Nothing says summer like a burger off the grill topped with crispy, homemade pickles. And where do those pickles come from? The oft-overlooked cucumber. While there are two primary types of ...

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 ...

Cucumbers should be the first veggie you ever grow. They're extremely easy to grow and get a huge pay off with tons of cucumbers. Even if you don't have a vegetable patch, you can grow them in pots ...

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 ...

The use of an endemic plant as rootstock has many merits but its application for cucurbits production has not been extensively investigated. The present study determined the growth responses of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When choosing companion plants—also referred to as ‘plant guilds’—there are a number of factors to ...

Conceptual models depicting the possible mechanisms involved in P nutrition in the plant-soil systems fertilized with FePO 4 nanofertilizer (NF) (FePNF) or conventional fertilizer triple ...

Researchers tested citrate-capped FePO4 nanofertilizer vs. triple superphosphate, assessing plant growth, nutrient uptake, and soil-microbe interactions. (Nanowerk News) Phosphorus deficiency is a ...

Something is wrong with my cucumbers, leaves are fuzzy-looking with white spots and also yellow spots that turn brown. What is the cause and what can I do about this? This is most likely due to ...