Cucumbers are usually eaten raw, simply sliced or in a salad. Cucumbers are also commonly used to make pickles, though many other vegetables can be used for pickling.
- Good Companions
- Fauna attracted to Cucumber
- Diseases common with Cucumber
- Plant Origin
- India and other parts of Asia, then Europe
- Nutrition
- Vitamins: C Minerals: potassium Other: high water content
- Family
- Cucurbit Family
- Water
- Drip irrigation. Spray on mature plants can encourage powdery mildew.
- Spacing
- 2 seeds every 2 feet
- Depth
- 1/2" deep
- Notes
- Thin plants to one every 5-6"
- When to harvest
- Harvest as ready. Stop harvesting 1-2 weeks before first student harvest.
- Harvesting Tips
- Ready when fruit is 6-8" long. Lemon cucumbers - ready when fully light yellow and 2-3" in diameter. (Yellow/orange is a bit past ripe.) Cut stem to avoid pulling plants.