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Gardening

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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11. keep it watered.

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 07:42 AM

Jun 2014

If you're not getting rain, you need to make sure cuc's stay watered at least a bit daily (not soaked). We didn't do that last year, and apparently the cucumbers turn bitter if they don't get enough water.

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I've been so bummed that my cucumber plant [View all] Aerows Jun 2014 OP

Awwww .... polly7 Jun 2014 #1

It's the size of something you could put in a pickle jar! Aerows Jun 2014 #3

Good job! Adsos Letter Jun 2014 #2

I live in the hot humid South Aerows Jun 2014 #4

Nothing tastes as good as homegrown Adsos Letter Jun 2014 #5

It's exciting to me to watch them grow Aerows Jun 2014 #6

There is something about tending a garden that is very satisfying Adsos Letter Jun 2014 #7

It gives me a sense that I am Aerows Jun 2014 #8

Now that you have picked that 6 incher, you will probably start getting more and more. NCarolinawoman Jun 2014 #9

Really? Aerows Jun 2014 #10

I don't know if she's right on that one, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #12

I have flowers everywhere on it. Aerows Jun 2014 #14

They'll probably do, as will several types of fly type bugs. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #20

You should pick it and enjoy it! femmocrat Jun 2014 #13

I did :) Aerows Jun 2014 #16

OMG I'm pretty sure Aerows Jun 2014 #22

keep it watered. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #11

I live in the deep south Aerows Jun 2014 #18

That's great! laundry_queen Jun 2014 #15

I picked it Aerows Jun 2014 #17

How wonderful! Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #19

I am excited! Aerows Jun 2014 #21

cucumbers like to hide lululu Jun 2014 #23