I updated the video description to include links to the seeds featured in this video! 🙂 TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Cucumber Growing Tips 1:54 Tip #1: Cucumber Pollination 5:12 Parthenocarpic Cucumbers 6:52 Favorite Cucumber Variety #1 7:47 Favorite Cucumber Variety #2 8:43 Favorite Cucumber Variety #3 9:56 Favorite Cucumber Variety #4 10:36 Tip #2: Trellising Cucumbers 13:38 Tip #3: NEVER Let Cucumbers Mature 16:05 Tip #4: Fertilizing Cucumbers 20:03 Tip #5: Keep Cucumbers Cool 24:49 Adventures With Dale
If you have too much cucumbers like I have aech years, you must try give now and than give one for Dale , I give my dog in the season every other day a cucumber and man , he love it ! He shew it laying in the grass like it's a bone ! 😊
This was a great video. You don't know how much you need videos like this until you start growing cucumbers. Same thing with watermelons. Watermelons can be tricky that is why I am going to start a "land-race" on them to produce the hardiest growing as well as taste. Are you familiar with landrace growing to get as sturdy and tasty crop as possible? It takes at least 3 years of cross palliation to start getting really sturdy crops.
@@curiouscat4377 Fresh is always better, but in a pinch you gotta get some dill in there. Dried will have to do. I can 30 qts a year and always have fresh dill in the garden
Inexperienced cucumber grower here! Had NO idea that letting just one cucumber ripe would essentially shut down the entire plant. Hence last year likely why I only got two cucumbers off the vine before it peaced out. Now I know better, my current cucumber vine is looking so healthy, and now I'm just waiting for it to get large enough and start flowering.
Unfortunately, it's true. But, the converse is also true - the more you pick, the more you get. So that's pretty awesome. Pick the cucumbers when they're still small, before they reach their full size, and you'll be inundated with cucumbers as long as you fertilize them enough and water them enough to keep up with the production.
I've grown (if you can call it that) cucumbers for years and got terrible crops bc I also didn't know this. Thought it was my soil even though I tested it. I've watched so many videos and it wasn't until this year that I'm hearing everyone talk about them being single producers! I'm so excited to see how my plants do this year!!
This guy is teaching basic Kindergarden botany. It surpirses me that anyone who gardens seriously (unlike U) wud not know that once a plant flowers and prodces ripe fruit: it shuts down. The trik is to know when to pik em. Soo basic like knowing when to change the tires on ur car.
For cucumbers I recommend growing them on tomatoes cages. It allows you to train 2-3 pants in one container to grown around it in circles & the kicker is the more things they grab on to the more cucumbers they put out. The cages I recommend are the one your build your self with 3 - 4 metal stakes and the plastic clips that connect them into a triangle or square. In my experience I get 2-3 times the production per plant than I did stringing them up for years.
I just started growing cucumbers last year. I watch a video and did the basics, never mentioned pulling them off before ripening, I lost that plant. Told me when you see the 2 yellow flowers pull the 1 flower off. All season (And I live in south western Pennsylvania so not a lot of season ) I might have gotten 6-8 cucumbers 🥒. I found you on you tube. I’m soooo grateful, you explain a lot now I understand better. This video I saved so I’m going to look up the type I have and go from there. I appreciate you so much.
Hmm, that previous video you mentioned sounds questionable. I never remove flowers. I also don't prune or recommend pruning cucumbers. They're vines, and they're happiest when they grow unencumbered. In fact, cutting them can release scents that attract insect pests. The less you mess with them, the better in my opinion. I'm glad the video was helpful!
I have allowed a patch of clover to grow in my yard. I now have consistant bee's. It has made a huge difference, and surprisingly the patch is a focal part of the yard and makes me feel better helping my bee population.
@plainandtouchoffancy8314 We have Sweet Basil in our veggie patch. Bees really like the flowers. I also find the beds with the basil have less pests too.
Started watching your channel about 3 years ago when I did an intensive gardening season. It was always one of my favorites. Coming back a few years later I'm so pleased to see how the channel has grown. You're deserving of a great big audience.
Ordered parthenocarpic cucumber seeds last week and plan to implement all of these tips. Shade cloth is so important here in Texas. The hidden cucumber that gets too mature is so frustrating! I think that along with mostly male flowers was responsible for a failed early cucumber harvest. I appreciate these tips!
Shade cloth isn't important in Texas...it's *essential*! 😄 I can't believe how many folks don't use it. I'm doing my best to spread the awareness. It's the difference between a thriving garden and no garden.
I’m one of the many who watched your video and bought the Party Time seeds from Burpee’s. I started sharing them through my garden group and they’ve quickly became the favorite variety. I will definitely be saving the seeds for next growing season. Thank you!
Haven’t watched yet, BUT I HAVE BANANAS!!!!!!!!!!!!! After watching your video, I did what you said to do and I just had another flower open with 2 more hands of bananas!!!!
Me again. I canned pickles too! :-) Sweet, dill! And just ate em! Or cut up with onions in vinegar and water and salt/pepper. My daddy loved em like that - so did my family! Throw me a handful of cukes bud. I could sure go for a few right now! :-) OK - my cukes made all kinds of cukes. Oh yeah. Don't ask me if they were Bi or whatever. LOL Never had a problem. Maybe I just don't remember! Ya know 3/4 of a century does that to ya! I NEVER brushed my cukes. Oh no! LOL We grew pickling cukes, salad cukes, just snacking cukes. :-) Watch those words bud - sounds sort of bad. :-) You have to forgive me - I just love to be ornery. I guess I need to find that whatever type you are talking about - because I want some cukes next summer. Yup. Oh - I have 3 raised beds to put together - so I can have some veggies - I sold my acreage so - no huge gardens for me! That's mean - taking a nice bite of that crunchy cuke! Oh man! OK, I am going to do a Merlin! I have heirloom seeds put back so if things get dicey, I have my old-time seeds. I can keep seeds out of what they grow too. I used cattle panels (the welded wire panels). And did really good. I like those clips. I will need some of those. I was just thinking, they can hide big time. Lots of great information. You explain things really well. Boy, they have you loaded with ads. Goodness. A question - I always lived on acreage - well water to water my gardens. What do you do about the mess in town water???? With three raised beds I could do shade cloth - my big gardens on acreage - nope. Gorgeous garden - gorgeous plants! Great job!
Totally subscribed! I've been growing cucumbers for a couple of years, and didn't know that cucumbers needed to be pollinated! I have already successfully grown corn knowing this! Thank you, this changes everything for my cucumber harvest!
Oh yes, if you're growing typical monoecious varieties of cucumbers, they will require pollination or you'll get no fruit. This is a problem a lot of growers have. When those baby cucumbers turn yellow and drop, that's lack of pollination.
Merlin Merlin Merlin. I live in central very sandy Florida. I have not gotten a cake to produce in the four years I have been trying to grow. Years of amending and trying many varieties, I watched your video on cakes. You said that Merlin blew you away. I bought the seeds for them, planted in mid sept and today , Merlin has 4 flowers, every single one is a female, cuke producing one.. TY millennial . You are my number one utube gardener .
I’m super Green ( hehe ) at growing veggies… i have done a lot of finding out what NOT to do just by trial and error… but i have to say finding your channel has been an HUGE help with figuring out this growing thing lol i don’t have enough land to plant things but i have started a bunch of containers with a few of the bush beans seeds and transferring them to a bigger container after they get big enough has been a huge help. Watching and re watching your vids is very educational for someone who had NO CLUE on what i was doing lol thank you!!
I've gotten better with my cucumber harvest thanks to following your channel. When overwhelmed with so much harvest, besides canning etc., I've discovered cucumber lemonade sweetened with honey. Just wow! Yes, I know that's been around for a while, but I'm just getting started with over abundance 😊
So grateful I found your channel! Been binge watching for weeks now..I’ve tried to grow cucumber 🥒 and zucchini in summer and my plants have always struggled ugh I barely got like 4 cucumber in about 3 plants in previous years :( now I know why, I’ve recently transplanted some in container 2.5 weeks ago and followed all your fertilizer recommendations and today I have some baby cucumber and zucchini flowering and the plants are luscious and thriving! Thank you so much ❤
I'm glad I can help! Make sure you pick these fruits early and often. Especially cucumbers. If you let your cucumbers get too large and start to turn yellow on the vine, the vines will die. You cannot allow a single fruit to reach maturity. Once the vines produce mature seed, they quit. The earlier and more often you pick them, the more the vines will produce. Check the undersides of your squash plant leaves regularly for pest eggs. That is what usually kills squash vines. Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
I am one of those gardeners for the last five years I only get one or two cucumbers each year. Watched your videos and tried everything I can, but to my dismay this year is the same. I am so anxious to be an expert gardener for more cucumbers. 🙂
If you apply these tips, it should work. It's either a cultural problem or an environmental problem - not picking enough, not fertilizing enough, improper irrigation practices, improper temperatures (too cold at night under 55F or too hot/sunny during the day). It takes trial and error to figure out these things.
I always watch your videos to criticize. 45 years experience and I still learn. Nailed this one. Perfect! You turned me on to the BEIT ALPHA awhile back. My best producers are the Beit Alpha, Diva and green dragon where I live. I start all mine off with Calcium Nitrate. Never give up!
Beit Alpha's are really good. I think you may like Merlin even better! It's very similar, but it's even more productive. They're also straighter and more symmetrical.
@@TheMillennialGardener this year I had a cucumber vine break off I just stuck it back in the dirt and it looked like it was going to die for about a week and then it just started growing again
I am about an hour and half north of you. I took your advice from a previous videos and purchased some shade cloths. It is the 2nd week of having put one over the cucumbers and tomatoes and this week, with the heat coming and high UV, put one over the bell peppers that were looking a bit stressed. I am already seeing a big difference in lack of stress on the cucumber and tomato plants. Definite change and less water required. Thanks for the tip.
OMG .... YOU ARE A SUPER STAR... I had NO IDEA why I was successful some seasons and not as much others. You have completely opened my eyes to some of the changes that I need to make. I've always grown my cukes upright, but the last few seasons got slammed with cucumber beetles mid season. SO FRUSTRATING. From watching your videos I've learned what to plant, what NOT to do and what TO DO to be more successful and get the dozens and dozens of cucumbers that I've enjoyed some years. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'm glad the video was enlightening. I've had a ton of success doing it this way in a difficult climate, so I'm sure most can be successful doing these things.
@@BerryBlessedandCovered thankfully I had cucumbers for most of last season. This year I am not planting them in the same area. I've moved the plants to another location and even have one in a huge pot. I'll try to follow some of the tips given and see what happens.
I'm in Central Texas which has it's own set of challenges. And cucumbers have been one of those struggles for me. As usual.. so many points made in this video explain why I struggle. I'm looking forward to next year so I can have a do-over lol. Thanks.
You can still plant them! I learned from this guy that you need them “staged “ because they live and die so fast. I just planted two small plants 10 days ago the way he plants and I got flowers on both this morning!
I'm in south Texas and already started seeds inside for a second harvest. We are very fortunate to have long grow seasons. Up north where I'm from, there's only one season.
Shade cloth is 100% mandatory where you grow. Something in the 40-50% range is, literally, a requirement to keep your garden alive. If you add it, I think you'll be stunned how much better everything will grow.
I live here in southern New England, zone 6B where I only have between 150 to 180 frost free days and I still do three successions of a few things like cucumbers and summer squash! (it's supposed to be 150, but we seem to not be getting frosts until November over the last decade or so and the actual number has been 180 for at least the last five years I've been keeping track, including last year with a late frost!) Oddly enough, I have a big oak tree just to the northeast of my main garden that provides a little dappling of the light from about 1-3 pm during the main part of the season and plants seem to actually do better there than in the 12 plus hours of direct sun!
Great video ! Thank you. I am now paranoid about my cucumbers. They are a McKensie brand ( I'm up here in Canada ) and they are labeled as "hybrid" 100% female flowers, no pollination needed, and they are growing like crazy at this point. I need to get out to my garden and check them after I finish this comment LOL. I started off a bunch way too early ( April ) and the amount already on the vines is staggering. Love your channel, thank you for the reminder about picking them ! Pretty sure u went into this in another video last year, but it is SO IMPORTANT to keep people reminded about this, as not everyone sees every video. Love your style, and your no BS approach. Thanks again, Mark in Canada. ( I have little vids of my cucumbers on my channel ) - if this can't be on this comment please let me know and I'll delete that last bit. Thanks again for the great video.
All my seeds I planted in the greenhouse were a fail so we direct seeded and planted 2 established store bought plant.they are coming up good from direct sow but alas now that it's time to harvest my bucket potatoes I see a cucumber growing and producing among them!
Silly puerile response. Cux ripen and SPOIL quikly, and need refrigeration and evaporative packaging as they r 90++% H2O. U r suggesting giving mush to ur food bank, give em cans instead. or better still give the food bank receptors a JOB if U r truly altruistic as you prosthesilize.
Your tips have blown my garden out the water this year I’ve been using every one of your tips and my garden and plants have been doing sooooo much better
Nice analogy..." naked in the desert in June " ... poor plants !, no wonder the leaves shrivel when the sun is beating on them. I do feel for my plants and want the best for them.
Remember the old ads for bringing pets indoors in the winter that said, "If you're cold, they're cold?" It's like that. If the sun is burning you, it's burning them, too.
Hey, Dale reminds me of my grandfurbaby, Winston. Love the brindle markings. Those strong jaws! Thank you for another cool video. I really appreciate UA-cam gardeners because it saves me so much time. I'm in No. Cal., and we absolutely have to use shade cloths, unless there are enough shade trees available. I'm trying Diva cucumbers this year. CaliKim's seeds seem to be working. I use the bone meal and organic fertilizer combo, but I add worm castings. I like the vining techniques with the cable and twine. I'm going to try that and see if I can get party time seeds. lol Take care. 😊
First rate video. The crunch of that cucumber that you broke in half made my mouth water! I grew cucumbers up strings years ago. It's by far the best way in my opinion. Not only is it easier to find all the cucumbers to pick, but the individual cucumber is usually much prettier than one grown on the ground. String grown specimens are usually more straight and they don't have an off colored side where they touched the ground. I'm in southeast Texas and would probably benefit from shade cloth. I don't know anyone around here that uses it, but what you say makes a lot of sense. I have not seen the tomato hooks either. Good thing I came out from under my rock and watched this video. I always felt like a bit of a failure since my vines never did well after a few months. Now I know why. Therapy averted! I'm growing my sweet potatoes in 20 gallon grow bags thanks to one of your videos. I purchased light beige ones, instead of black ones, based on the comment section. The only thing about the grow bags is that they are so darn ugly! I ended up building a frame around my group of bags to make it look more like a raised bed. I did 2 rows of 5 bags, with 2 plants per bag. The group of ten bags fit perfectly into a 4x8 frame. Hopefully the vines won't be too crowded as they grow. Round bags seem like they waste space. It seems like square grow bags would be more efficient, but I couldn't find any. Thanks for a great video!
Cucumbers that grow on the ground often curl up. When they hang, they are usually nice and straight. Where you live...I'm sorry...but you'd be absolutely crazy to not use shade cloth! Every year, I receive hundreds of comments from folks in Texas saying their garden is dead come July. Shade cloth should be on top of every Texas garden. It will, literally, change everything. In South Texas, you may even want to experiment with 50-60% shade cloth. It's probably just due to lack of awareness, though. I discovered shade cloth 5 years ago, and it's been a total game-changer, but had I not discovered it, I wouldn't know any better. I can't guarantee shade cloth will make your garden last all the way until frost, but I am absolutely certain that it will greatly extend the life of your garden.
I have been using Merlin cucumbers for the last couple of years. I boast about it too. The yield is great. Glad you talked about it. I even gave my daughter these seeds from Burpee.
I live in the Midwest and I decided to try to grow a garden last year knew nothing about gardening and grew tons of cucumbers without any problem at all and without fertilizing anything I just planted them in the ground and they grew like crazy
Oh my goodness…this is the type of comment I was looking for. I’ve never gardened before, and to be honest, I’m intimidated by it. However, I really just want to throw seeds, buds, etc. into the ground and watch what happens. I’m saving seeds from my produce, so it’s not like I’ll be wasting too much money if my “Throw Garden” fails.😊
@@1LovedbyHim Yes I tried to have a garden 2 years in a row just because I wanted to know if I could do it without killing the plants. I didn't know what kind of soil I needed I didn't know whether to plant seeds or plants or whatever. I literally just used a few UA-cam videos and winged it and amazingly I grew cucumbers tomatoes peas and lots of lettuce
@@DelusionDispeller That's awesome and so rewarding, I'm sure! I really hope it goes well for me also. I would love to do peas as well. Thank you for sharing!
Sweet success has been my favorite cucumber to grow here in central Texas. I barely tend to it and I have too many to know what to do with lol and they taste amazing! Great video
Howdy neighbor. South-central TX here. Is the Sweet Success variety a slicing cucumber or is it a pickling variety? Do you start them from seed or can I find starts for this variety? I will be looking for it. Thanks for the tip.
@@TrixieJFerguson it's a slicing variety. I started from seed which you can find from most seed companies. I got mine from Burpee and Park Seed. Doubt that you'll be able to find a start in this variety since I don't see that Bonnie's offers it on their website and they're the biggest supplier of starts to the big box stores here in the south.
Here on the central coast it’s generally much milder than where you are across the country. If I can find seed for Sure Thing I’d like to try growing it. If I have success I’ll report back. Thanks for the good info, as always. From CA,🏖️take care.
Thanks for sharing all the varieties your growing. I'm definitely going to try some of the varieties you've shared. I am also going to go to vertical growing a lot more. Good wisdom on not letting cucumbers mature on the vine. Appreciate the information on fertilizing. Shade clothe is very necessary here with high temps. Thank you again for sharing.
I grow a variety of plants that attract alot of bees. Currently Comfrey is attracting Bumble Bees and regular honey bees. I also have several types of mint plants that flower later after comfrey is done flowering. Other herbs also attract alot of polinators. Haven't had to hand polinate yet. I grow Burpies cucumbers along my fence and get more than I can eat :)
I appreciate that you were specific on where shade cloth would be beneficial. I live in Central Southern Canada and our growing season is short. That being said, our days are long and my cucumbers get sun from 6am-10pm. We do have intense heat (for us) in August so I might try shade cloth for that month. Great info!
I had my first successful cucumber season last year. You get the credit!! I grew beit alphas per your recommendation and they were fantastic! Thank you for sharing your expertise. It means a lot to me.
Wow, do I wish I had seen this earlier this year. I’m doing it all wrong, but I’ll consider this summer that I learned. I’m going to germinate a few new seeds and some alternate varieties for sure. Thank you for all your wisdom and information.
That's no problem. I grow 4+ crops of cucumbers every summer. Cucumber vines usually don't live past 60-90 days after transplanting. Just start a new crop. I like sowing new seeds every 6-8 weeks. Keep replacing the tired, old plants with new plants.
This!! Video was Fantastic!!!. You really gave a Lot!! of great information!! Thank you sooo much!! Great info regarding the shade cover. Everything you gave us was phenomenal!😊❤❤❤❤ For Dale!!
I try to keep it neat. Otherwise, you'll have insect problems. Insects love to breed in fallen fruit, and rotting fruit attracts them by the millions. The cleaner you keep things, the less problems you'll have.
Last year I had a huge problem with white powder mold on the leaves of my Straight Eight Cucumbers. I found a site that said to dilute baking powder in water and spray the plants. It worked a little, but was still a big problem. I live in VA Beach. Any suggestions would be a big help???
Quick question: What do you have under the 20 gal grow bags? Do you recommend having the landscape fabric under them, too, or do you recommend a layer of soil or rocks to help with drainage? I find putting the bags directly on the ground, (dirt), compacts that dirt and makes for poor drainage, as well as provides a place for more insects to gather and hide.
First time growing Cuc's for me. I actually chose a good variety for a first timer it sounds like. I am growing some Beit Alpha. I have tagged some of the others you mentioned for next season.
Really have been enjoying the videos, energetic personality and love Dale.. I've learned a lot from your experience on specific plants however I must admit that I suffer through all the product descriptions and discussions. I don't buy anything for my garden, sticks and Vines and rocks make perfect trellises covers what not. I do buy twine however when I hear things like aviation cable and tomato clips, I have to move on. We are off gridding and extremely serious about growing however the reason is to stop buying things. That is the main reason..
Very valuable information! Thank you! It's too late here for cucumbers (unless I try Armenian) but I will be trying a fall crop. Thank you for this video!
Your videos are great. I have learned so much from you n I have been gardening for 40 years. Definitely a help with the cucumbers, didn’t understand why my plants died after a couple months 🤷♀️
I really enjoy your videos. I've definitely picked up some great tips that have led to healthier plants and better yields. One question, what do you do with your prolific yields?
I eat them. It sounds silly, but not enough people change their eating habits during gardening season. Stop buying produce from the grocery store and force yourself to eat out of your garden. Only buy meat and dairy, eat all the rest from what you're growing. A cucumber and tomato salad for 2 people needs 2-3 cucumbers and 3-4 tomatoes. You can buzz-saw through a ton of produce if you force yourself to only eat what you grow.
All good info! Thanks! Gardening in southern Maryland 7b. I currently have floating row cover on my cucs (sweet success, parthenocarpic and gynoecious). I grow in a 4' X 8' raised bed with trellis netting on an 1/2" aluminum electrical conduit frame. I use the floating row cover to keep critters from eating my seedlings. Can I use the floating row cover as a shade cloth if I clip it to the trellis netting? I agree cucumbers are masters at hiding fruit. just wondering if it will shade the cucs too much. Agribon 30 is what I'm using.
I am learning about this kind of pollination for the first time. I just planted the seeds and reaped whatever was produced. Isn’t this a job for the bees, I thought. Thanks for the.info.
I have learned so much from you over the last couple years. I’m growing my first Beit Alpha this year. I’m a little behind because of situations beyond my control. But I’m excited to see how they fare this year. Thank you so much! ❤️
this video was absolutely mind opening for me, we struggle with cucumber growth here in the high desert of central oregon...i am definitely going to follow your 5 steps...unfortunately i cannot find plant starters that are parthenocarpic but i am doing my best...next year...seeds...ALSO...can you please tell me where i can get stakes like those...the tall green stakes that have those white tips and the cutouts so you can tie things and hook things up...thank you ...fantasttic video!
Thanks for the reply. I live in western Massachusetts and the last few years all our cukes curl. No matter the variety. I will try some shade cloth and see if it helps.
So in Phoenix area, grow them like our tomatoes? Plant mid feb (after last frost), and done by mid-late June even with shade cloth. I’ve found morning sun and afternoon shade is better spot in the backyard garden.
Great info can I follow loosely your fertilizer recipe on other vegetables in my garden, tomatoes peppers etc and also can I mix all of them together in 5gal bucket and just add on a two week schedule thanks in advance
So this year, I’ve been focusing on cucumbers. I bought that Boston pickling and I probably planted maybe 13 plants and so I am and I’m harvesting them almost every day every other day I’m making pickles. I’m picking them kind of small maybe no more than 4 inches but in length because I’m gonna make pickles or I wanna use them for my salads, so I think I get overwhelmed if I just stay on like certain things so this year cucumbers for pickling plenty of green beans so I can beans cantaloupe, pumpkins like some squash, butternut squash and pink banana squash of course flowers but I need to be focusing on one item so I don’t get overwhelmed. I’m only three years into gardening. I’m gotten better. I did garlic already harvested potatoes. I’ve already harvestedonions, onions, seeds of onions, but I’m so glad to see this video and I did buy that new mini me already popped a few seats actually I’m trying to get peppers and overwinter my peppers come out
Thanks for the great video. For mature cucumber plants, does one need to "thin"/prune the big leaves to facilitate better ventilation amidst the vines? My arching cattle panel trellis seems to be "packed" with cucumber vines and the big leaves with no flowers on them seem to need removing. Should I ? ..update... I think I found the answer in an earlier reply.. "no" ?
That's a good tip on not letting them reach maturity, makes total sense, I wasn't aware of that and I've made that mistake thinking they'd get bigger if I left them on a while longer and yep, plants kinda withered but I didn't know why.
Cucumbers are funny like that. It doesn't apply to most fruits, but with cucumbers, if you let them ripen, the plant will die off. Pick your cucumbers early and often and you'll get more.
Thank you for the very informative video on cucumbers. This video totally explain why I was not successful growing cucumbers last year. Hopefully, I can grow better this year. I love you always include you puppy at the end. Thanks for sharing your video.
I have been growing a garden for about 20 years and I’m from Louisiana and now live in Mississippi and most of those tips I had no idea about!! What a game changer!!! I learned from the elders of the Native Tribes and family from the Bayou and I have never heard of this but what a Blessing to learn….KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!! I have some black drums cut long ways, how many cucumber plants would you recommend planting to each container? Thanks in advance God Bless!!😊
I updated the video description to include links to the seeds featured in this video! 🙂 TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Cucumber Growing Tips
1:54 Tip #1: Cucumber Pollination
5:12 Parthenocarpic Cucumbers
6:52 Favorite Cucumber Variety #1
7:47 Favorite Cucumber Variety #2
8:43 Favorite Cucumber Variety #3
9:56 Favorite Cucumber Variety #4
10:36 Tip #2: Trellising Cucumbers
13:38 Tip #3: NEVER Let Cucumbers Mature
16:05 Tip #4: Fertilizing Cucumbers
20:03 Tip #5: Keep Cucumbers Cool
24:49 Adventures With Dale
If you have too much cucumbers like I have aech years, you must try give now and than give one for Dale , I give my dog in the season every other day a cucumber and man , he love it ! He shew it laying in the grass like it's a bone ! 😊
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Do you remove flowers when the plant is really small (1 foot tall) to focus growth first?
This was a great video. You don't know how much you need videos like this until you start growing cucumbers. Same thing with watermelons. Watermelons can be tricky that is why I am going to start a "land-race" on them to produce the hardiest growing as well as taste. Are you familiar with landrace growing to get as sturdy and tasty crop as possible? It takes at least 3 years of cross palliation to start getting really sturdy crops.
I made pickles from my bumper crop...4 cups water, 4 cups vinegar, 3 bulbs garlic chopped, lots of dill....best refrigerator pickles ever!!!
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I canned cucumbers yesterday with a similar recipe, adding mustard seed. Was concerned I didn't have enuff spices. Glad they are good!
@@Eyeofthetiger82 is your dill dried or fresh or does it matter?
@@curiouscat4377 Fresh is always better, but in a pinch you gotta get some dill in there. Dried will have to do. I can 30 qts a year and always have fresh dill in the garden
Inexperienced cucumber grower here! Had NO idea that letting just one cucumber ripe would essentially shut down the entire plant. Hence last year likely why I only got two cucumbers off the vine before it peaced out. Now I know better, my current cucumber vine is looking so healthy, and now I'm just waiting for it to get large enough and start flowering.
Unfortunately, it's true. But, the converse is also true - the more you pick, the more you get. So that's pretty awesome. Pick the cucumbers when they're still small, before they reach their full size, and you'll be inundated with cucumbers as long as you fertilize them enough and water them enough to keep up with the production.
I've grown (if you can call it that) cucumbers for years and got terrible crops bc I also didn't know this. Thought it was my soil even though I tested it. I've watched so many videos and it wasn't until this year that I'm hearing everyone talk about them being single producers! I'm so excited to see how my plants do this year!!
This guy is teaching basic Kindergarden botany. It surpirses me that anyone who gardens seriously (unlike U) wud not know that once a plant flowers and prodces ripe fruit: it shuts down. The trik is to know when to pik em. Soo basic like knowing when to change the tires on ur car.
@@dol3980a valuable contributor… insulting fellow gardeners bc we all were born experts donchaknow
Me neither. I thought I was just a horrible gardener
For cucumbers I recommend growing them on tomatoes cages. It allows you to train 2-3 pants in one container to grown around it in circles & the kicker is the more things they grab on to the more cucumbers they put out. The cages I recommend are the one your build your self with 3 - 4 metal stakes and the plastic clips that connect them into a triangle or square. In my experience I get 2-3 times the production per plant than I did stringing them up for years.
Thanks- this was an amazing video and has encouraged me to start growing female flower cucumbers! 😊
You're welcome! Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
I just started growing cucumbers
last year. I watch a video and did the basics, never mentioned pulling them off before ripening, I lost that plant. Told me when you see the 2 yellow flowers pull the 1 flower off. All season (And I live in south western Pennsylvania so not a lot of season ) I might have gotten 6-8 cucumbers 🥒. I found you on you tube. I’m soooo grateful, you explain a lot now I understand better. This video I saved so I’m going to look up the type I have and go from there. I appreciate you so much.
Hmm, that previous video you mentioned sounds questionable. I never remove flowers. I also don't prune or recommend pruning cucumbers. They're vines, and they're happiest when they grow unencumbered. In fact, cutting them can release scents that attract insect pests. The less you mess with them, the better in my opinion. I'm glad the video was helpful!
I have allowed a patch of clover to grow in my yard. I now have consistant bee's. It has made a huge difference, and surprisingly the patch is a focal part of the yard and makes me feel better helping my bee population.
We live on a clover field. Works great for bees. We noticed they weren't around as much until it was time to mow. So we don't mow as often.
Clover is so cute-one of my favorite flowers, actually.
@@MadeBySam2011 Me too
I took have a patch of clover around my garden. I have bees, dragonflies and wasps.
@plainandtouchoffancy8314 We have Sweet Basil in our veggie patch. Bees really like the flowers. I also find the beds with the basil have less pests too.
Started watching your channel about 3 years ago when I did an intensive gardening season. It was always one of my favorites. Coming back a few years later I'm so pleased to see how the channel has grown. You're deserving of a great big audience.
Ordered parthenocarpic cucumber seeds last week and plan to implement all of these tips.
Shade cloth is so important here in Texas.
The hidden cucumber that gets too mature is so frustrating! I think that along with mostly male flowers was responsible for a failed early cucumber harvest.
I appreciate these tips!
Shade cloth isn't important in Texas...it's *essential*! 😄 I can't believe how many folks don't use it. I'm doing my best to spread the awareness. It's the difference between a thriving garden and no garden.
I’m one of the many who watched your video and bought the Party Time seeds from Burpee’s. I started sharing them through my garden group and they’ve quickly became the favorite variety. I will definitely be saving the seeds for next growing season. Thank you!
Haven’t watched yet, BUT I HAVE BANANAS!!!!!!!!!!!!! After watching your video, I did what you said to do and I just had another flower open with 2 more hands of bananas!!!!
WOW! You're ahead of me. I don't have any flowers yet.
Sorry, Florence county, South Carolina Grow Zone 8a
Fuck yeah!!!!!! 🎉
Can they grow in Georgia?
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you for everything. If I knew how to share a pic, I would. You are truly gifted and I totally appreciate you.
You really have some of the best gardening tips on YT! My cucumber plants gave me such small yields this year and this is so so helpful. Thank you!
Me again. I canned pickles too! :-) Sweet, dill! And just ate em! Or cut up with onions in vinegar and water and salt/pepper. My daddy loved em like that - so did my family! Throw me a handful of cukes bud. I could sure go for a few right now! :-) OK - my cukes made all kinds of cukes. Oh yeah. Don't ask me if they were Bi or whatever. LOL Never had a problem. Maybe I just don't remember! Ya know 3/4 of a century does that to ya! I NEVER brushed my cukes. Oh no! LOL We grew pickling cukes, salad cukes, just snacking cukes. :-) Watch those words bud - sounds sort of bad. :-) You have to forgive me - I just love to be ornery. I guess I need to find that whatever type you are talking about - because I want some cukes next summer. Yup. Oh - I have 3 raised beds to put together - so I can have some veggies - I sold my acreage so - no huge gardens for me! That's mean - taking a nice bite of that crunchy cuke! Oh man! OK, I am going to do a Merlin! I have heirloom seeds put back so if things get dicey, I have my old-time seeds. I can keep seeds out of what they grow too. I used cattle panels (the welded wire panels). And did really good. I like those clips. I will need some of those. I was just thinking, they can hide big time. Lots of great information. You explain things really well. Boy, they have you loaded with ads. Goodness. A question - I always lived on acreage - well water to water my gardens. What do you do about the mess in town water???? With three raised beds I could do shade cloth - my big gardens on acreage - nope. Gorgeous garden - gorgeous plants! Great job!
Totally subscribed! I've been growing cucumbers for a couple of years, and didn't know that cucumbers needed to be pollinated! I have already successfully grown corn knowing this! Thank you, this changes everything for my cucumber harvest!
Oh yes, if you're growing typical monoecious varieties of cucumbers, they will require pollination or you'll get no fruit. This is a problem a lot of growers have. When those baby cucumbers turn yellow and drop, that's lack of pollination.
Merlin Merlin Merlin. I live in central very sandy Florida. I have not gotten a cake to produce in the four years I have been trying to grow. Years of amending and trying many varieties, I watched your video on cakes. You said that Merlin blew you away. I bought the seeds for them, planted in mid sept and today , Merlin has 4 flowers, every single one is a female, cuke producing one.. TY millennial . You are my number one utube gardener .
Cukes Siri, not cakes
I’m super Green ( hehe ) at growing veggies… i have done a lot of finding out what NOT to do just by trial and error… but i have to say finding your channel has been an HUGE help with figuring out this growing thing lol i don’t have enough land to plant things but i have started a bunch of containers with a few of the bush beans seeds and transferring them to a bigger container after they get big enough has been a huge help. Watching and re watching your vids is very educational for someone who had NO CLUE on what i was doing lol thank you!!
I've gotten better with my cucumber harvest thanks to following your channel. When overwhelmed with so much harvest, besides canning etc., I've discovered cucumber lemonade sweetened with honey. Just wow! Yes, I know that's been around for a while, but I'm just getting started with over abundance 😊
I juice mine great source of water
So grateful I found your channel! Been binge watching for weeks now..I’ve tried to grow cucumber 🥒 and zucchini in summer and my plants have always struggled ugh I barely got like 4 cucumber in about 3 plants in previous years :( now I know why, I’ve recently transplanted some in container 2.5 weeks ago and followed all your fertilizer recommendations and today I have some baby cucumber and zucchini flowering and the plants are luscious and thriving! Thank you so much ❤
I'm glad I can help! Make sure you pick these fruits early and often. Especially cucumbers. If you let your cucumbers get too large and start to turn yellow on the vine, the vines will die. You cannot allow a single fruit to reach maturity. Once the vines produce mature seed, they quit. The earlier and more often you pick them, the more the vines will produce. Check the undersides of your squash plant leaves regularly for pest eggs. That is what usually kills squash vines. Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
I am one of those gardeners for the last five years I only get one or two cucumbers each year. Watched your videos and tried everything I can, but to my dismay this year is the same. I am so anxious to be an expert gardener for more cucumbers. 🙂
Maybe try rain water tap water is toxic . After figuring this out im having better sucess
If you apply these tips, it should work. It's either a cultural problem or an environmental problem - not picking enough, not fertilizing enough, improper irrigation practices, improper temperatures (too cold at night under 55F or too hot/sunny during the day). It takes trial and error to figure out these things.
Freshly squeezed Cucumber juice is hydrating and refreshing.
I juice mine primary reason I grew it
@@tammier8860How do you juice them! Do you add anything to it once they are juiced?
@@stevedaniel5928 pineapple watermelon goes great
I always watch your videos to criticize. 45 years experience and I still learn. Nailed this one. Perfect! You turned me on to the BEIT ALPHA awhile back. My best producers are the Beit Alpha, Diva and green dragon where I live. I start all mine off with Calcium Nitrate. Never give up!
Beit Alpha's are really good. I think you may like Merlin even better! It's very similar, but it's even more productive. They're also straighter and more symmetrical.
@@TheMillennialGardener this year I had a cucumber vine break off I just stuck it back in the dirt and it looked like it was going to die for about a week and then it just started growing again
I love how you say which nutrients the plants utilize. Ratios, measurements. Wonderful stuff. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I’m from Onslow county NC! Glad to see a channel about gardening from that general area. Will forward this to my brother. Thanks. I love cucumbers.
I am about an hour and half north of you. I took your advice from a previous videos and purchased some shade cloths. It is the 2nd week of having put one over the cucumbers and tomatoes and this week, with the heat coming and high UV, put one over the bell peppers that were looking a bit stressed. I am already seeing a big difference in lack of stress on the cucumber and tomato plants. Definite change and less water required. Thanks for the tip.
OMG .... YOU ARE A SUPER STAR... I had NO IDEA why I was successful some seasons and not as much others. You have completely opened my eyes to some of the changes that I need to make. I've always grown my cukes upright, but the last few seasons got slammed with cucumber beetles mid season. SO FRUSTRATING. From watching your videos I've learned what to plant, what NOT to do and what TO DO to be more successful and get the dozens and dozens of cucumbers that I've enjoyed some years. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'm glad the video was enlightening. I've had a ton of success doing it this way in a difficult climate, so I'm sure most can be successful doing these things.
How did you deal with the beetle
@@BerryBlessedandCovered thankfully I had cucumbers for most of last
season. This year I am not planting them in the same area. I've moved the plants to another location and even have one in a huge pot. I'll try to follow some of the tips given and see what happens.
This is my first year trying to grow cucumbers and I'm so glad I watched this video. 🙂
Thanks for watching!
You are a wealth of infromation and knowledge, glad l found you.
Your videos are super helpful. You are smart and explain things well. Thank you so much for what you do. Please don't stop!!
I'm in Central Texas which has it's own set of challenges. And cucumbers have been one of those struggles for me. As usual.. so many points made in this video explain why I struggle. I'm looking forward to next year so I can have a do-over lol. Thanks.
You can still plant them! I learned from this guy that you need them “staged “ because they live and die so fast.
I just planted two small plants 10 days ago the way he plants and I got flowers on both this morning!
I'm in south Texas and already started seeds inside for a second harvest. We are very fortunate to have long grow seasons. Up north where I'm from, there's only one season.
@@Icoach4free Sweet! I'll give it a try
Shade cloth is 100% mandatory where you grow. Something in the 40-50% range is, literally, a requirement to keep your garden alive. If you add it, I think you'll be stunned how much better everything will grow.
I live here in southern New England, zone 6B where I only have between 150 to 180 frost free days and I still do three successions of a few things like cucumbers and summer squash! (it's supposed to be 150, but we seem to not be getting frosts until November over the last decade or so and the actual number has been 180 for at least the last five years I've been keeping track, including last year with a late frost!) Oddly enough, I have a big oak tree just to the northeast of my main garden that provides a little dappling of the light from about 1-3 pm during the main part of the season and plants seem to actually do better there than in the 12 plus hours of direct sun!
Great video ! Thank you. I am now paranoid about my cucumbers. They are a McKensie brand ( I'm up here in Canada ) and they are labeled as "hybrid" 100% female flowers, no pollination needed, and they are growing like crazy at this point. I need to get out to my garden and check them after I finish this comment LOL. I started off a bunch way too early ( April ) and the amount already on the vines is staggering. Love your channel, thank you for the reminder about picking them ! Pretty sure u went into this in another video last year, but it is SO IMPORTANT to keep people reminded about this, as not everyone sees every video. Love your style, and your no BS approach. Thanks again, Mark in Canada. ( I have little vids of my cucumbers on my channel ) - if this can't be on this comment please let me know and I'll delete that last bit. Thanks again for the great video.
Our growing season just started at the end of May, so I am very thankful to have come across this video!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
All my seeds I planted in the greenhouse were a fail so we direct seeded and planted 2 established store bought plant.they are coming up good from direct sow but alas now that it's time to harvest my bucket potatoes I see a cucumber growing and producing among them!
Very useful info...thanks for all the great nutrition info!
Give your extra cucumbers to a community food bank. They will be greatly appreciated.
We genuinely eat 3-4 cucumbers a day this time of year. The excess go into a quick pickle. I think my blood is 8% cucumber my volume.
Silly puerile response. Cux ripen and SPOIL quikly, and need refrigeration and evaporative packaging as they r 90++% H2O. U r suggesting giving mush to ur food bank, give em cans instead. or better still give the food bank receptors a JOB if U r truly altruistic as you prosthesilize.
@@TheMillennialGardenerHa 😂
Thanks!
You're welcome! Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
Your tips have blown my garden out the water this year I’ve been using every one of your tips and my garden and plants have been doing sooooo much better
Thank you I will try to grow now that you taught me ❤ I’m very excited! Alpha from Hawaii 🌺
Great tips! New gardener this year. Tried cukes, peas, watermelon, and strawberries. The cukes did the best by far!
Nice analogy..." naked in the desert in June " ... poor plants !, no wonder the leaves shrivel when the sun is beating on them. I do feel for my plants and want the best for them.
Remember the old ads for bringing pets indoors in the winter that said, "If you're cold, they're cold?" It's like that. If the sun is burning you, it's burning them, too.
Hey, Dale reminds me of my grandfurbaby, Winston. Love the brindle markings. Those strong jaws! Thank you for another cool video. I really appreciate UA-cam gardeners because it saves me so much time. I'm in No. Cal., and we absolutely have to use shade cloths, unless there are enough shade trees available. I'm trying Diva cucumbers this year. CaliKim's seeds seem to be working. I use the bone meal and organic fertilizer combo, but I add worm castings. I like the vining techniques with the cable and twine. I'm going to try that and see if I can get party time seeds. lol Take care. 😊
My cukes here in the Outer Banks, NC are cranking out tons of them. Used many of your tips, thank you.
You're welcome!
First rate video.
The crunch of that cucumber that you broke in half made my mouth water!
I grew cucumbers up strings years ago. It's by far the best way in my opinion. Not only is it easier to find all the cucumbers to pick, but the individual cucumber is usually much prettier than one grown on the ground. String grown specimens are usually more straight and they don't have an off colored side where they touched the ground.
I'm in southeast Texas and would probably benefit from shade cloth. I don't know anyone around here that uses it, but what you say makes a lot of sense. I have not seen the tomato hooks either. Good thing I came out from under my rock and watched this video.
I always felt like a bit of a failure since my vines never did well after a few months. Now I know why. Therapy averted!
I'm growing my sweet potatoes in 20 gallon grow bags thanks to one of your videos. I purchased light beige ones, instead of black ones, based on the comment section. The only thing about the grow bags is that they are so darn ugly! I ended up building a frame around my group of bags to make it look more like a raised bed. I did 2 rows of 5 bags, with 2 plants per bag. The group of ten bags fit perfectly into a 4x8 frame. Hopefully the vines won't be too crowded as they grow. Round bags seem like they waste space. It seems like square grow bags would be more efficient, but I couldn't find any.
Thanks for a great video!
Cucumbers that grow on the ground often curl up. When they hang, they are usually nice and straight. Where you live...I'm sorry...but you'd be absolutely crazy to not use shade cloth! Every year, I receive hundreds of comments from folks in Texas saying their garden is dead come July. Shade cloth should be on top of every Texas garden. It will, literally, change everything. In South Texas, you may even want to experiment with 50-60% shade cloth. It's probably just due to lack of awareness, though. I discovered shade cloth 5 years ago, and it's been a total game-changer, but had I not discovered it, I wouldn't know any better. I can't guarantee shade cloth will make your garden last all the way until frost, but I am absolutely certain that it will greatly extend the life of your garden.
Another super solid vid! Succession planting…who knew! Also gonna try shade cloth this summer. Thanks as always!!
Shade cloth is my best investment to date in my summer garden. I'll have a fresh video about it within a week.
i missed this video, because i focused on your fig vids so much.. but will definitely try this next season! thank you
I have been using Merlin cucumbers for the last couple of years. I boast about it too. The yield is great. Glad you talked about it. I even gave my daughter these seeds from Burpee.
They're incredible! They may be my new favorite. Really good taste, too.
I live in the Midwest and I decided to try to grow a garden last year knew nothing about gardening and grew tons of cucumbers without any problem at all and without fertilizing anything I just planted them in the ground and they grew like crazy
Oh my goodness…this is the type of comment I was looking for. I’ve never gardened before, and to be honest, I’m intimidated by it. However, I really just want to throw seeds, buds, etc. into the ground and watch what happens. I’m saving seeds from my produce, so it’s not like I’ll be wasting too much money if my “Throw Garden” fails.😊
@@1LovedbyHim Yes I tried to have a garden 2 years in a row just because I wanted to know if I could do it without killing the plants. I didn't know what kind of soil I needed I didn't know whether to plant seeds or plants or whatever. I literally just used a few UA-cam videos and winged it and amazingly I grew cucumbers tomatoes peas and lots of lettuce
@@DelusionDispeller That's awesome and so rewarding, I'm sure! I really hope it goes well for me also. I would love to do peas as well. Thank you for sharing!
I also live in the Midwest. Basically threw okra seeds and have had good success so far.
Sweet success has been my favorite cucumber to grow here in central Texas. I barely tend to it and I have too many to know what to do with lol and they taste amazing! Great video
Thank you … I’m in central Texas also
Thanks!
Sweet Success is my favorite also. They get huge too
Howdy neighbor. South-central TX here. Is the Sweet Success variety a slicing cucumber or is it a pickling variety? Do you start them from seed or can I find starts for this variety? I will be looking for it. Thanks for the tip.
@@TrixieJFerguson it's a slicing variety. I started from seed which you can find from most seed companies. I got mine from Burpee and Park Seed. Doubt that you'll be able to find a start in this variety since I don't see that Bonnie's offers it on their website and they're the biggest supplier of starts to the big box stores here in the south.
I plant zinnias with my cucumbers, cantaloupe, & tomatoes. By the time the sun gets really hot - they are tall & shade my veggies
Here on the central coast it’s generally much milder than where you are across the country. If I can find seed for Sure Thing I’d like to try growing it. If I have success I’ll report back. Thanks for the good info, as always.
From CA,🏖️take care.
Thanks for sharing all the varieties your growing. I'm definitely going to try some of the varieties you've shared.
I am also going to go to vertical growing a lot more.
Good wisdom on not letting cucumbers mature on the vine.
Appreciate the information on fertilizing.
Shade clothe is very necessary here with high temps.
Thank you again for sharing.
Your so positive! I'm going to share this video with my daughter in law. Maybe the 5/2 would encourage her to try keto.
I appreciate it!
I grow a variety of plants that attract alot of bees. Currently Comfrey is attracting Bumble Bees and regular honey bees. I also have several types of mint plants that flower later after comfrey is done flowering. Other herbs also attract alot of polinators.
Haven't had to hand polinate yet. I grow Burpies cucumbers along my fence and get more than I can eat :)
I appreciate that you were specific on where shade cloth would be beneficial. I live in Central Southern Canada and our growing season is short. That being said, our days are long and my cucumbers get sun from 6am-10pm. We do have intense heat (for us) in August so I might try shade cloth for that month.
Great info!
I had my first successful cucumber season last year. You get the credit!! I grew beit alphas per your recommendation and they were fantastic! Thank you for sharing your expertise. It means a lot to me.
Very timely, I panted some pickling cucumber starts today looking forward to making my own pickles this year.
I tried to weave this into the right time of year 😃
Your fourth word could use a letter "L". I'll say no more. 😆
Wow, do I wish I had seen this earlier this year. I’m doing it all wrong, but I’ll consider this summer that I learned. I’m going to germinate a few new seeds and some alternate varieties for sure. Thank you for all your wisdom and information.
That's no problem. I grow 4+ crops of cucumbers every summer. Cucumber vines usually don't live past 60-90 days after transplanting. Just start a new crop. I like sowing new seeds every 6-8 weeks. Keep replacing the tired, old plants with new plants.
Excellent advice. Thank you!
This!! Video was Fantastic!!!.
You really gave a Lot!! of great information!!
Thank you sooo much!!
Great info regarding the shade cover.
Everything you gave us was phenomenal!😊❤❤❤❤ For Dale!!
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the video helpful!
Excellent video, thanks for sharing those five great tips.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Your garden is so clean and tidy 👏👏❤️
I try to keep it neat. Otherwise, you'll have insect problems. Insects love to breed in fallen fruit, and rotting fruit attracts them by the millions. The cleaner you keep things, the less problems you'll have.
Great video very informative, keep up the amazing content!
Last year I had a huge problem with white powder mold on the leaves of my Straight Eight Cucumbers. I found a site that said to dilute baking powder in water and spray the plants. It worked a little, but was still a big problem. I live in VA Beach. Any suggestions would be a big help???
Quick question: What do you have under the 20 gal grow bags? Do you recommend having the landscape fabric under them, too, or do you recommend a layer of soil or rocks to help with drainage? I find putting the bags directly on the ground, (dirt), compacts that dirt and makes for poor drainage, as well as provides a place for more insects to gather and hide.
thanks for your help in gardening. And yes, 40% shade cloth here in NC makes a difference
Good video, great tips...will use...in small scale.
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
I’m learning so much watching your videos. Easy to understand and follow. even after years of having a garden I’m learning so much. 👍
I'm glad to hear they're helpful!
Do you prune the "suckers" at the growth points (where you have a fruit, tendril, sun leaf, and sucker)?
Lol that Dale at the end. Too funny. I laughed when Brit said "he's had enough of our games" lol
Dale has two speeds: ON and OFF. He goes full-on effort, and then after a minute or two just stops and he's done with it 😄
@@TheMillennialGardener hahaha he's too cute. I have a female longhaired german shepherd. She's hilarious like Dale. Great personality.
First time growing Cuc's for me. I actually chose a good variety for a first timer it sounds like. I am growing some Beit Alpha. I have tagged some of the others you mentioned for next season.
Thanks for a very informative video. I learned a lot.
Really have been enjoying the videos, energetic personality and love Dale.. I've learned a lot from your experience on specific plants however I must admit that I suffer through all the product descriptions and discussions. I don't buy anything for my garden, sticks and Vines and rocks make perfect trellises covers what not. I do buy twine however when I hear things like aviation cable and tomato clips, I have to move on. We are off gridding and extremely serious about growing however the reason is to stop buying things. That is the main reason..
Very valuable information! Thank you! It's too late here for cucumbers (unless I try Armenian) but I will be trying a fall crop. Thank you for this video!
Your videos are great. I have learned so much from you n I have been gardening for 40 years. Definitely a help with the cucumbers, didn’t understand why my plants died after a couple months 🤷♀️
I really enjoy your videos. I've definitely picked up some great tips that have led to healthier plants and better yields.
One question, what do you do with your prolific yields?
I eat them. It sounds silly, but not enough people change their eating habits during gardening season. Stop buying produce from the grocery store and force yourself to eat out of your garden. Only buy meat and dairy, eat all the rest from what you're growing. A cucumber and tomato salad for 2 people needs 2-3 cucumbers and 3-4 tomatoes. You can buzz-saw through a ton of produce if you force yourself to only eat what you grow.
I’m in the Pacific Northwest. I use shade cloth. It does get hot here
what kind of water irrigation are u using ive bought 2 systems and only half of the omitters work Thank u very good video
All good info! Thanks! Gardening in southern Maryland 7b. I currently have floating row cover on my cucs (sweet success, parthenocarpic and gynoecious). I grow in a 4' X 8' raised bed with trellis netting on an 1/2" aluminum electrical conduit frame. I use the floating row cover to keep critters from eating my seedlings. Can I use the floating row cover as a shade cloth if I clip it to the trellis netting? I agree cucumbers are masters at hiding fruit. just wondering if it will shade the cucs too much. Agribon 30 is what I'm using.
I am learning about this kind of pollination for the first time. I just planted the seeds and reaped whatever was produced. Isn’t this a job for the bees, I thought. Thanks for the.info.
I'm growing beit alpha again this year because of your recommendation a couple years ago
I hope you enjoy it!
Gem after gem of advice here. I had no idea about most of this. THANKS!
You're welcome! I've been working hard to perfect my cucumber craft.
I have learned so much from you over the last couple years. I’m growing my first Beit Alpha this year. I’m a little behind because of situations beyond my control. But I’m excited to see how they fare this year. Thank you so much! ❤️
One of your best videos yet, so informative and clear in what to do growing cucumbers. Thanks
You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful.
this video was absolutely mind opening for me, we struggle with cucumber growth here in the high desert of central oregon...i am definitely going to follow your 5 steps...unfortunately i cannot find plant starters that are parthenocarpic but i am doing my best...next year...seeds...ALSO...can you please tell me where i can get stakes like those...the tall green stakes that have those white tips and the cutouts so you can tie things and hook things up...thank you ...fantasttic video!
Thank you! My flowers keep dropping 🥲
That's likely either due to pollination problems or heat stress. This video should help correct either of those things.
Today I saw a few hummingbirds drinking nectar off the cucumber flowers.
Thanks for the reply. I live in western Massachusetts and the last few years all our cukes curl. No matter the variety. I will try some shade cloth and see if it helps.
So in Phoenix area, grow them like our tomatoes? Plant mid feb (after last frost), and done by mid-late June even with shade cloth. I’ve found morning sun and afternoon shade is better spot in the backyard garden.
Nice one, MG!👍Thanks for all your hard, diligent work to help us succeed at growing our own food.💕
Y'all are such a cute family!😃
Thank you for sharing the difference in the cucumbers 🥒
I’m going to try some this year 🥒👵🏻👩🌾❣️
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the info. Always love your videos, very informative always. I went right away and ordered the merlin!!!
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great info can I follow loosely your fertilizer recipe on other vegetables in my garden, tomatoes peppers etc and also can I mix all of them together in 5gal bucket and just add on a two week schedule thanks in advance
So this year, I’ve been focusing on cucumbers. I bought that Boston pickling and I probably planted maybe 13 plants and so I am and I’m harvesting them almost every day every other day I’m making pickles. I’m picking them kind of small maybe no more than 4 inches but in length because I’m gonna make pickles or I wanna use them for my salads, so I think I get overwhelmed if I just stay on like certain things so this year cucumbers for pickling plenty of green beans so I can beans cantaloupe, pumpkins like some squash, butternut squash and pink banana squash of course flowers but I need to be focusing on one item so I don’t get overwhelmed. I’m only three years into gardening. I’m gotten better. I did garlic already harvested potatoes. I’ve already harvestedonions, onions, seeds of onions, but I’m so glad to see this video and I did buy that new mini me already popped a few seats actually I’m trying to get peppers and overwinter my peppers come out
Thanks for the great video. For mature cucumber plants, does one need to "thin"/prune the big leaves to facilitate better ventilation amidst the vines? My arching cattle panel trellis seems to be "packed" with cucumber vines and the big leaves with no flowers on them seem to need removing. Should I ? ..update... I think I found the answer in an earlier reply.. "no" ?
Had to come back, Forgot to Thumbs up. OH NO!!
You are so full of great information. Thanks!!
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
That's a good tip on not letting them reach maturity, makes total sense, I wasn't aware of that and I've made that mistake thinking they'd get bigger if I left them on a while longer and yep, plants kinda withered but I didn't know why.
Cucumbers are funny like that. It doesn't apply to most fruits, but with cucumbers, if you let them ripen, the plant will die off. Pick your cucumbers early and often and you'll get more.
Thank you for the very informative video on cucumbers. This video totally explain why I was not successful growing cucumbers last year. Hopefully, I can grow better this year. I love you always include you puppy at the end. Thanks for sharing your video.
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You are so knowledgeable. I look forward to every video. 😊 Thank you!
You’re welcome! I’m glad the videos are helpful.
I have been growing a garden for about 20 years and I’m from Louisiana and now live in Mississippi and most of those tips I had no idea about!! What a game changer!!! I learned from the elders of the Native Tribes and family from the Bayou and I have never heard of this but what a Blessing to learn….KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!! I have some black drums cut long ways, how many cucumber plants would you recommend planting to each container? Thanks in advance God Bless!!😊
The great advantage to growing vertically in a raised bed is you can plant 12 inches apart.
Thanks for all the info and another great video
You're welcome!