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Growing Cucumbers

The Gardenerd.com Tip of the Week for March 9, 2012. It’s time to plant spring crops, and in some places summer crops. Here in Southern California, it’s a great time to…

Growing Poona Kheera Cucumbers

With Monsanto's renegade GMO wheat in the news, the importance of growing and preserving heirloom and open pollinated seed is even more evident. Every year we plant and heirloom we've…

Growing Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumbers

They look like tiny watermelons, but taste like cucumbers. What the heck are they? That's what most people say when they lay eyes on a Mexican Sour Gherkin cucumber. It's…

The ever-versatile cucumber isn’t held in high esteem here at Gardenerd (much like bell peppers, its flavor takes over everything it touches), but
we’ve come to love them–and grow them–for the express purpose of making
spa water or pickles, or perhaps they find their way into a nori roll or Tadzhik. Over the years we’ve grown several heirloom varieties, but
our …

Growing Lemon Cucumbers

They may look like lemons, but they taste just like cucumbers. That’s because they are cucumbers – lemon cucumbers. These little unusual beauties are one of my favorite heirlooms to grow, and in
recent years, we’re starting to see them become more popular – to the point that the plants are being sold at nurseries. Oh lemon cuc, you’ve made it to the big time!

I have to admit, my first few years trying to grow lemon cucumbers, or any cucumber at all, were disastrous. The coastal weather would stunt the growth, then powdery …