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14 Best Care Tips for Cucumber Plants

June 6, 2019 | More: Plant Care

Cucumber plants are tropical vegetables and thrive in warm and hot weather temperatures. They grow fast, so you’ll want to make sure you take care of them properly.

By not taking care of cucumber plants, they will start to wither. Cucumbers grow in vines and bushes, but vining is the best option because you’ll get more cucumbers. With vining, the cucumber scrambles along the ground.

Once your cucumbers are ready to be picked, make sure to wash them thoroughly with hot water.

It’s your choice on what you want to do with the cucumbers. They can be pickled, sliced and placed in salads, or eaten by itself. It is important to continue to care for the cucumber plants to yield more cucumbers.

There are eight best care tips for cucumber plants that you will want to know the next time you want to grow cucumbers. You may even be able to sell your cucumbers at a farmer’s market.

1. Water the cucumber plants every week.

Cucumbers don’t need much water, unless there is a drought or the temperature is consistently hot. When you water the cucumber plants, only use an inch of water.

Cucumbers grow fast and don’t need that much care. The soil just needs to remain moist. Cucumber plants that don’t get enough moisture to grow in weird shapes and taste bad.

When watering the cucumber plants, it is a good idea to use a water hose to spray the soil. You want to keep the leaves dry as much as possible. When the leaves get wet, they can grow bacteria and once the cucumbers grow, the leaves may transfer the bacteria to them. In order to find out if the cucumber plants need soil, you can touch the soil to see how moist it is.

If it feels dry, just water the soil. Some water may get on the leaves, but if it’s possible, avoid it.

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