Cucumber

Pickles got their start more than 4,000 years ago, when ancient Mesopotamians began soaking cucumbers in acidic brine, as a way to preserve them. Since… Read More »Who Invented Pickled Cucumbers?

European or English type cucumbers and Beit alpha cucumbers are originally bred for greenhouse production. The majority of the varieties in these types are parthenocarpic… Read More »Are English Cucumbers Parthenocarpic?

These varieties exist within two categories – Long English Cucumbers and Mini Cucumbers. Long English Cucumbers are considered the classic Cucumber, whereas Mini Cucumbers look… Read More »Are Mini Cucumbers The Same As English Cucumbers?

You can eat the entire vegetable, too, including the skin, which is sweet and never bitter. The flesh is smooth and refreshingly moist. Often sold… Read More »Can You Eat The Green Of An English Cucumber?

Those long narrow cucumbers you see wrapped in plastic in supermarkets, the ones with thin skins you don’t have to peel, no seeds, and a… Read More »Are All English Cucumbers Burpless?

Plant English seedless cucumber seeds after the last danger of frost has passed. Sow seeds in small hills 4 to 5 feet apart. Bury six… Read More »How Do You Grow Seedless English Cucumbers?

Cucumbers grown in a home garden will have prickly spikes on the skin of the fruit called “spines”. The spines are miniature stickers that protrude… Read More »What Are The Prickly Things On Cucumbers Called?

The cucurbitacin accumulates at the stem end of the cucumber first and just under the skin. Cut off an inch of the stem end and… Read More »What Chemical Is In Cucumber?

If cucumbers have been grown in soil that was treated with DDT in the last 100 years, which is a possibility, that poison could be… Read More »Do Cucumbers Contain Toxins?

Carrots, cucumbers, radishes, squash, and members of the Allium family all do well when grown in close proximity to peppers. Can I plant cucumbers near… Read More »Can Cucumbers Be Planted Near Peppers?