The most common reason we crave cucumbers is because you're either dehydrated or are low on vitamin K, low on sodium or low on potassium.
The best way to keep cucumbers is to store them in the fridge.
When storing cucumbers in the fridge it's best to slice them up and store them in a sealed container with some water.
The best way to keep cucumbers crisp is to cut them up and then store cut cucumbers is to wrap them in a damp paper towel and place them in an airtight storage container.
The tight, locking seal on the cover of the container will help to keep them extra fresh.
Place the container in your refrigerator or in the crisper drawer and use the cut cucumbers within five days.
To make crunchy cucumbers you use some salt and ice water.
To crisp up cucumber and remove excess water, use salt and ice water.
Sprinkle with salt, place on a bag of ice water for several hour, and drain water.
Cucumbers go soft after picking because the water in the cucumber fruit evaporates once you pick it and remove it from the vine.
The best way to store cut cucumbers is to wrap them in a damp paper towel and place them in an airtight storage container.
The tight, locking seal on the cover of the container will help to keep them extra fresh.
Place the container in your refrigerator or in the crisper drawer and use the cut cukes within five days.
Cucumbers take between 2 to 3 weeks to grow after flowering.
After female cucumber flowers have been pollinated, they swell at their bases and begin to develop into fruits if fertilization is successful.
Cucumber fruits usually can be harvested 50 to 70 days after the seeds were sown, depending on the variety and weather conditions.
The growing stages of a cucumber plant are.
Seed sowing and seedling emergence.
Cucumber flowering and pollination.
Fruiting and harvest.
Cucumber post-harvest care.
When planting cucumbers the cucumbers need enough space to allow them at least 36 to 60 inches apart from each other.
Cucumbers need to be spaced at least 36 to 60 inches apart to allow them enough space to grow properly.
Since cucumbers are a vine crop, they usually require a lot of space.
In large gardens, cucumber vines may spread throughout rows; within smaller gardens, cucumbers may be trained for climbing on a fence or trellis.
Training cucumbers on a fence or trellis will reduce space and lift the fruit off the soil.
One cucumber plant will produce up to 10 large cucumbers or 15 small cucumbers.
Generally, most varieties of cucumbers typically yield about 10 fruits (cucumbers) per plant.
However, that's an average.
They root in soil and then proceed to attach their tendrils to trellises and other supporting structures.
You can water cucumbers too much.
Watering cucumber plants too much can kill the cucumber plant and damage the cucumbers.
Cucumbers perform best with regular, deep watering once a week or so and with more frequency if the weather is very hot for a period of days.
Inadequate or inconsistent moisture can cause oddly shaped or poor-tasting fruit.
Cucumbers turn yellow when they are over ripe.
When you leave your cucumbers on the vine too long then the cucumbers get too ripe which then leads to them turning yellow.
Cucumber plants have a shallow root system that loves moisture but don't leave them with wet feet.
This causes them to turn yellow. For best results water deeply and slowly a couple of times a week.
More than this and you're robbing the soil of nutrients.
Cucumbers can be kept at room temperature for around 2 to 3 days before they start going bad.
So it's best to refrigerate the cucumbers so they last longer.
Refrigerated cucumbers are most often good for up to 2 weeks.
Cucumbers should be kept refrigerated to keep them fresh even when uncut.
When sliced cucumbers should always be kept refrigerated or they will go bad.
You can cut cucumbers ahead of time but to keep them fresh you must put the cut or sliced cucumbers in a sealed container with some water and then refrigerate them.
To store cut or sliced cucumbers.
Place cucumber slices in a container with a lid.
Fill the container with water and store in the refrigerator.
You can keep cucumbers in vinegar for up to 3 days before they lose their crispiness and become limp.
Cucumber salad though is most often good for up to 2 weeks.
Because this is vinegar based and essentially pickles, this cucumber salad can last in the fridge for up to two weeks.
To get rid of the bitterness of a cucumber you can do so using 2 different methods.
The 2 ways of getting the bitterness out of a cucumber include.
1. Rubbing the Ends
This is one of the most popular and commonly used methods to remove the bitterness of cucumber.
All you need to do is thinly cut off the last part of the stem or blossom end of the cucumber and with that piece rub the end of the cucumber in a circular motion.
While you do this, a white foam-like substance will emerge from the inside of the cucumber.
This is the cucuritacin, which causes bitterness in it.
Repeat the process on the other end by cutting the edge of the stem.
Once you are done, wash the cucumber with water. You can definitely feel the difference.
2. Salt Sprinkling Method
The salting technique is not very popular; however, it is believed that it works wonders.
Cut the cucumber into two halves lengthwise.
Sprinkle some salt on both the halves from where they were cut open and rub them against each other.