"Ohhh, I like this." Gardener shares little-known method for growing vegetable plants in small spaces: 'What a fantastic idea' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Boost growth and repel pests with these 10 top cucumber companion plants. Discover the best plant neighbors for a thriving ...

Proper spacing is important between plants and between rows. Cucumbers are prolific producers. A single cucumber plant can yield about 1 to 3 pounds of fruit per week, or a total of 20 to 25 ...

Watermelon and cucumber seeds are popular in school projects, says nurseryman Greg Rohde, because they are easy and economical to grow. That holds for the home garden, too, although transplants ...

The cucumber is one of the vegetables that meets all three of these criteria for me, which makes it garden-worthy. Many of the warm season crops are ready for picking: tomatoes, peppers, squash ...

Q: Last year, my cucumber plants kept wilting, no matter how moist the soil was. How can I help them fare better this year? A: You probably ran into bacterial wilt, a common disease that affects ...

Downy mildew is the newest, very aggressive disease to kill cucumber plants. Mary Hausbeck from MSU has been researching downy mildew. Hausbeck says downy mildew was found in Michigan in 2005 and ...

Q: Last year, my cucumber plants kept wilting, no matter how moist the soil was. How can I help them fare better this year? A: You probably ran into bacterial wilt, a common disease that affects ...