Growing cucumbers is easy indoors and outside, even in pots. We trialled and tasted cucumber varieties to recommend the best ones to you ...

Uncover the ancient mystery of the squirting cucumber's explosive seed dispersal. Discover the plant's sophisticated fluid ...

Knowing when to plant cucumber seeds is a key consideration if you're after optimal growth and the best harvest in time for summer. Cucumbers have long been praised by gardeners as one of the ...

Learn how to grow cucumbers in pots for a patio-side harvest of garden-fresh salad toppers. Whether you grow cucumbers in ...

Push two seeds on their side into the hole. Cover, water and label. Put in a propagator to germinate. If growing indoors, plant two cucumbers in a growing bag at the end of May and support with a ...

This basically means encouraging them to sprout before planting. Cucumber and tomato seeds into a heated greenhouse - or a very sunny windowsill. Early Pea varieties direct into soil, they ...

Growing bags are an ideal way to grow tomatoes, aubergines, chillies and cucumber on sunny patios and balconies, as well as in the greenhouse. Our easy care guide will show you what to do.

One plant with a very unusual way of spreading its seeds is the squirting cucumber. Unlike the cucumbers you may have eaten in salads, this one is poisonous. Its flowers turn into bluish-green ...