Brown spots on cucumbers often come from mildew, beetles, spider mites, or fungal disease. Prune infected leaves, sanitize tools, improve airflow, and use sprays or insecticidal soap. End-of-season ...

Our summer vegetable gardens are paying off now. We are picking tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers ... . Wait a minute. If you’re like a lot of us, you picked a few cucumbers and then our plants got ...

For the past two summers my cucumbers and zucchini have developed a whitish powder on their leaves. Some, after flowering, get fruit that becomes mushy. I have used [the insecticide] Sevin and other ...

Mildews are the most common and most devastating diseases infecting cucumbers and other members of the cucurbit family of plants, which include squashes, pumpkins, zucchini and melons. There are two ...

Q: Every time I used to plant cucumber plants they did very well, lots of cukes on the vines. Now when I plant them, the leaves get a silvery sheen to them, then the plants and cukes die. I have no ...

A healthy cucumber vine will produce for about six weeks, so if you want a continued supply of fresh cucumbers during the summer, you have to stagger your plantings. The danger in this approach is if ...

This tender crop grows best in areas with full sun and well-draining soil. Growing your own cucumbers to pickle or add crunch to salads is easier than you may think. This tender fruit loves warm ...

Cucumbers are a summer gardener’s delight. Delicious in everything from salads to iced water, the refreshing and hydrating cucumber is also a beautiful-looking vining plant that will give your veggie ...