Be sure they receive an inch of water every week. Cucumbers will grow quickly with little care.Improve native soil by mixing in several inches of aged compost or other rich organic matter.Space cucumbers 36 to 60 inches apart (12 inches apart for trellised plants) in an area with abundant sun and fertile, well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0 to 6.8.Plant cucumbers when average daily temperatures reach the mid-70s° F.Whichever cucumber variety you choose, you can rest assured that you'll get a strong start with Bonnie Plants, a company that has been around for over 100 years.

The long Armenian cucumber is a specialty cucumber prized for taste and the fact that a single cucumber yields so many slices. Lemon cucumber offers smaller fruits perfect for a single serving, while Boston Pickling boasts classic heirloom taste. Whether you want a cucumber for slicing or pickling, Bonnie Plants® has a variety to suit your taste. You can increase the season's yield of bush varieties by planting several crops in succession 2 weeks apart. Bush selections are especially suited to containers and small gardens. Generally, vining cucumbers yield more fruit throughout the growing season. Vines scramble along the ground or clamber up trellises, while bush types, such as Burpless Bush Hybrid, form a more compact plant. Growing cucumbers is for warmer weather: Plants are so frost-tender that they shouldn't be set into the garden until soil temperatures are reliably in the 70-degree range (no less than 2 weeks after the last frost date).Ĭucumber plants grow in two forms: vining and bush. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin Corp concluded negotiations on their ninth contract for F-35 fighter jets after 14 months of negotiations on the more than $6.1 billion deal, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.A tropical vegetable, cucumbers thrive when the weather is hot and water is plentiful. ** Australia’s corporate watchdog said it had competition concerns about the planned $130 billion merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical Co and was in touch with overseas regulators on the deal. senators urged on Wednesday that a national security review panel reject Chinese aluminum giant Zhongwang International Group Ltd’s proposed $2.3 billion purchase of U.S. ** Chipmaker Broadcom Ltd said it would buy Brocade Communications Systems Inc on Wednesday for $5.5 billion, pushing deeper into the fast-growing market for network equipment used in data centers.

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