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 ...

Growing your own crunchy, just-the-right-size cucumbers is a cinch. Choose from dozens of varieties to grow at home. They will thrive in the garden, raised beds, and even large containers. They ...

It can be scary when your plants are sickly. Some diseases can be managed while others are detrimental, so it's important to ...

Organic cucumbers cultivation. Closeup of fresh green vegetables ripening in glasshouse Cool, crunchy cucumbers are great in salads, pickled, or even eaten plain with a little salt (or is that just me ...

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 ...

Cucumber plants are fairly vulnerable to a wide variety of garden pests. And in order to protect your harvests, you can explore two options. The first is to reach for chemical pesticides at the first ...

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 ...

This approach could not only save your cucumber harvest but also save your hard-earned cash.

Do you wonder why some years your cucumbers have low yields but you’re not quite sure what you did wrong? It might not be you. It could be the finicky "dating and mating habits" of cucumbers that are ...

May is the transition time. Spring blooming plants settle into summer, peach and plum trees hint at the coming harvest, pomegranate flowers swell at the base, promising a plentiful fall crop. Watering ...

Despite the recent chilly weather, we're still planting warm-season vegetables in our gardens. Several of the most popular warm season vegetables grown in the home garden belong to the cucumber family ...