I had somebody tell me to try growing cucumbers in a tomato cage! It was the best decision ever! The tendril connected, and when it got taller than the cage, it climbed downward and around it was so neat to watch, and the yield was amazing! And I’ll always grow cucumbers with tomato cages now ☺️
@@NextdoorHomestead it’s so awesome! I’m wondering if I should do it with my squash? That’s the only thing new I’m adding for spring time is some summer squash and I’m really really really considering trying a tomato cage! 🧐 ♥️
I've been doing some research, many call it the umbrella method. I bet it was fun to watch it grow, I can't wait til mine starts to climb up the twine.
I tried a little experiment when I grew my cucumbers last summer. I put some in a pot with soil, and some in straight up mulch next to my garage. Both grew great Cucumbers, and this was my first time gardening. I also didn’t even get sick
I grow my cucumbers on a 6-foot ladder they cover it completely they grow great so thanks again for the video I'm going to start my seeds and get ready for cucumbers
I planted mine in a pot indoors to start. I was told this helps big seeds germinate I snipped very little of the point off the seed before placing in the soil all of my seeds germinated!
I love the longer videos because I listen to them through ear buds while I do my gardening chores (which some days is about 10 hours straight 😅). I have one spacemaster 80 I grew from seed in a bag, thought it was supposed to only get a few feet... but this thing just keeps getting longer and longer. Unfortunately, all the female flowers end up turning black and falling off, even though I've tried hand pollinating many times. I'm afraid it just might be too hot and humid/sticky out. Same for my tomatoes😢. Lots of chilis though! (Except my capsicum pub. seedlings...not sure what I'm doing wrong but they're still tiny)
ME TOO! Haha you are only the second person in this channel's history to mention that's how they watch gardening videos but I'm all about it. Spacemaster seems like a reasonable choice for the hot weather, sorry it's not panning out =/ Sometimes the heat just wins (like today in my garden...) If you're hand-pollinating and they are still not setting fruit, it's likely a stress related issue. Heat / humidity can certainly do it as can lack of water or poor nutrient uptake. Good luck!
Thank you for the tomato pruning and this cucumber vid! When my sister and I were little my mom used to have a huge salsa garden! Now my husband and I got our first house we started a garden (and my sister moved back home and started a garden back where the old one used to be ha). We successfully grew tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots on the patio of our apartment, so this year we are growing: Tomatoes (Roma, Cherry, Rutgers, Jay Star), zucchini, cucumbers, potatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon, carrots, and lots of herbs. Going well so far but I def wanna to prune and it’s good to know cukes need extra water 🙃🌱✨
Oh wow, that is such a lovely mix. Especially for your second year you should be super proud. Those are some of my favorite veg to grow - and I just checked on our bell peppers and they're starting to fruit! Good luck with your garden this year =)
This is my second year too. The previous year I wanted to give up,it was terrible weather, too much r aim,almost no sunshine at the beginning,then I learned to take care of my garden. late night looking for snails and remove them, and I created a successful mix to spray on the leaves. Superhot chilli,garlic and onions, boil,drain,add 4x more water and ready to keep the nasty beasts away.or grounded chilli to bottom of main stem. I grew tomatoes(beef heart shape,drop shape, twocoloured red green with yellow stripes(this one is a bit bitter-sweet),large pink fleahy ones,and some normal medium sized ones), peppers(pepperoni,small amd large chillis,small drop shape chillis,long curly ones,green large one for filling,and so on,names not remembered.)i had coliflowers,broccolis,and white cabbages. This year i have tomatoes(cherry,beefheart,flesh,medium size,roma and one more),peppers(large green for fillimg,medium long green,medium long red,curly,medium yellow, hot chilli,very hot habanero and some seeds left from last year,but dont know which cause my wife mixed up them.ha.and i have coliflowers again,and some pumpkin,but that one is a random too.just popped out of the soil! haha
I agree with some other comments. I've been growing veggies for a long time and this is the best cucumber video I've seen. I have to try to grow vegetables in the desert and I think there is a lot of good new info in here that will help me. I've subscribed to this channel to see more of what he has to say.
Oh wow, thank you for the kind words! We're not in a desert but sure do have hot, dry summers. It's not easy for plants like cucumbers, that's for sure =) Anyhow, thanks for joining up and I hope you enjoy our future videos too!
I planted cucumbers for the first time in my garden at first I planted just 3 pickling cucumber plants it was slow at first but now it’s towards the end of the season the plant’s are loaded. Next year I will plant so many more they were delicious.
Thank you for all your tips. I grow lots of vegetables and I have never had any luck with cucumbers. I had pretty much given up. Even though it’s late in the season, I think I will try because of all your tips. Thank you.
I always enjoy your content. It is filled with great information and easy to follow. Your voice is so relaxing as well. Gardening can be stressful and you are taking the stress away. ( you should do relaxation videos too!) thanks for another great video and reccomendations
Wow, this is such a nice thing to say! Sometimes I enjoy making videos that are a little bit more low key like this one as well =) And I'm so glad it was informational!
I never thought to fry cucumber then I did with tomato and a high fat (23%) minced beef WOW the cucumber was the star of the show! This veg is arguably one of the best there is just because it's so low on calories but in terms of its vitamins and minerals it packs a punch. A lot of people turn their nose up at "salad stuff" and especially cucumber but it has great health benefits and once you start eating it every day you sort of start craving it. When its fried with tomato and the tomato juices permeate into the cucumber it's indescribable.
I loved the information about pruning the plant and removing the suckers! This now will change the way I care for my cucumbers. I also didn't know they love water! I will also be growing my cucumbers going up from now on!
Omg you've saved my gardening life--or my cucumbers' lives, really. I planted five containers of cucumbers and they all got eaten and I was wondering what on earth to do because they supposedly don't transplant well. Well, looks like I'm going to start some cucumbers in my basement today after work. Thank you for the video!!
I’ve learned that gardeners are super helpful but also tend to follow traditions that may not be based in facts. You’ve got plenty of time to start cucumbers they do well started indoors. Good luck!
For us - and I don't know if this is just us - any seedling in the squash family is the first to get ruined. So we start all our cukes, zucchinis, melons, pumpkins, etc. in pots now. At least if its a seed I don't want to waste =)
All my plants - I use tree containers (20+ gallons). Little leaf varieties produce a crazy amount of cukes, and I've grown them to mid-size w/out bitterness, (but you'll start to get seed development)
Enjoyed your video. I grew beit alpha and it was such a delightful fresh burpless cucumber. Not great for pickling, but it is a good producer and mild tasting. So planting that for eating and boston pickling for canning. Appreciate all you do! Blesssings!
Beit alphas are awesome! There's a lot of different varieties within the beit alpha group these days too if it's working out for you. Best of luck with your cukes this year =)
@NextdoorHomestead hope you have a great growing season too! Gonna plant my next crop of cukes in a week to stagger them. Thanks for the encouragement! I just love growing. It blesses my soul and gives me great peace. Bless you!
Did cucumbers this year going through several stages of potting up, always pushing them to the maximum size at each level. I felt like it kept the energy levels high and the level of expansion was crazy. Should harvest my first batch this weekend. With second batch already halfway grown.
@@NextdoorHomestead just some general Bush Champion variety, will probably try some different ones next season. The garden is growing daily! Thanks for all the help for us home gardeners!
I have just one single cucumber plant, and it's currently spring where I live. Is it possible to just use a tomato stake for it to grow up, instead of using string? Or does it need to be string. Thanks, Gen 💮
😂 my little (enormous) boy LOVES cucumbers, lettuce fresh green beans. Anything crunchy. I die watching him hold a Cucumber with his paws and loving life. ❤️
I really appreciate the visual on the dried-up cucumber leaf. I'm going to assume that's what's happening with mine. This is my first year growing cucumbers and I have tried to variety's and I can definitely see that one seems a lot more straightforward than the other. Thanks for the info! ❤
I am growing in the cooler UK climate. Passandra F1 . Only two plants giving 5-6 mid size cucumbers every day since mid may. No bitter, no male flowers, resistant to powdery mildew. 100% recommended. Needs regular pruning as lots of succers . I keep 3-4 stems per plant and remove the leaves of each node after collection of the fruit from that node so get sun for the rest of the plant and air circulation. Growing in a policarbon green house with raised beds inside.
Interesting, thank you for sharing! I hadn't heard of Passandra before and it seems like a great option for those with access to seeds (seems to be predominately sold in the UK unless I'm mistaken?). Cheers!
@@NextdoorHomestead , something possibly interesting, the regular pruning of the vines and leaves seems to be reviving the plants. And although I have prepared replacement plants, doesn't look like I will be needing them as my first pants which I planted in march are still very vital and keep increasing the productivity. I allowed new suckers to grow at the base of the already bear vine
@@NextdoorHomestead I am not sure. I started growing vegetables only last year first time and I don't have the experience. About passandra F1, I am not sure as well if it is an UK variety. I have very experienced neighbours that gave me one plant last year. This year I ordered seeds online. Your videos are really useful for me. Aubergine growing is a challenge in the UK. And I always collect all the cucumbers on time now and maybe that helps. Thanks.
Great tips! Your voice is mellow and relaxing, and the music in the background is low, which makes it easy to hear and understand you. Very helpful informative video. Thanks!
Oh good, so glad you liked it and the music wasn't too loud =) We've gotten lots of feedback about loud music so it's nice to hear we've gotten a bit better at that!
@@NextdoorHomestead Yes. You do have a lot of deaf old people watching the videos, so it makes it easy if there aren't a lot of background noises. If need be, I slow down the pace of the video to .75 to make sure that I don't have to rewind often, I am thinking that you are a professor in an agriculture school somewhere. Your presentation is excellent and informative. Thank you.
I’m so glad the algorithm led me to your channel today! This was a really helpful video! I do have 1 question. How do I differentiate between male and female flowers? Thank you for the content!
Well thank you very much - glad you enjoyed this one! The easiest way to tell is the female flowers will be shorter and stockier and - most importantly - have a small, immature fruit at their base. Best of luck!
They're so controversial! Some people love the flavor (and they're amazing growth habits) and others don't care for the taste. I sort of fall in the second camp unfortunately =( If you like 'em though, what an awesome variety!
Your channel is so chill. Cucumbers are another thing I don't personally care for, but the wife likes them so I grow them. They're quite pretty plants too.
Haha this comment hits home. I like cukes a lot but really I grow them for my wife too who LOVES them fresh from the garden. Plus, yeah they're so cool looking - especially early summer here before the summer fries 'em =)
What an absolutely great video. It was so pretty en relaxing to look at, and so super informative. I don't know why I didn't look up gardening tips for cucumbers earlier and just winged it, but your video answered about every single issue I might have ever had while growibg snack cucumbers. I absolutely love that you included shots of you working in your own garden. So chill
So incredibly glad to read this feedback. Thank you for sharing =) I would probably not plant them alongside a wisteria just on the basis of that plant being unsafe for consumption. Otherwise, cucumbers are definitely something you can companion plant with so long as you can meet both plants' watering requirements. I like to occasionally plant mine next to something tall like a sunflower to use it as a trellis. Otherwise, small annual herbs are a popular choice. I have dealt with extremely shady gardens as well and have found some level of success with the cucumbers. In most cases, it's about changing your expectations. Some veggies are always better than no veggies =)
So glad it was informative!!! Great question - No, I don't trellis bush cucumbers like this. To some degree, it's going to depend on the specific variety as some of them vine out more than others, but generally I just leave mine be. In transparency, I don't grow bush varieties anywhere near so much =)
Great video! I really learned a few things, thank you! My first year growing the cucumbers were horrible so I didn’t plant them again until last year but your video gave me a lot of info. I have the J.S.S Corinto variety this year
@@jasonwebb5652 a tiny baby cucumber grows out of the stem and the female flower comes out of the end of the baby cucumber. the male flowers grow straight out of the stem. can't miss it once you see it.
New subscriber here bc I learned more from this video than O did from three previous ones where I did not end up subscribing. Looking forward to more vids. Love❤the close-up visual aspect
Great video! Not sure why everyone seems to say you can't bury them stem of cucumbers though. They're able to root from the stem when in contact with soil, like many other naturally sprawling plants. It's also fairly easy to clone your cucumber plants by allowing cuttings to root in soil or water.
I'm certainly willing to change my mind! But I can share why that's my position - I just haven't seen any research indicating that burying the stem deeply improves health or production in cucumbers. So in the absence, I recommend against it as there's always the potential for rot issues with soil on the stem.
I am so glad you shared. My daughter has one plant, and her dogs damaged it. She covered it with soil and asked if it would grow new roots, I said I would try to find out.
Yeah last year my dog got zoomies around my plants and a vine snapped off. I put it in a shot glass with water for a few days out of curiosity and it developed roots. I planted it out about a week later and it did well! I managed to get cukes from it before the cold came so it's absolutely possible
@@BrownEyedGirl14 thank you! My daughter and her husband have 4 energetic doggos, who have presented a bit of a challenge! They are young and medium to low earners, so every insult to their garden is real!
I always put my seed on its side it stops them from rotting also in moist soil and pop them in my airing cupboard having covered and sealed in a plastic bag, look at them every day because they root really quick just a few days sometimes two days!😊
I grew them in the tunnel last year and it was too hot - also they were prickly and bitter - everyone hated them - they were Marketmore; probably the soil and heat. Outside next year! I pot everything because it works better for my garden with the light soil. Like it!
Oh yeah we've been there with our cucumbers! I'm not a big fan (personally) of the classic "homestead" cucumbers anymore for that reason - too much tendency to go bitter in my hot climate.
Thanks! One of the best videos on cucumbers. I’ll try the Corinth next year. It might pay to go with hybrids or more selective varieties with cucumbers as opposed to tomatoes - my sudduth brandywine are killing it as well as anything else this year!
I personally find it well worth experimenting with hybrid cuke varieties (and until recently I was a mostly heirloom guy). Especially if you have a tough climate for them. Best of luck and thank you very much for the kind words!
I had to delay planting cucumbers until late July in my raised bed because my snow peas kept producing and wouldn’t die. I kept the nodules in the ground and planted Beit Alpha and China Jade varieties direct sown and they have been great ! I am sold on those varieties. I planted purple green beans as a companion plant and they have been great as well. Next year I might try to train them I usually let them go wild on cattle panel.
Those are two super solid varieties. And I know the struggle with replacing crops - I'm sitting here with a bunch of unripe pumpkins I want to rip out already to grow my autumn leafy greens!
Thank you for such a great lesson on growing cucumbers. I'll check out your video on the different types of cucumbers. I'm in London and it's the beginning of Feb, is it too soon to start some seeds off in a windowsill propagator?
My Persian cucumber vine about 3-4 feet long, gone over night. Caterpillar (?) nimbled all the leaves. Same thing happened to my 3 feet tall tomato plants! Bought a bottle of Neem Oil spray to protect my tarragon, thyme, and green onion veggies.
0_o. Wow, that sounds super frustrating. Ours are right next to a hedge full of birds. They steal my berries sometimes but do keep the bugs down too - all a balance I suppose. Hope the neem works out for you!
New subscriber. Enjoyed vid. Thanx. Could you recommend seeds for redding CA. Very hot summers. I love idea of burp less and only female flowers and dont require pollination. You mentioned ???CORINTO? Other seed you rec and where can I buy these seeds?? Im doing well with started plants from nursery but with your tips I can feed other families next year. Thanx
I'm in a very hot, dry climate as well. We've had good luck with Corinto and Unagi from Johnny's. If you like the Japanese style cukes, we also like their Nokya line. Fair warning though - I haven't found any variety that really stands up well to 115 degrees and no rain. We have to try and swap in new plants as the old ones get beat up and less productive.
Will the seed packets and/or online veggie summary at Johnny's etc mention those early vocabulary words? If we're "watching for these options," I'm hoping these are listed during shopping.
For the most part with cucumber beetles, I just try to rotate through varieties and try to find the toughest. We will occasionally use insect netting but it's tough with the style of trellis I prefer. Next year I'm going to try a little leaf variety that is resistant to bacterial wilt as well. We also like to grow 3-4 "rounds" of cucumbers in the season so we get multiple shots at timing it right in relation to the bugs lifecycle. But the biggest thing is... we just don't do much about the bugs and try to let the predator species build up to balance it out the following season. Because we don't use any sort of insecticide sprays at all (organic or otherwise), we have to be a little bit more accepting of losses to the bugs.
Thx. All very helpful ideas. We also do not use insecticides. After I saw your video yesterday I pruned the cucumbers and returned later in the day to aid with pollination. Just as I was approaching the female flower with the male I’d picked, a medium sized native bee zoomed in so I left good enough alone. We do have a variety and plenty of flowers throughout the year to support a variety of bees so that probably is not something I’ll need to do. Thx again.
Great video dude. I saw that it was 18 minutes, and thought twice, but you made it worth it. Very good. Also, at one point I wasn't looking at the screen, and I 100% thought I was watching Epic Gardening for a sec 😅 Your voices and cadence are very similar. Can only be a compliment and a good thing though. May you also reach that kind of following. Cheers from Cornwall, England's foot.
Hahaha I would not blame anyone for not clicking an 18 minute gardening tutorial. Just felt like making this one as comprehensive as I knew how I guess =). Glad you ended up liking it! Cheers!
I planted them in the long container added good ol sandy Florida soil and miracle grow and it loves it and makes lots of fruit and that’s it. Maybe i just got lucky and the seeds were sitting in the bag in my toasty garage for few years 😮 also no fancy trellis just some long sticks that fell of my camphor tree. I know horrible 😂. Will see how they taste
Wow, thanks! Been a lot of work to get there. It's basically horrible clay soil that has been amended with *A LOT* of compost and aged manure over the past three years. A lot. Cheers!
I have organic Beit Alpha cucumber seeds (which I've grown before and have been great) I started one tray so far of Beit Alpha cumcumber seeds in a light fluffy organic seed starting soil in seedling trays about 5 days ago. So far nothing has sprouted. I have the tray on a seed heating mat set to about 80F (I put a towel between the seed heating mat and the seedling tray to keep the seedling tray from getting too too warm) Any other tips for getting cuke seeds to germinate faster?
Heya! Most of the time if you think conditions are good and they aren't germinating, it's just a matter of patience =) Otherwise, make sure the top layer of soil where the seeds are is staying moist and that the seeds are reasonably fresh and from a good-quality seed purveyor. Also keep an eye out for signs of mold - the seeds can rot if it's *too* moist.
I found you unexpectedly and ended up really enjoy this episode! I have a frustrating problem: all of my newly transplanted cucumber starts slowly rotted at the soil level! What is causing this? TIA
So glad you liked it! Unfortunately, there can be lots of causes for that =( Some are environmental stressors like poor aeration in the soil or waterlogged soil. Others are diseases like fusarium, verticillium and bacterial wilt. Does your soil seem moist and loose and not dense and muddy?
Some folks certainly do top the primary growing stem on their tomatoes but it's never been my strategy so I don't want to give advice directly on it. Sorry! Here's an article on it that may help: www.gardeningchannel.com/topping-tomato-plants-explained/
Great job, just wish I can find a video of someone showing in great detail how to prune the suckers? I'm not sure exactly which ones you should take off, besides the old and damaged ones.
Really great video, i appreciate all the content. I have read it a few times. I have cucumber in pots and also tomatoes and peppers. This is second year but i hav no fruit on cucumber and peppers . Am not sure wat am doing wrong. I have some tomatoes but they never get red in pot and in the ground. Maybe its the Scottish weather, we don't really get a good summer. I just checked my small 6 inch pot this in my window and i have small cucumber growing whereas outside its nothing. Very odd. Thank you ,i look forward to next video.
thank you beautfiul man ,I am a first time grower (indoors) and i am sad to say I knew nothing about cucumbers untill i started watching some videos I only had 1 female flower and im sad to say I had no idea I should have hand pollinated her She aborted her fruit that was the only one. They are so TINY!!! any way I did as you specified,and plucked off all the dead flowers all dry to a crisp. I thought I had over watered them. 2 plants died from transporting them . They are growing on a heat resistant pallet that I turned into a planter so I twined it and its taken to the twine nicely growing straight up but the leaves are dying off from the bottom. The only insects I worry about are house flies the growth was rampant later after I added fertilizer. I found a channel that said for hearty cucumber to add a warm fresh milk concoction it was fine untill well I did not know about hand pollinating. i guess I better plant some new seeds. I wish you had some advice or Habaneros I save the seeds from what I buy from the store some are from Mexico and the latest ones are rom Porto Ricco...the first batch would not let go of their seeds and died now i have a new batch they all let go of their seeds but they are so small and are so tiny, In desparation, Ive created a makeshift tent and plugged in my warm heat humidifier. I live up North so its slow going. Thank You for the wonderful video. and the advice soooooo needed.🌞
You are so very welcome! Are the cucumbers perking up and starting to set fruit? To be perfectly honest, I do not recommend using milk. I would like to do some videos about hot and super hot peppers next year - I'm sorry I don't have more on that front right now. I just bought some Caribbean Habanero seeds the other day and am excited to try them out. Cheers!
Is it too late now to plant cucumber seeds? Will I still get fruit if I do? Today is 6/15/24 I put seeds inbetween a wet paper towel and set in fridge in enclosed container and they quickly sprouted a week later. I just put those sprouts in little pods of dirt but am curious if it's too late in season for any to bear fruit.
Thanks for another great video! You always make me want to get outside and play in the dirt 😊 You mentioned that you'll throw your succession cucs at the base of the older, established plants. Do you do this in your containers as well?
No problem and thanks for checking it out!!! =) I don't succession crop in the same way in our containers usually, come to think of it. Great question! The roots tend to be more densely balled up and so it's hard to plant in a large, established seedling. I think it would be fine to do a smaller seedling though =) In general, we're just a lot more laid back with the container garden as it's a bit of a combo veggie + ornamental mishmash =)
Cucumbers actually do get advantageous roots, like tomatoes do... So you do want to bury them as deep as you can for more of a root ball. Thank you for the other info, I liked your comment about shade area planting.
No problem! Thank you for watching. They definitely do grow adventitious roots (and I should have been clearer on that - my bad!) but I don't believe there's evidence that inducing those aerial roots is beneficial. Very happy to be wrong, I'm just no aware of any studies on that front so I recommend against it. Do you bury yours deeply? Maybe I need to experiment with it personally!
@@NextdoorHomestead sorry for the delayed response, but anyway: I'm only working on my first year as an active gardener, so my experience has yet to exist. Lol. I have done lots of studying over the last year or 2 in preparation for my first real gardening season. Just can't get enough of it, even after learning, note taking, reading and watching for 100's of hours. I'd have to say bury it a bit deep if you can, you can't go wrong with gaining more roots whenever the option presents itself. Hey, could be a good video experiment for you in the future. Currently mine are past that stage and just now reaching almost 2 ft of growth and flowering finally. They should really take off now I believe. Best of luck to you and yours!
Great vid thanks for sharing. Just a fyi, the first tip you wrote "they can mature without fertilisation" as the heading rather than without being pollinated 🙂
No problem at all! Here's our video on it (it's a common system though if you want to see how others do it too): th-cam.com/video/tRU674-sHR8/w-d-xo.html
I guess I just got lucky. I planted 4 vines right into the dirt from seed (which I've been working to enhance with compost), and all I do is water them, and I'm getting more cucumbers than I can even give away - every single day is a large load of them. I'm pickling some, and we're eating as many as we can. Ideas on what else to do with them?
Haha I love this! Everyone's got a few plants that just seem to do amazingly for them =) My personal favorite cucumber use is a nice cucumber Greek salad. I also just snack on them like crazy. If you want to try a different type of pickling (not meant to last for long periods) I LOVE Japanese tsukemono like this asazuke: sudachirecipes.com/pickled-cucumber-with-ginger/
Hi, thanks a lot for the tremendous information!I thought I know them all,but apparently not. 😅 I have a question. My cucumbers are growing very good.theyare 2-3 feet tall,i started a bit late.the question is if i do any harm with removing all the shoots and buds next to the leaves on the main stem? if i carry on doing so until the stem reaches the top of the support net, will there be no more flowers and cucumbers on the plant? i would do that to accelerate the growing. Or after 2-3 feet i should not carry on? this is the first time i planted cucumners,enjoying a lot,but worried too that i will do something dumb.😅
I would not wait until the plant reaches the top of the trellis to begin letting it flower. The goal is to let it get some roots established but you can definitely wait too long on the flip side =) At two to three feet tall you are probably ok to let them fruit!
Hey, saw your video pop up in my recommend vids, thanks Algorithm! I do have a question, if I have a cucumber plant that is already producing, but hasnt gotten as large as your said, is it still possible to have them produce the cucumbers that it's already doing? Or do you recommend that I prune them and wait for the next batch?
I would personally let them continue producing at that point! Just don't let the fruit get too big and monitor for signs of nutrient deficiencies =) Cheers!
Ok im very new to gardening and i kept wondering why no cucumbers but very healthy plant but it is reaching out over my peas lettuce and into the radish..on the ground..lol how do i hang them now without damaging the entire plant? Lots of flowers and vines on it
I think you'll have to carefully evaluate how tangled up it is. If it's only a few vines, you can try to gently string them up or put them on a vertical net, but it does carry the risk of harming the plant unfortunately =( If the plant is healthy though, it certainly *can* grow and fruit on the ground! Most of just prefer to get those fruits up into the air =) If it were me, I'd probably let it do it's thing and just plant some more cukes! Can always trellis the new ones from the get-go =) Good luck!
Some of the things that I think need to be mentioned when we talk about the newer varieties that are bred to be easier to grow. 1. The cost. cucumber seeds that are gynoecious, parthenocarpic and disease resistant are much more expensive than the standard basic varieties. (some are $1+ PER SEED expensive) 2. The seeds cannot be saved because these varieties tend to be seedless. So the seeds will always have to be repurchased once the original set have been used. (Clone pruned suckers maybe?? that would still only work for a growing season...) Once as a gardener the prospect of healthier plants that have less disease pressure and a potentially more bountiful harvest, brings more pleasure than pain of seed cost and need to regularly re-buy seeds. Then those varieties are a great choice and happy Gardening!
Yep totally! Cost breakdown comments are my favorite kind btw 😁 I still advocate for cheap seeds wherever possible, but not so much with cukes anymore. If you eat (and buy) a lot of them, the economics of massively increasing your output starts to make a lot of sense. I can't imagine most families go through as many cucumbers as mine though 😜
@@NextdoorHomestead in terms of the standalone dollars saved from months of not having to buy fresh Cucumbers vs the cost of the seeds. In my opinion a definite win! And if you ever wonder if your videos make a difference or help ... they do! ill keep you updated on how my ''Qwerty'', "Gershwin" and "Diva" Cucumbers do in my hot and dry season Garden! Thanks for making awesome relatable and actionable content!
A stationary hive of domesticated honey bees should certainly help a lot! If they are in there often and it appears to be working (ie lots of fruit set), I probably wouldn't bother hand-pollinating =) My understanding is they are used and are critical to production in commercial cucumber operations. I'm not an expert on using bee hives intentionally for pollination though, just to be transparent!
We are still learning. In fact, this is my first year really planting. We got a few cucumbers so far but we also have a lot of tomatoes, lettuce but I love the cucumbers.
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Our neighbor gave us cucumber seedling 🌱 and we got the best cucumbers now 🥒
He got the packet seeds from Walmart. I thanked him million times.
Oh nice! You might want to ask him what variety it was!
I got cucumber seeds (heirloom) from farmers that saved them for years and it doesn’t have a quang taste like most bought ones taste like
I had somebody tell me to try growing cucumbers in a tomato cage! It was the best decision ever! The tendril connected, and when it got taller than the cage, it climbed downward and around it was so neat to watch, and the yield was amazing! And I’ll always grow cucumbers with tomato cages now ☺️
Very cool! Thanks for sharing - I love growing them back down too =)
@@NextdoorHomestead it’s so awesome! I’m wondering if I should do it with my squash? That’s the only thing new I’m adding for spring time is some summer squash and I’m really really really considering trying a tomato cage! 🧐 ♥️
@@NextdoorHomestead love watching the little tendrils work there magic 🪄
I've been doing some research, many call it the umbrella method. I bet it was fun to watch it grow, I can't wait til mine starts to climb up the twine.
Yay! That's what I am trying
I think this is the best cucumber video i've ever seen.
That's really awesome to hear. Thank you for saying so!
Yes, my rule is they must have at least one garden dog.
Agreed was thinking the exact same! Sorry young plants I will be picking your first flowers until you develop a solid root system!
I tried a little experiment when I grew my cucumbers last summer. I put some in a pot with soil, and some in straight up mulch next to my garage. Both grew great Cucumbers, and this was my first time gardening. I also didn’t even get sick
Why would you have gotten sick?
I grow my cucumbers on a 6-foot ladder they cover it completely they grow great so thanks again for the video I'm going to start my seeds and get ready for cucumbers
I love reading about everyone's different trellis strategies! Such a fun plant, I really can't wait to start some cuke seeds!!!
I planted mine in a pot indoors to start. I was told this helps big seeds germinate I snipped very little of the point off the seed before placing in the soil all of my seeds germinated!
I love the longer videos because I listen to them through ear buds while I do my gardening chores (which some days is about 10 hours straight 😅). I have one spacemaster 80 I grew from seed in a bag, thought it was supposed to only get a few feet... but this thing just keeps getting longer and longer. Unfortunately, all the female flowers end up turning black and falling off, even though I've tried hand pollinating many times. I'm afraid it just might be too hot and humid/sticky out. Same for my tomatoes😢. Lots of chilis though! (Except my capsicum pub. seedlings...not sure what I'm doing wrong but they're still tiny)
ME TOO! Haha you are only the second person in this channel's history to mention that's how they watch gardening videos but I'm all about it.
Spacemaster seems like a reasonable choice for the hot weather, sorry it's not panning out =/ Sometimes the heat just wins (like today in my garden...)
If you're hand-pollinating and they are still not setting fruit, it's likely a stress related issue. Heat / humidity can certainly do it as can lack of water or poor nutrient uptake. Good luck!
I thumb up every video because you took the time to help people out, good job.
Thank you for the tomato pruning and this cucumber vid! When my sister and I were little my mom used to have a huge salsa garden! Now my husband and I got our first house we started a garden (and my sister moved back home and started a garden back where the old one used to be ha).
We successfully grew tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots on the patio of our apartment, so this year we are growing:
Tomatoes (Roma, Cherry, Rutgers, Jay Star), zucchini, cucumbers, potatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon, carrots, and lots of herbs. Going well so far but I def wanna to prune and it’s good to know cukes need extra water 🙃🌱✨
*and bell pepper :3
Oh wow, that is such a lovely mix. Especially for your second year you should be super proud.
Those are some of my favorite veg to grow - and I just checked on our bell peppers and they're starting to fruit!
Good luck with your garden this year =)
This is my second year too. The previous year I wanted to give up,it was terrible weather, too much r
aim,almost no sunshine at the beginning,then I learned to take care of my garden. late night looking for snails and remove them, and I created a successful mix to spray on the leaves. Superhot chilli,garlic and onions, boil,drain,add 4x more water and ready to keep the nasty beasts away.or grounded chilli to bottom of main stem.
I grew tomatoes(beef heart shape,drop shape, twocoloured red green with yellow stripes(this one is a bit bitter-sweet),large pink fleahy ones,and some normal medium sized ones), peppers(pepperoni,small amd large chillis,small drop shape chillis,long curly ones,green large one for filling,and so on,names not remembered.)i had coliflowers,broccolis,and white cabbages.
This year i have tomatoes(cherry,beefheart,flesh,medium size,roma and one more),peppers(large green for fillimg,medium long green,medium long red,curly,medium yellow, hot chilli,very hot habanero and some seeds left from last year,but dont know which cause my wife mixed up them.ha.and i have coliflowers again,and some pumpkin,but that one is a random too.just popped out of the soil! haha
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I agree with some other comments. I've been growing veggies for a long time and this is the best cucumber video I've seen. I have to try to grow vegetables in the desert and I think there is a lot of good new info in here that will help me. I've subscribed to this channel to see more of what he has to say.
Oh wow, thank you for the kind words! We're not in a desert but sure do have hot, dry summers. It's not easy for plants like cucumbers, that's for sure =)
Anyhow, thanks for joining up and I hope you enjoy our future videos too!
Apparently pineapple and coriander like sandy soil not to mention coconuts.
I planted cucumbers for the first time in my garden at first I planted just 3 pickling cucumber plants it was slow at first but now it’s towards the end of the season the plant’s are loaded. Next year I will plant so many more they were delicious.
Thank you for all your tips. I grow lots of vegetables and I have never had any luck with cucumbers. I had pretty much given up. Even though it’s late in the season, I think I will try because of all your tips. Thank you.
Oh good, I'm so glad you aren't giving up! Most of us have plenty of time left for a round of cucumbers so I think you've got a good shot at it!
I always enjoy your content. It is filled with great information and easy to follow. Your voice is so relaxing as well. Gardening can be stressful and you are taking the stress away. ( you should do relaxation videos too!) thanks for another great video and reccomendations
Wow, this is such a nice thing to say! Sometimes I enjoy making videos that are a little bit more low key like this one as well =)
And I'm so glad it was informational!
Totally agree - came for the info, stayed for the relaxing voice.
@@nickgaidin right? He could totally have another channel just talking about being stress free and nature and such things!
I never thought to fry cucumber then I did with tomato and a high fat (23%) minced beef WOW the cucumber was the star of the show! This veg is arguably one of the best there is just because it's so low on calories but in terms of its vitamins and minerals it packs a punch. A lot of people turn their nose up at "salad stuff" and especially cucumber but it has great health benefits and once you start eating it every day you sort of start craving it. When its fried with tomato and the tomato juices permeate into the cucumber it's indescribable.
Hahaha yes! I'm here for the cucumber love. Going to eat a whole mess of them todaay!
This has been really helpful , as growing cucumbers for the first time this year & already have a baby cucumber growing 😁
Yay! So glad it was helpful. I hope your cukes turn out delicious =)
I loved the information about pruning the plant and removing the suckers! This now will change the way I care for my cucumbers. I also didn't know they love water! I will also be growing my cucumbers going up from now on!
Glad it was informative! And best of luck with your cukes - keeping them well-watered should make for a bigger harvest =)
As someone in the UK, so not the warmest weather ever, cucumbers still grow well, I transplant mine as well and they work great
Omg you've saved my gardening life--or my cucumbers' lives, really. I planted five containers of cucumbers and they all got eaten and I was wondering what on earth to do because they supposedly don't transplant well. Well, looks like I'm going to start some cucumbers in my basement today after work. Thank you for the video!!
I’ve learned that gardeners are super helpful but also tend to follow traditions that may not be based in facts. You’ve got plenty of time to start cucumbers they do well started indoors. Good luck!
For us - and I don't know if this is just us - any seedling in the squash family is the first to get ruined. So we start all our cukes, zucchinis, melons, pumpkins, etc. in pots now. At least if its a seed I don't want to waste =)
All my plants - I use tree containers (20+ gallons).
Little leaf varieties produce a crazy amount of cukes, and I've grown them to mid-size w/out bitterness, (but you'll start to get seed development)
For the past few years I have transplanted cucumbers, tomatoes & corn. Mainly because of the weather & critter troubles in zone 6 b.
I also do container gardening & raised boxes.
Enjoyed your video. I grew beit alpha and it was such a delightful fresh burpless cucumber. Not great for pickling, but it is a good producer and mild tasting.
So planting that for eating and boston pickling for canning.
Appreciate all you do!
Blesssings!
Beit alphas are awesome! There's a lot of different varieties within the beit alpha group these days too if it's working out for you.
Best of luck with your cukes this year =)
@NextdoorHomestead hope you have a great growing season too!
Gonna plant my next crop of cukes in a week to stagger them.
Thanks for the encouragement! I just love growing. It blesses my soul and gives me great peace.
Bless you!
Did cucumbers this year going through several stages of potting up, always pushing them to the maximum size at each level. I felt like it kept the energy levels high and the level of expansion was crazy. Should harvest my first batch this weekend. With second batch already halfway grown.
Nice! What variety you growing this year?
@@NextdoorHomestead just some general Bush Champion variety, will probably try some different ones next season. The garden is growing daily! Thanks for all the help for us home gardeners!
I have just one single cucumber plant, and it's currently spring where I live. Is it possible to just use a tomato stake for it to grow up, instead of using string? Or does it need to be string. Thanks, Gen 💮
Literally is your favorite word and literally you know what your doing
Very nice video. Good tip on starting them in small containers. I do the same. If I direct sow, they end up being eaten by the rolly pollies.
I love all the folks chiming in with the same experience! Such a time and resource saving change for us too.
Cheers!
😂 my little (enormous) boy LOVES cucumbers, lettuce fresh green beans. Anything crunchy. I die watching him hold a Cucumber with his paws and loving life. ❤️
Underrated benefit of the home garden. Carrots are another favorite for my boy
😅My girl wraps her paws around unripe cucumbers 🥒 as though they are her long lost kittens.
I really appreciate the visual on the dried-up cucumber leaf. I'm going to assume that's what's happening with mine. This is my first year growing cucumbers and I have tried to variety's and I can definitely see that one seems a lot more straightforward than the other. Thanks for the info! ❤
No problem! And yeah, with cucumbers the variety is just so critical. Totally different than tomatoes.
Good luck =)
Do you prune cherry tomatoes 🍒 as well? How do you prune them, the same as regular tomatoes? I have sweet 100's
Heya! I actually have a cherry tomato pruning video with my personal advice on that topic =)
I am growing in the cooler UK climate. Passandra F1 . Only two plants giving 5-6 mid size cucumbers every day since mid may. No bitter, no male flowers, resistant to powdery mildew. 100% recommended. Needs regular pruning as lots of succers . I keep 3-4 stems per plant and remove the leaves of each node after collection of the fruit from that node so get sun for the rest of the plant and air circulation. Growing in a policarbon green house with raised beds inside.
Interesting, thank you for sharing! I hadn't heard of Passandra before and it seems like a great option for those with access to seeds (seems to be predominately sold in the UK unless I'm mistaken?).
Cheers!
@@NextdoorHomestead , something possibly interesting, the regular pruning of the vines and leaves seems to be reviving the plants. And although I have prepared replacement plants, doesn't look like I will be needing them as my first pants which I planted in march are still very vital and keep increasing the productivity. I allowed new suckers to grow at the base of the already bear vine
@@oktayosmanov100 Oh, interesting thanks for sharing! I do wonder if your milder summers contributes to the plant's longevity as well.
Cheers!
@@NextdoorHomestead I am not sure. I started growing vegetables only last year first time and I don't have the experience. About passandra F1, I am not sure as well if it is an UK variety. I have very experienced neighbours that gave me one plant last year. This year I ordered seeds online. Your videos are really useful for me. Aubergine growing is a challenge in the UK. And I always collect all the cucumbers on time now and maybe that helps. Thanks.
Great video, just enjoyed first cucumbers of the season in a breakfast salad! Thanks for sharing knowledge, it helps.
Thanks for watching! And for some reason your comment made me want to make some Greek cucumber salad... =)
Awesome video, the best cucumber video I have found so far. May I ask, how often do we need to sprinkle fertiliser on the soil? ~Gen 🌸
Great tips! Your voice is mellow and relaxing, and the music in the background is low, which makes it easy to hear and understand you. Very helpful informative video. Thanks!
Oh good, so glad you liked it and the music wasn't too loud =)
We've gotten lots of feedback about loud music so it's nice to hear we've gotten a bit better at that!
@@NextdoorHomestead Yes. You do have a lot of deaf old people watching the videos, so it makes it easy if there aren't a lot of background noises.
If need be, I slow down the pace of the video to .75 to make sure that I don't have to rewind often,
I am thinking that you are a professor in an agriculture school somewhere.
Your presentation is excellent and informative. Thank you.
I’m so glad the algorithm led me to your channel today! This was a really helpful video! I do have 1 question. How do I differentiate between male and female flowers? Thank you for the content!
Well thank you very much - glad you enjoyed this one!
The easiest way to tell is the female flowers will be shorter and stockier and - most importantly - have a small, immature fruit at their base.
Best of luck!
@@NextdoorHomestead Got it! Thank you!
Ever grown lemon cucumbers? My wife planted some they are doing good. Still young plants only a like 10 inches tall so far.
They're so controversial! Some people love the flavor (and they're amazing growth habits) and others don't care for the taste. I sort of fall in the second camp unfortunately =(
If you like 'em though, what an awesome variety!
Your videos are really good and packed with useful information. Thank you
Well thank you for saying so! I know this was a dense video - so glad it was useful =)
Your channel is so chill.
Cucumbers are another thing I don't personally care for, but the wife likes them so I grow them. They're quite pretty plants too.
Haha this comment hits home. I like cukes a lot but really I grow them for my wife too who LOVES them fresh from the garden. Plus, yeah they're so cool looking - especially early summer here before the summer fries 'em =)
+1 for corinto. Mine has like 8 cucumbers right now where the other variety (Katrina) is half the size with just one or two cucumbers.
Oh good, I'm glad to have some backup on this one. I don't think they're too, too common in home gardens yet. And yeah, the grow SO fast.
Great video! Really like your trellis. I can see how you did the supports, but not sure what you used for the crosspieces
Thank you! This should help: th-cam.com/video/tRU674-sHR8/w-d-xo.html
My first time planting cucumbers so this video was so helpful. New subscriber.
GOOD LUCK! Such a fun endeavor. And I'm so glad to hear it was helpful =)
What an absolutely great video. It was so pretty en relaxing to look at, and so super informative. I don't know why I didn't look up gardening tips for cucumbers earlier and just winged it, but your video answered about every single issue I might have ever had while growibg snack cucumbers. I absolutely love that you included shots of you working in your own garden. So chill
So incredibly glad to read this feedback. Thank you for sharing =)
I would probably not plant them alongside a wisteria just on the basis of that plant being unsafe for consumption. Otherwise, cucumbers are definitely something you can companion plant with so long as you can meet both plants' watering requirements. I like to occasionally plant mine next to something tall like a sunflower to use it as a trellis. Otherwise, small annual herbs are a popular choice.
I have dealt with extremely shady gardens as well and have found some level of success with the cucumbers. In most cases, it's about changing your expectations. Some veggies are always better than no veggies =)
Truly appreciate your excellent teachings
That's awesome - so glad you appreciated it! Hope your cukes do well this year!
Great information! Thank you for the info and for being so through! Do you trellis all types of cucumbers? Even those that can be the bush variety?
So glad it was informative!!!
Great question - No, I don't trellis bush cucumbers like this. To some degree, it's going to depend on the specific variety as some of them vine out more than others, but generally I just leave mine be.
In transparency, I don't grow bush varieties anywhere near so much =)
Great video! I really learned a few things, thank you! My first year growing the cucumbers were horrible so I didn’t plant them again until last year but your video gave me a lot of info. I have the J.S.S Corinto variety this year
Oh nice! I hope you really enjoy them. We went through a lot of bad cucumber seasons to get to good ones, so keep at it 😁
How do you tell the male from the female bloom?
@@jasonwebb5652 a tiny baby cucumber grows out of the stem and the female flower comes out of the end of the baby cucumber. the male flowers grow straight out of the stem. can't miss it once you see it.
Great advise. Just did some stringing up and punched off blooms
Hope they produce like crazy for you! We're starting to swim in cukes already.... I love it! =)
New subscriber here bc I learned more from this video than O did from three previous ones where I did not end up subscribing. Looking forward to more vids. Love❤the close-up visual aspect
So glad to hear it was informative! And welcome to the channel =)
Great video! Not sure why everyone seems to say you can't bury them stem of cucumbers though. They're able to root from the stem when in contact with soil, like many other naturally sprawling plants. It's also fairly easy to clone your cucumber plants by allowing cuttings to root in soil or water.
I'm certainly willing to change my mind! But I can share why that's my position - I just haven't seen any research indicating that burying the stem deeply improves health or production in cucumbers. So in the absence, I recommend against it as there's always the potential for rot issues with soil on the stem.
I am so glad you shared. My daughter has one plant, and her dogs damaged it. She covered it with soil and asked if it would grow new roots, I said I would try to find out.
Yeah last year my dog got zoomies around my plants and a vine snapped off. I put it in a shot glass with water for a few days out of curiosity and it developed roots. I planted it out about a week later and it did well! I managed to get cukes from it before the cold came so it's absolutely possible
@@BrownEyedGirl14 thank you! My daughter and her husband have 4 energetic doggos, who have presented a bit of a challenge! They are young and medium to low earners, so every insult to their garden is real!
I always put my seed on its side it stops them from rotting also in moist soil and pop them in my airing cupboard having covered and sealed in a plastic bag, look at them every day because they root really quick just a few days sometimes two days!😊
I grew them in the tunnel last year and it was too hot - also they were prickly and bitter - everyone hated them - they were Marketmore; probably the soil and heat. Outside next year! I pot everything because it works better for my garden with the light soil. Like it!
Oh yeah we've been there with our cucumbers! I'm not a big fan (personally) of the classic "homestead" cucumbers anymore for that reason - too much tendency to go bitter in my hot climate.
Thanks! One of the best videos on cucumbers. I’ll try the Corinth next year. It might pay to go with hybrids or more selective varieties with cucumbers as opposed to tomatoes - my sudduth brandywine are killing it as well as anything else this year!
I personally find it well worth experimenting with hybrid cuke varieties (and until recently I was a mostly heirloom guy). Especially if you have a tough climate for them.
Best of luck and thank you very much for the kind words!
I had to delay planting cucumbers until late July in my raised bed because my snow peas kept producing and wouldn’t die. I kept the nodules in the ground and planted Beit Alpha and China Jade varieties direct sown and they have been great ! I am sold on those varieties. I planted purple green beans as a companion plant and they have been great as well. Next year I might try to train them I usually let them go wild on cattle panel.
Those are two super solid varieties. And I know the struggle with replacing crops - I'm sitting here with a bunch of unripe pumpkins I want to rip out already to grow my autumn leafy greens!
Thanks a lot. I did lean such a lot from this video.
No problem! So glad it was educational^^
I live in zone 10 could you mention if you're varieties are suitable for warmer climates like Southwest Florida
Corinto is a good hot weather performer! But I haven't tried growing it in the higher humidity and rainfall you'd (I assume) experience.
Can we also plant the suckers removed from the cucumber vine?
Can we air layering the suckers?
Thank you for such a great lesson on growing cucumbers. I'll check out your video on the different types of cucumbers. I'm in London and it's the beginning of Feb, is it too soon to start some seeds off in a windowsill propagator?
Love your videos! Plz keep em comin 💯
My Persian cucumber vine about 3-4 feet long, gone over night. Caterpillar (?) nimbled all the leaves. Same thing happened to my 3 feet tall tomato plants! Bought a bottle of Neem Oil spray to protect my tarragon, thyme, and green onion veggies.
0_o. Wow, that sounds super frustrating. Ours are right next to a hedge full of birds. They steal my berries sometimes but do keep the bugs down too - all a balance I suppose.
Hope the neem works out for you!
New subscriber. Enjoyed vid. Thanx. Could you recommend seeds for redding CA. Very hot summers. I love idea of burp less and only female flowers and dont require pollination. You mentioned ???CORINTO? Other seed you rec and where can I buy these seeds?? Im doing well with started plants from nursery but with your tips I can feed other families next year. Thanx
I'm in a very hot, dry climate as well. We've had good luck with Corinto and Unagi from Johnny's. If you like the Japanese style cukes, we also like their Nokya line. Fair warning though - I haven't found any variety that really stands up well to 115 degrees and no rain. We have to try and swap in new plants as the old ones get beat up and less productive.
Will the seed packets and/or online veggie summary at Johnny's etc mention those early vocabulary words? If we're "watching for these options," I'm hoping these are listed during shopping.
they taste wonderful! no wonder they are so popular.
Yeah for real! Love us some cucumbers. Summer needs to hurry up =)
Didn’t know cucumbers should be pruned. I’ll try that. How do you keep cucumber beetles away? Maybe I need to use more compost. Thx. Great video!
For the most part with cucumber beetles, I just try to rotate through varieties and try to find the toughest. We will occasionally use insect netting but it's tough with the style of trellis I prefer.
Next year I'm going to try a little leaf variety that is resistant to bacterial wilt as well.
We also like to grow 3-4 "rounds" of cucumbers in the season so we get multiple shots at timing it right in relation to the bugs lifecycle.
But the biggest thing is... we just don't do much about the bugs and try to let the predator species build up to balance it out the following season. Because we don't use any sort of insecticide sprays at all (organic or otherwise), we have to be a little bit more accepting of losses to the bugs.
Thx. All very helpful ideas. We also do not use insecticides. After I saw your video yesterday I pruned the cucumbers and returned later in the day to aid with pollination. Just as I was approaching the female flower with the male I’d picked, a medium sized native bee zoomed in so I left good enough alone. We do have a variety and plenty of flowers throughout the year to support a variety of bees so that probably is not something I’ll need to do. Thx again.
If my plant only has 4 true leaves and 2 are full of holes from bugs I guess, should I prune those off or wait until the plant is bigger? Thanks.
I would probably leave them on for a bit. It can be easy to stress such a small plant.
Thank You!!!!! Heading Out To My Garden Now. Great Info Thank You Tons For The Videos. Keep Up Your Fabulous Work!
You are so very welcome! Definitely got more videos in the works - so glad they've been helpful for you =)
Great video dude. I saw that it was 18 minutes, and thought twice, but you made it worth it. Very good.
Also, at one point I wasn't looking at the screen, and I 100% thought I was watching Epic Gardening for a sec 😅 Your voices and cadence are very similar.
Can only be a compliment and a good thing though. May you also reach that kind of following.
Cheers from Cornwall, England's foot.
Hahaha I would not blame anyone for not clicking an 18 minute gardening tutorial. Just felt like making this one as comprehensive as I knew how I guess =). Glad you ended up liking it!
Cheers!
I appreciate your advice sooo much
I appreciate you saying so!
I planted them in the long container added good ol sandy Florida soil and miracle grow and it loves it and makes lots of fruit and that’s it. Maybe i just got lucky and the seeds were sitting in the bag in my toasty garage for few years 😮 also no fancy trellis just some long sticks that fell of my camphor tree. I know horrible 😂. Will see how they taste
Not horrible at all! It's amazing when it all just works out =)
I wish our cukes were that happy without babying!
Your passion for gardening is truly inspiring! 🌿🌟
I am so glad you think so!
Your soil looks like it's so easy to work with. What mix is your soil composed of?
Wow, thanks! Been a lot of work to get there. It's basically horrible clay soil that has been amended with *A LOT* of compost and aged manure over the past three years. A lot.
Cheers!
I have organic Beit Alpha cucumber seeds (which I've grown before and have been great) I started one tray so far of Beit Alpha cumcumber seeds in a light fluffy organic seed starting soil in seedling trays about 5 days ago. So far nothing has sprouted. I have the tray on a seed heating mat set to about 80F (I put a towel between the seed heating mat and the seedling tray to keep the seedling tray from getting too too warm) Any other tips for getting cuke seeds to germinate faster?
Heya! Most of the time if you think conditions are good and they aren't germinating, it's just a matter of patience =)
Otherwise, make sure the top layer of soil where the seeds are is staying moist and that the seeds are reasonably fresh and from a good-quality seed purveyor. Also keep an eye out for signs of mold - the seeds can rot if it's *too* moist.
I found you unexpectedly and ended up really enjoy this episode!
I have a frustrating problem: all of my newly transplanted cucumber starts slowly rotted at the soil level! What is causing this? TIA
So glad you liked it! Unfortunately, there can be lots of causes for that =(
Some are environmental stressors like poor aeration in the soil or waterlogged soil. Others are diseases like fusarium, verticillium and bacterial wilt. Does your soil seem moist and loose and not dense and muddy?
I tried burpless cucumbers last year and had a lot less trouble w/ Beetles.
Oh nice! Always a boon to find some that are less insect-prone =)
First of all great video! Thanks for all the tips.
I’d like to know how I can top my plants after they reached a certain height?
Some folks certainly do top the primary growing stem on their tomatoes but it's never been my strategy so I don't want to give advice directly on it. Sorry!
Here's an article on it that may help: www.gardeningchannel.com/topping-tomato-plants-explained/
Thanks for your reply!
Great job, just wish I can find a video of someone showing in great detail how to prune the suckers? I'm not sure exactly which ones you should take off, besides the old and damaged ones.
Oh, fair enough - good feedback! Maybe we need to make a cucumber pruning video!
I truly love planting everything a foot apart and in that extra space I'll plant something else something like turnips
That's even better! I don't think I talked about interplanting in this video but it's a cool practice for sure!
Really great video, i appreciate all the content. I have read it a few times. I have cucumber in pots and also tomatoes and peppers. This is second year but i hav no fruit on cucumber and peppers . Am not sure wat am doing wrong. I have some tomatoes but they never get red in pot and in the ground. Maybe its the Scottish weather, we don't really get a good summer. I just checked my small 6 inch pot this in my window and i have small cucumber growing whereas outside its nothing. Very odd. Thank you ,i look forward to next video.
Very helpful details! Thank you!
No problem! Thanks for watching^^
Thank you!This has been quite helpful!
Helpful is my goal =)
Thank you for watching!
thank you beautfiul man ,I am a first time grower (indoors) and i am sad to say I knew nothing about cucumbers untill i started watching some videos I only had 1 female flower and im sad to say I had no idea I should have hand pollinated her She aborted her fruit that was the only one. They are so TINY!!! any way I did as you specified,and plucked off all the dead flowers all dry to a crisp. I thought I had over watered them. 2 plants died from transporting them . They are growing on a heat resistant pallet that I turned into a planter so I twined it and its taken to the twine nicely growing straight up but the leaves are dying off from the bottom. The only insects I worry about are house flies the growth was rampant later after I added fertilizer. I found a channel that said for hearty cucumber to add a warm fresh milk concoction it was fine untill well I did not know about hand pollinating. i guess I better plant some new seeds. I wish you had some advice or Habaneros I save the seeds from what I buy from the store some are from Mexico and the latest ones are rom Porto Ricco...the first batch would not let go of their seeds and died now i have a new batch they all let go of their seeds but they are so small and are so tiny, In desparation, Ive created a makeshift tent and plugged in my warm heat humidifier. I live up North so its slow going. Thank You for the wonderful video. and the advice soooooo needed.🌞
You are so very welcome! Are the cucumbers perking up and starting to set fruit? To be perfectly honest, I do not recommend using milk.
I would like to do some videos about hot and super hot peppers next year - I'm sorry I don't have more on that front right now. I just bought some Caribbean Habanero seeds the other day and am excited to try them out.
Cheers!
New subscriber here. Great video.
Super informative but simple to understand. And no filler just the good stuff.
Thanks
You're very welcome! So glad to have you join the channel - hope you enjoy the future videos as well =)
how did you make the trellis for the cukes? I see the green fence posts, but what is on top in order to put the pole across? Thank you love this video
Is it too late now to plant cucumber seeds? Will I still get fruit if I do? Today is 6/15/24 I put seeds inbetween a wet paper towel and set in fridge in enclosed container and they quickly sprouted a week later. I just put those sprouts in little pods of dirt but am curious if it's too late in season for any to bear fruit.
Very much depends on how long your season stays warm. I will definitely still be planting more cukes this year, but I have a long growing season =)
@@NextdoorHomestead I'm in San Diego
@@tochashona one of the best places on earth as far as I'm concerned! Yep, I'd definitely still plant cukes.
Excellent video! You taught me about all the issues I have
Well thank you very much! Glad it was helpful and good luck with your cukes this year!
Thanks for another great video! You always make me want to get outside and play in the dirt 😊 You mentioned that you'll throw your succession cucs at the base of the older, established plants. Do you do this in your containers as well?
No problem and thanks for checking it out!!! =)
I don't succession crop in the same way in our containers usually, come to think of it. Great question! The roots tend to be more densely balled up and so it's hard to plant in a large, established seedling. I think it would be fine to do a smaller seedling though =)
In general, we're just a lot more laid back with the container garden as it's a bit of a combo veggie + ornamental mishmash =)
So much information. Thanks love you.
No problem at all - glad it was informative =)
@@NextdoorHomestead gooooood answer
Cucumbers actually do get advantageous roots, like tomatoes do... So you do want to bury them as deep as you can for more of a root ball. Thank you for the other info, I liked your comment about shade area planting.
No problem! Thank you for watching.
They definitely do grow adventitious roots (and I should have been clearer on that - my bad!) but I don't believe there's evidence that inducing those aerial roots is beneficial. Very happy to be wrong, I'm just no aware of any studies on that front so I recommend against it.
Do you bury yours deeply? Maybe I need to experiment with it personally!
@@NextdoorHomestead sorry for the delayed response, but anyway: I'm only working on my first year as an active gardener, so my experience has yet to exist. Lol. I have done lots of studying over the last year or 2 in preparation for my first real gardening season. Just can't get enough of it, even after learning, note taking, reading and watching for 100's of hours. I'd have to say bury it a bit deep if you can, you can't go wrong with gaining more roots whenever the option presents itself. Hey, could be a good video experiment for you in the future. Currently mine are past that stage and just now reaching almost 2 ft of growth and flowering finally. They should really take off now I believe. Best of luck to you and yours!
Thank you! You are a wealth of knowledge. 🙏💎🌱🎶
You're so welcome! Thanks for the kind words^^
Great vid thanks for sharing. Just a fyi, the first tip you wrote "they can mature without fertilisation" as the heading rather than without being pollinated 🙂
Thanks - good catch! I do need to be more careful differentiating the two =)
And very glad you liked the video!
I’m excited to try a double leader this year with some of cukes. Thank you!
You're so welcome! Any fun varieties?
@@NextdoorHomestead I might try it with one of the pickling kinds - excelsior. Our fave is Manny! Growing in a greenhouse up here in Alaska.
@nextdoor homestead Thank you. This video was very informative. Could you provide a link to the trellis system you used.
No problem at all! Here's our video on it (it's a common system though if you want to see how others do it too):
th-cam.com/video/tRU674-sHR8/w-d-xo.html
I guess I just got lucky. I planted 4 vines right into the dirt from seed (which I've been working to enhance with compost), and all I do is water them, and I'm getting more cucumbers than I can even give away - every single day is a large load of them. I'm pickling some, and we're eating as many as we can. Ideas on what else to do with them?
Haha I love this! Everyone's got a few plants that just seem to do amazingly for them =)
My personal favorite cucumber use is a nice cucumber Greek salad. I also just snack on them like crazy.
If you want to try a different type of pickling (not meant to last for long periods) I LOVE Japanese tsukemono like this asazuke: sudachirecipes.com/pickled-cucumber-with-ginger/
I love cucumber water… just tastes so fresh… if you can’t eat em all might as well let them flavor your water, too 💦 🥒
Hi, thanks a lot for the tremendous information!I thought I know them all,but apparently not. 😅 I have a question. My cucumbers are growing very good.theyare 2-3 feet tall,i started a bit late.the question is if i do any harm with removing all the shoots and buds next to the leaves on the main stem? if i carry on doing so until the stem reaches the top of the support net, will there be no more flowers and cucumbers on the plant? i would do that to accelerate the growing. Or after 2-3 feet i should not carry on? this is the first time i planted cucumners,enjoying a lot,but worried too that i will do something dumb.😅
I would not wait until the plant reaches the top of the trellis to begin letting it flower. The goal is to let it get some roots established but you can definitely wait too long on the flip side =)
At two to three feet tall you are probably ok to let them fruit!
Ok, thank you
Very knowledgeable. ❤Thank you!
You're quite welcome! And thank *you* for giving it a watch =)
Thank you so much for this amazing video
No problem! Hope it's proving helpful =)
Thank you for sharing this information with us
You're so welcome and thank you kindly for watching!
Great video totally follow recommendations
Thank you for saying so! And good luck with your cukes this year^^
Hey, saw your video pop up in my recommend vids, thanks Algorithm!
I do have a question, if I have a cucumber plant that is already producing, but hasnt gotten as large as your said, is it still possible to have them produce the cucumbers that it's already doing? Or do you recommend that I prune them and wait for the next batch?
I would personally let them continue producing at that point! Just don't let the fruit get too big and monitor for signs of nutrient deficiencies =)
Cheers!
@@NextdoorHomestead Will do that, I am seeing growth, albeit not too terribly much yet. Patience and some TLC. I can do that!
great channel, straight to the point and nice voice to listen to
Ah, thank you kindly! So glad you're liking it =)
Ok im very new to gardening and i kept wondering why no cucumbers but very healthy plant but it is reaching out over my peas lettuce and into the radish..on the ground..lol how do i hang them now without damaging the entire plant? Lots of flowers and vines on it
I think you'll have to carefully evaluate how tangled up it is. If it's only a few vines, you can try to gently string them up or put them on a vertical net, but it does carry the risk of harming the plant unfortunately =(
If the plant is healthy though, it certainly *can* grow and fruit on the ground! Most of just prefer to get those fruits up into the air =)
If it were me, I'd probably let it do it's thing and just plant some more cukes! Can always trellis the new ones from the get-go =)
Good luck!
I did cucumber in a pot and omg its growing non stop I don't even have place anymore to attach and help the growing xD
Haha I love it! Out of control growth is fun in its own way =)
@@NextdoorHomestead its so out of control that it had taken for hostage my tomatos xD
@@airmedic0072 Ahhhh, that's less fun! Hope you get it under wraps =)
Some of the things that I think need to be mentioned when we talk about the newer varieties that are bred to be easier to grow.
1. The cost. cucumber seeds that are gynoecious, parthenocarpic and disease resistant are much more expensive than the standard basic varieties. (some are $1+ PER SEED expensive)
2. The seeds cannot be saved because these varieties tend to be seedless. So the seeds will always have to be repurchased once the original set have been used. (Clone pruned suckers maybe?? that would still only work for a growing season...)
Once as a gardener the prospect of healthier plants that have less disease pressure and a potentially more bountiful harvest, brings more pleasure than pain of seed cost and need to regularly re-buy seeds. Then those varieties are a great choice and happy Gardening!
Yep totally! Cost breakdown comments are my favorite kind btw 😁
I still advocate for cheap seeds wherever possible, but not so much with cukes anymore. If you eat (and buy) a lot of them, the economics of massively increasing your output starts to make a lot of sense.
I can't imagine most families go through as many cucumbers as mine though 😜
@@NextdoorHomestead in terms of the standalone dollars saved from months of not having to buy fresh Cucumbers vs the cost of the seeds. In my opinion a definite win!
And if you ever wonder if your videos make a difference or help ... they do! ill keep you updated on how my ''Qwerty'', "Gershwin" and "Diva" Cucumbers do in my hot and dry season Garden! Thanks for making awesome relatable and actionable content!
@@lorettabenjamin5600 Please, please do! Hot-weather cucumber gardens are a favorite topic of mine ;)
Great video! We have bee hives so do I still need to pollinate the cucumber plant still?
A stationary hive of domesticated honey bees should certainly help a lot! If they are in there often and it appears to be working (ie lots of fruit set), I probably wouldn't bother hand-pollinating =) My understanding is they are used and are critical to production in commercial cucumber operations.
I'm not an expert on using bee hives intentionally for pollination though, just to be transparent!
We are still learning. In fact, this is my first year really planting. We got a few cucumbers so far but we also have a lot of tomatoes, lettuce but I love the cucumbers.
If you're getting lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers your first year, you're doing GREAT! Keep at it =)
@@NextdoorHomestead thank you. I was really excited to see everything looking so great
Awesome video, thanks 😊
What fertilizer do you recommend?