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The sole species is E. lobata, commonly called wild cucumber and prickly cucumber. It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America . Sicyos angulatus , common name "bur cucumber", is an annual plant with a similar clinging vine growth but different-appearing flowers and seed pods.
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Beneficial for ground beetles: Raccoons, ants: Potato, aromatic herbs: Sow 2 or 3 radish seeds in with cucumbers to repel cucumber beetles. One study showed a 75% reduction in cucumber beetles with the concurrent seeding of amaranth. [55] Various sprays from lettuce, asparagus, Malabar spinach, and celery were found to reduce whiteflies. [47]
The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. [1] Considered an annual plant, [ 2 ] there are three main types of cucumber—slicing, pickling , and seedless —within which several cultivars have been created.
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"Field-grown cucumbers experience moisture loss due to temperature variances at harvest and then moving through storage and transportation," adds Lara Tiro, food scientist and consultant of Rebel ...
Cucumis anguria is a thinly stemmed, herbaceous vine scrambling up to 3 meters long.Fruits (4–5 cm × 3–4 cm) grow on long stalks, and are ovoid to oblong. The fruits are covered with long hairs over a surface of spines or wart-like bumps.
The vines of the plant initially develop their fruits above ground on stalks which then bend and push back under the ground. [4] The fruit then grows at a depth of between 30–90 cm (12–35 in). [5] Most cucurbits have a single tendril at each node, but C. humifructus has 2 to 8, [6] to give it the leverage needed to bury the young fruit.