How many cucumbers a single plant will produce depends on the variety of cucumbers being grown, care of the cucumbers, and weather. For example, modern hybrid varieties have been bred to produce more cucumbers than heirloom varieties that are typically grown by gardeners for a unique look or taste. In general, bush varieties will produce …
By harvesting cucumbers at the right time you promote continuous production of fruit throughout the cucumbers fruiting season. This means by picking cucumbers when they are ready to pick you’ll get more cucumbers. In the picture above the cucumber on top is well past its prime picking time and the one on the bottom should …
There are many ways to successfully grow cucumbers including in pots, on the ground, or on a trellis. The place to start when analyzing how you will grow your cucumbers and how far apart to plant them is by knowing the varieties of cucumber you want to grow. A good general guide for planting cucumbers …
From seed to harvest an average cucumber plant has fruit ready to pick after 50-70 days. Cucumbers are warm weather plants and will grow faster in warmer conditions. Cucumber seeds can germinate as fast as 3 days or as slow as 3 weeks depending on temperature. Periods of drought or pest damage can stress plants, …
Like most garden plants potatoes like a light and loose loamy soil full of organic matter. Potatoes are heavy feeders and need regular feedings with an all purpose fertilizer up until the time the plants start to flower. After the potato plants start to flower use a fertilizer with a 1-2-2 ratio that has less …
There is a lot of confusion surrounding hilling. Is it necessary? Does it improve yields? Can you do it in a container? The answer to these questions and everything you want to know about hilling coming up. Hilling potatoes is the act of mounding dirt around the base of the potato plant. It’s done 2-3 …
Because potatoes grow under the ground it can be tough to tell the right time to pick them. Fear not, there are a number of ways to tell when your potatoes are ready to pick and a wide window of when potatoes can be picked. If you know the variety of seed potato you planted …
Like everything in life, timing for planting your potatoes is important. Potatoes do best in cool weather so you want to give them as much growing time as possible in temperatures between 50 and 80 degrees. In northern areas you want to get your potatoes in the ground in early spring and in southern areas …
How far apart you should plant your potatoes depends on the variety of potato, your gardening space, and whether you want new potatoes or a later variety that stores well. In a garden plant seed potatoes from 8 to 18 inches apart in a row, depending on variety, and have rows spaced 24 inches apart. …
How tall a potato plant grows depends on the variety of potato, spacing of seed potatoes, the location the plant is grown in, and many other variables listed below. A good average for how tall a potato plant will grow is 24-36 inches. If you’re potato plant is tall and spindly it may not be …
