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The post How to Grow Cucumbers in Your Home Garden appeared first on Taste of Home. Just a few plants will give you an abundance of cucumbers throughout the growing season!
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.
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.
Cucumbers, spices, herbs, and slices of bread are put in a glass jar with salt water and kept in direct sunlight for a few days. The yeast from the bread, along with other pickling agents and spices fermented under the hot sun, give the cucumbers a unique flavor, texture, and slight carbonation.
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By Danielle Walsh Fun fact: Cucumbers are actually fruits. But like tomatoes, they're prepared and eaten as vegetables. Their juicy, almost thirst-quenching texture is a staple in summery ...
Sicyos angulatus, [1] the oneseed bur cucumber [2] or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, native to eastern North America. The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, the flowers are green to yellowish green, and the fruits form clusters of very small pepos.
Ecballium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, Ecballium elaterium, [1] [3] also called the squirting cucumber, as well as the noli me tangere [citation needed] and its English translation touch-me-not [citation needed].