Cucumber 'Green Fingers' (Cucumis sativus)
One thing a vegetable gardener can count on is all of their cucumbers coming in at once. And since cukes are eaten fresh, there's not much to do with them but start making salads.
Cucumis sativa
Light: Sun Plant Height: 1-6 feet tall Plant Type: Vegetable
Cucumbers are so easy to grow and just one plant will produce armloads of the crunchy, refreshing fruits. Use them to make... read more ...
Cucumis sativus
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Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are frost-tender, warm-weather vegetables; which means they grow when days and nights are relatively warm and the sun is at its brightest.
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. There are a number of varieties ranging from green slicers, small picklers, light green, yellow and white, not to mention the "burpless" cultivars and novelty dwarf bush plants.
Pete discovers a nest of African Horned Cucumbers (Cucumis metuliferus) in his vegie patch. They grow like this, cropping in great clusters.
The versatile cucumber (cucumis sativus) is tasty pickled, in a salad, as a salad, in a sandwich, or just eaten raw. How to grow cucumbers depends largely in part on how you plan to eat them.
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
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How to grow cucumber:
Name Cucumis sativus.
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According to the variety chosen, cucumbers can be grown outside or in a greenhouse.
Plant Name: Curcubitaceae
Plant Family: Curcubitaceae
Scientific Name: Cucumis sativus ...
Pepo - berry-like fruit of large size, with a tough or very firm and hard outer wall (rind) which is developed from the receptacle, such as Citrullus lanatus (watermelon), Cucumis sativus (cucumber), and Cucurbita spp. (squash).
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