Cucumbers are among the most popular garden vegetables, and growing them can be rewarding and delicious. Cucumbers thrive in Iowa’s warm summer and quickly produce a bounty of fresh, homegrown ...

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 ...

Growing your own cucumbers to pickle or add crunch to salads is easier than you may think. This tender fruit loves warm weather and can grow in the ground or containers, so long as the plants receive ...

Cucumbers can easily be grown in pots, and varieties with "bush" in their names are usually the best option. A pot 12 to 24 inches in diameter and 12 inches deep is an ideal size to start growing ...

Low in calories and versatile, cucumbers can flavor beverages, perk up a salad, be served as a snack, or be made into pickles. This popular vegetable is a good source of fiber, potassium, and vitamin ...

Gardening can be a lot of work, but there are different growing techniques that gardeners can use to help save some work and their back! One of those techniques is using a trellis to grow vining crops ...

Cucumbers are easy to grow, but they can be subjected to watering issues that might cause the plant to wilt or even die. These are the mistakes to look out for.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In May, reader Greg in Parma emailed about his problems getting specific vegetables to grow in his garden. “I have a 20- by 40-foot garden and over the past 30 years, I have ...

If you’ve nursed your cucumber plant into a large, leafy vine, it can be disappointing and confusing when it hardly produces any fruit. Learning about the difference between male vs female cucumber ...