Have you ever wondered why one specific type of produce, the English cucumber, is packaged differently from almost every other fruit or vegetable in an American grocery store? Or why these coddled ...

Xue Yong Yang, Yan Wang, Wei Jie Jiang, Xiao Ling Liu, Xiao Meng Zhang, Hong Jun Yu, San Wen Huang and Guo Qin Liu Rapid cell division and expansion in early fruit development are important phases for ...

Q: Why do my cucumber fruits always curl? Even small picklers curl. We had the soil tested at North Dakota State University and they said it was fine, and not to add anything. Any ideas?-Gary Lentz, ...

If you’ve nursed your cucumber plant into a large, leafy vine, it can be disappointing and confusing when it hardly produces any fruit. Learning about the difference between male vs female cucumber ...

Cucumber plants blooming without fruit? This common issue stems from a male-female flower imbalance, poor pollination, or pesticide use. Ensure consistent watering, healthy soil, and attract ...

Cucumbers are one of the easiest plants you can grow in your summer garden, but just how many cucumbers you can expect to harvest from a single plant depends on several different factors. Some of it ...

Cucumbers are center stage this week on my kitchen cutting board and next to my keyboard for snacking. My garden may lack cucumbers, but there is no shortage of them sliced, diced and served in my ...

Whether it is in your pickle, your sub, or your salad, cucumbers are a "go-to" quick way to prepare anything and everything ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Cucumbers often get the 'raw' end of the deal. They are one of the healthiest foods in the pyramid, and yet children (and adults) often turn up their noses as they crunch through ...

Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned to Germany after a vacation in Turkey with a present for Ph.D. student Helen Gorges. "He came back and was like, 'Helen, I ...