the dirt, but you'll get better use of space and cleaner cucumbers if ...

Cucumbers grow easily from seed directly sown, sprouting in three to ten days at temperatures of at least 60°F. Quality potting mixes formulated for cucumbers can be found on the internet ...

If you are a new gardener, Pilarchik suggests cucumbers are an easy crop to grow directly outside. “Place three seeds in the form of a triangle, about 1 inch apart, press them in about ½ inch ...

The summer solstice is here, marking the longest day. It is time for gardeners to adjust planting strategies. Certain crops ...

Scientists say they’ve worked out how the plant can fire its seeds up to almost 40 feet. By Carolyn Wilke The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem ...