Home and Garden Experiences

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e planted three cucumber plants this year. Last year we planted three as well, but lost two to frost very early on in the season. This year we lost one so we were net gain of an entire plant.

As young plants when they only had two leaves on the whole plant, their small leaves turn white and start to curl up underneath themselves at the ends when the frost hit them. Soon the two leaves were no longer visible and the stalk would wither away. At the end of this season, when it got cold at night, the larger adult leaves would turn brown from the outside in tward the stalk even though the plant still had fruit left to grow and/or harvest.

The amount of cucumbers that we got were about one full grown cucumber a week out of the garden. For the two of us, that was just enough to make whatever we were eating for the week: salads, lunches, salsa, whatever.

For next year we are planning on planting three again. If we get all three of them to grow we will give some of the cucumbers away.