In this video, I share the secret to growing cucumbers that NEVER bitter! If you grow cucumbers, you’ve probably had cucumber plants produce fruits with a bitter taste. This bittering is preventable, because bitter cucumbers are the result of stress. This video will teach you how to grow cucumbers that will not turn bitter by teaching cucumber tips that reduce the stresses that cause the bittering.
Most plants in the cucurbit family produce a natural chemical called cucurbitacin. While some bitter melons have cucurbitacin in the fruit itself, cucurbitacin is typically locked up in the roots, stems and leaves of the plants. However, environmental stressors can cause cucurbitacin to migrate into the fruit, causing bitter and sometimes inedible fruits. There are many natural and environmental problems that can cause this, but the good news is that you can prevent many of them and dramatically reduce bitter cucumbers on your cucumber plants.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Why Cucumber Plants Produce Bitter Fruits
1:23 Tip #1: The Best Cucumber Varieties
3:51 Tip #2: Watering And Fertilizing Cucumbers
8:45 Tip #3: Preventing Heat Stress
11:01 Tip #4: Harvesting Cucumbers Properly
13:10 Tip #5: Succession Planting
15:45 Incredible Cucumber Taste Test!
17:39 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Why Cucumber Plants Produce Bitter Fruits
1:23 Tip #1: The Best Cucumber Varieties
3:51 Tip #2: Watering And Fertilizing Cucumbers
8:45 Tip #3: Preventing Heat Stress
11:01 Tip #4: Harvesting Cucumbers Properly
13:10 Tip #5: Succession Planting
15:45 Incredible Cucumber Taste Test!
17:39 Adventures With Dale
There is no such thing as a burpless cucumber. Burping isn’t associated with the high amounts of cucurbitacin. Cucurbitacin affects bitterness and that's it.
“Moist”
Another excellent informative post!
This info is overwhelming!
Thanks
Thanks for sharing!💜🙏🏼
i like your video
My 40% shade cloth equivalent are mammoth sunflowers
Let me first say, that I love your videos! I am new to vegetable gardening and have found that I'm able to apply many of your techniques as we live in central Georgia. I've learned a lot; and I also like it when you mention your failures at times. That lets me know that you're not perfect (lol). Anyway, I've been trying to find the "party time" cucumber seed, with no luck. Do you mind me asking where you got your seed?
Thank you so much Lots of gazpacho this year ❤❤
Thanks man! Loving your videos. I love gardening but have a black thumb. I've never gotten a single tomato 😂. I'm hoping your videos help me
The seeds of Party time sold out fast
Never thought it so hard to plant from seeds! My cucumber seed did not come up! I did very well last year and pretty much did exactly the same this year but I’ve failed😂😂
Our urine got like 1% N, even much less on all other nutrients.
Yeah, you might need to water the veggie with urine all the time to make it up but then it's too salty.
Only salt tolerant plants, like those you see along the beaches or snow country highways, can handle that.
Yikes… seedless ANYTHING is definitely GMO. NO THANK YOU.
I found this video very informative, as an old lady gardener, I just learned stuff I didn't realize. Thank you.
You have an AWESOME garden.
What about the truth about fertilizer vs compost video?
How far behind should the second crop be from the first? And the the second, ans so on? I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, so we rarely hit 90 degrees, and it rains almost daily.
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Hello Friend, are you saying that I can use fish emusion and Miracle Gro mixed with water and pour it on my cucumber/watermelon/toms soil???
What kind of thing you put on your your cucumbers grow on them to make them they grow and grow and grow on the string string
I thought I saw somewhere that if you grew beit alpha cukes, that you weren't supposed to grow other varieties of cukes by them because they could cross pollinate each other. Am I mistaken?
Love the video – hearing you crunch into that amazing cucumber just inspired me to give them another go. My issue is cucumber beetles. They destroy my crops every year, and if I'm lucky they'll give me one or two fruits before the beetles destroy them. Count your blessings if you don't have these pests.
Been watching you for most of a year now but have no clue what your first name is! It would be nice to know. Your dog's name is Dale but who are you(just a first name is enough). My question is where can I purchase any of the seeds you mentioned in this particular video? Please don't say "Amazon" because I put in Party Time cucumber seeds and I saw everything but that particular cuke variety. Which seed company do you use? Thanks for reading my comment (LOL) whoever you are!!
Great video! Can you recommend a source for early prince and party time? best regards from Bucks County, PA.
When do you start your seeds?
I'm growing Suyu Long
Where do you tend to buy the clearance fertilizer in the fall? I love a deal! A lot of gardeners talk about finding it on sale… but I haven’t had a lot of luck.
What is the best to use as top layer for mulch
When transplanting cucumber seedlings, how deep should I put them,thx.
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what do you like to plant in your straw bails after your cucerbits are done?