How to Grow MORE Cucumbers (Expert Tips)

[@danielacrisan7718]

Excellent presentation! English is my second language and I was pleasantly surprised to understand everything in detail. No where else I could find such a thorough explanation about all parts of the plant, the pollination and tips about healthy growth and rich harvest. Thank you so much!!

[@hebrewesslilyofthevalley7438]

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[@kafkollectif525]

Your English is a lot better than most native speakers 😎🥂

[@stephonepulliam8467]

d x e !4 re tv c.😮.

[@mystic24100]

There is nothing better than fresh cucumbers and tomatoes out of the garden.

[@xx-gp4me]

strawberries

[@mg-lz3kk]

You are my go to master gardener. Your presentations are always excellent, informative and easy to understand. Thank you for all you do for us aspiring to have healthy and productive gardens.

[@CalmSkyzMedia]

I feel like I'm in a gardening class 😆. Thank you Gardener Scott for your expert tips.

[@bradymcphail9690]

You are a wonderful teacher. If you were my instructor in college I may have stuck around.

[@frankanselmo5479]

Been thinking about whether or not to prune the suckers. After watching this, I’m on my way out the door with pruners in hand. Nice video!

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

It's the same with tomatoes.

[@Gkrissy]

I never knew about pinching off suckers in a cucumber plant. Thanks for the tips Gardener Scott. I have planted lots of cosmos and other flowers to bring in more pollinators.

[@pecker556]

I really enjoy meeting you in the garden, Mr Scott. Thank you for the channel.

[@BradfordHomestead]

Very helpful! This might be the first successful year for cucumbers in my garden. I’ve tried for 3 years; Third time’s the charm!

[@JS-jl1yj]

After more than 40 years of growing my own vegetables I am still looking for tips to improve my gardening I love this video. You explain every detail very clearly and wisely. One thing that I plan to do next year is to include some flowers in my veggie garden to attract more pollinators to my cucumber plants. This year was the first time that I did staggered planting of my indeterminate English cucumbers. 3 weeks after planting my first set of seedlings that I raised indoors, I put more seeds in between the already growing vines on each side of my arched trellis. After watching your video I realized that I should have planted the seedlings on just one side of the trellis and later planted the seeds directly in the ground on the other side of the arched trellis. Regardless of my mistake, I am enjoying a second harvest. I am doing the same staggering with my pole green beans.

[@sarahhunter2350]

Try borage! I hardly ever saw bees in my garden (other pollinators but not bees) until I planted borage. Now they're everywhere and everything is well-pollinated. Borage is also edible and medicinal.

[@babacarndiaye2146]

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[@TinaHarris]

I want to echo others' comments that this was the most thoroughly explained video on the growing habit of cucumbers. I knew there were two basic types of cucumbers, but I never understood what the difference between a slicing and a pickling cucumber was. Equipped with the information you have given me I'll have more success in the garden.

[@shinamarukaito3836]

Like a Bob Ross of gardening. I appreciate the clean and simple explanations and step-by-step you give. Thank you for making gardening easy to understand for this ADHD mind of mine. Lol

[@GardenerScott]

I'm so glad I can help. Welcome to the channel!

[@PhuongHuynh-qm5th]

This is the best video I’ve seen on KZbin for growing cucumbers. Thank you!

[@b.bailey8244]

i learned a ton from your video; pinching out new branches, keeping lower branches and leaves off the ground, growing vertically, improving air circulation. I love cukes and didn't know that hidden maturing cukes would shut my plants down. This gives me hope that i will have a better crop this year. Thanks!

[@judymutchler1973]

Best explanation for growing cucumbers I've seen. Thanks!

[@hmmm..2733]

I’m back for a refresher course. I had my best cucumber harvest last year after listening to your advice. This year, starting tomorrow, I’ll plant my succession cucumbers.

[@andersfurstenberg6338]

You have the best gardening videos on youtube. Good job!

[@daroldw4606]

Great tip to add flowers. Would never has thought of it.

[@LeroyKapp]

You are the only one talking real beneficial information. Thank you.

[@loisjohnson7272]

Thank you for your help,I love growing my own vegetables, it’s my favorite hobby and the vegetables seem to taste more better than store bought ones,,haha, just fun going out to your own garden and finding some wonderful veggies!, the pruning is one thing I am just learning, and have been wondering how to do,,so thanks again ❤ North Carolina girl,

[@velerialangbehn6088]

Best video I've seen on raising cucs. Been gardening over 50 years. This will help new gardeners learn how to raise cucs. Enjoyed. Thank you.

[@shingj4007]

Last year was my first time growing vegetables, pickling cucumbers were my most successful one and they gave me the taste of freshness that I have never experienced before. I will use your wonderful tips this year to have better and more harvest. Thank you!

[@pavlovaalex]

Thank you so much gardener Scott! Your tip on hidden cucumber was spot on! My plant is now 5 foot long with many small cucumbers, growing and more blooms coming, but plant the is starting to yellow. After watering your video yesterday, I just found a large overgrown cucumber fruit at the beginning of the plant hidden in grass! I picked it and hope the production will continue. Thanks! 🙏

[@ericapivko]

Fantastic, succinct, and informative video. Thank you, Gardener Scott!

[@edbogus]

Thanks Scott…been busy pruning my indeterminate tomatoes…now it’s off to the cucumbers…We really appreciate all your helpful hints! George from Danbury, CT USA

[@AngelaM-s4o]

He covers in detail😊 all the aspects of careing for cukes :)

[@imransheikh74]

Thanks this was so well presented and made easy to understand

[@MrEgigas]

Also loved the 4-way junction explanation for crawling plants. Thanks!

[@elliegoodwin7272]

What a treasure trove of info! I'm new at growing cucumbers and tomatoes. You're setting me on a great path. Thanks!

[@wendyburston3132]

Perfect timing. We had a downpour of rain today and the cukes got knocked down. Now I realize that the reason they fell is because of the over growth of the suckers. They are short enough still that it is fixable. Thanks Scott. Really appreciate all your info.

[@rachelcoyle6128]

So glad I got to watch this video. Second year gardener and I lost my cucumber plants the first year . This year I’m trellising and they are looking great at , however , I hadn’t realized the pruning / suckers / etc and I’m thinking I would’ve run into trouble again . Thankful to have run into this video . Now to go prune and start another succession planting 😂

[@LeverActionLarry]

I just want to say THANK YOU Gardener Scott! I love going back to these videos as a guide. I am planning on starting some cucumbers from seed today and I have a new bed with a similar setup as yours to eventually plant them in. Your vids are so informative and inspiring. CHEERS!

[@juneshannon8074]

Thanks Scott for the first video I’ve seen that explains and shows, the benefits of pruning cucumbers. In the past I gave up pruning down low, as I was just guessing, and ended up with a lot of short growth flopping on the ground. Apart from the short growth looking sick and not producing much fruit, it’s far harder to pick the produce.

[@PermaPen]

Terrific video, thank you! I'll certainly be applying all these ideas. You've also answered my puzzle: why, in last year's diabolically cold London summer, did I get only *male* flowers on my squashes - because the plant never managed to grow large enough for female ones!

[@deebirdwell2051]

Wow, fantastic timing! I just planted lemon cucumber and market more 76 cucumber seeds 4 days ago. I planted both of these earlier this year and just did OK. Figured I’d give it another try and see if the fall here in the Florida is better to grow these types of cucumbers. Thank you for posting such an informative video. I enjoy your channel very much.

[@jeremiahbaker6396]

this felt like a good lecture

[@eujackmac]

Thank you so much for a clear and concise explanation. I’m growing muncher cucumbers from seed and the plants are doing well.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

lol i think cucumber is one of the plants that gives so much, we pickle a ton for the winter. i love sweet pickles.

[@AmericaFirstNow]

Been growing Marketmore for several years. I used to grow Straight Eights. I like Marketmore just a little more. I do 2 vertical plantings. Plenty for us and sharing. Yes, pruning is a must.

[@AmericaFirstNow]

I'm in zone 5B and my first planting is about a foot tall today.

[@sejalpatel2422]

Thank you for all of information. God bless you. Bcz of you I did true gardening this year. I have opo squash, martini cucumber, zucchini, peppers, mint, peas, tomato’s and so on. Watching all of this growing every day, I always remember you. And thanks that day when I subscribe your channel.

[@davidlekone9934]

Wow this is excellent and so informative i will the same instructions this season, thank you very much.

[@ligmuhnugs]

I made every mistake he mentioned when growing cucumbers this year, but I still got a ton of cucumbers to harvest. I found one hidden in tall grass that was 18" long.

[@ritasenergyherbs3650]

Thank goodness for a video telling me it is okay to prune cucumbers!! This year I am growing vertical using the cow panel method. I am using an Aluminet 40% shade cloth this year and I am noticing the most prolific growth ever in my cucumbers. Despite directing vines to the cow panel they are crowding neighboring plants. I already have cukes - and so many flowers! Low growing, flowering herbs, such as thyme, might be good to grow next to the cucumbers for pollination as well.

[@lisamoag6548]

Camomile grows well with cucumbers!

[@heidiclark6612]

I learn something in each of your videos! I never knew that I could or should prune suckers on my cucumber plants. I will do try this. Thank You.

[@DespiteMyself7]

Thanks so much! I have an unheated hoophouse this year, and I'm going to start an early planting of armenians and persians in 10gal growbags with a net trellis, then have 2 more successions outdoors. I will certainly be pinching suckers!

[@JaniceCrowell]

This is the best cucumber video I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much!

[@angelicacallens4119]

Extremely organized presentation very well done, thank you

[@josiebridges3583]

Thank you very much for a wonderful video and just in time for Spring 2023.

[@lucnorth8446]

You are an awesome teacher!!

[@gerhardtpienaar]

Thank you for n wonderful schooling video once again learned a lot from your presentation God bless

[@tendraftsdeep]

Magnificent! We just planted some late season cucumbers, they are growing in our gardens and hoping to grab a harvest before the first freeze. Thank you Scott!

[@tinacreel2995]

what is the name of late season cucumbers

[@kennethfitzgerald8976]

I did grow tomatoes last year my first time cherry tomatoes and it was great my very first time I'm trying cucumbers now and I learned a lot thank you 💯🙏

[@Melanietucker]

This has been the best video on growing cucumbers I have seen. Thank you!

[@PacMan257]

My single seed challenge this year was a Boothby Blonde variety. This was my 3 year trying to grow this and by far my most successful even though I didn't follow any of these tips. I plan to let at least one cuke on the vine until it yellows to save some seeds and try it again next season adding what I learned in this video. Thanks.

[@milab143]

Thank you for such a wonderful presentation. I have been growing cucumbers for quite sometime now and I’m still learning. I appreciate the detail and educational information. 🌿🌾🙌

[@kerrykroberts7809]

best video I have seen on growing cucumbers, thank you! Very helpful

[@huiwei9898]

This is really the best video I have ever watched, very detailed and logic explaining monologue along with the video.

[@justgivemethetruth]

It's easy to get more cucumbers than one knows what to do with. My favorites are the Asian/Japanese cucumbers, they are so fresh and crunchy tasting, but also juicy. I find that some of the best varieties of vegetables/fruits are the Japanese varieties.

[@homeandgardendiaries6384]

We’re in England. Where do you get the seeds for the Japanese cucumbers.

[@nedcramdon1306]

@@homeandgardendiaries6384 Norway... no seriously where?

[@Nancy-zk9dj]

I had problems growing spinach, then I planted Tatsoi instead. Love it!

[@practicallyheidi8505]

I love any peppers that come from Japan. Shisito and this year I am trying Manganji

[@mabuhayPinay]

The Japanese cukes are the best for me too. Crunchy, long, excellent taste... drizzle them with vinaigrette dressing -or- marinade them in the dressing first thing and eat for dinner. Glorious cukes! However, any irregular watering of this veggie can cause cukes to be bitter. It will ruin the taste and you'd toss them to the pigs. This year, I decided to grow Suyo Long and Lemon cukes -- the latter as an insurance. The Lemon variety is prolific and I harvest everyday to enjoy the crunch and the fresh taste!

[@kathey1981]

Thank you so much for this video. I've never grown cucumbers before. I'm a new gardener and excited to try this. Thank you so much for all your tips!

[@GardenerKev]

Enjoyed your video. So much good stuff. Growing vertically is the way to go. Cannot emphasize enough the aggressive picking to keep plant going as you said. Good advise and tips, Gardner Scott. Thank you very much!

[@gwenmangelson]

put some in a hanging basket on my patio this year- trying to get things in as many places as I can and trying new things after 45 years lol

[@warnerlesa]

Thanks Gardener Scott - so calm and pleasant in your presentation. Very clear and detailed also! Loving these tips!!!

[@aaronbaldwin1673]

Love it, thank you for the tips! Been growing cucumbers for a couple seasons now and they produce a surprising amount. Trying to get as much out of them as possible.

[@johnjude2685]

I to am putting the clips to other use other than"tomatoes", Suppose "tomato clips" will be used for everything but for use to the tomato plants. Thank you for the teaching Sir

[@Linda-9037]

I do not have enough bees in my area to polinate anything...so I pollinate my cucumbers myself by rubing the stamin of the male flower onto the pistal of the female ...I carefully pluck away the male flower petals and hold onto just the center stamen then I insert that into the female center and rub it around a bit..the pollen gets transfered and i ALWAYS get cucumbers that way. Bees are becoming more and more scarce so this tip might help some of your growers.. It helps my crop 100%

[@raksha1940]

Thank you Gardner Scott! My cucumber trees are amazing..I followed your advice.. God Bless you Always ❤️

[@scotts1356]

I' limited in space and never knew you could grow them vertically! Thank you.

[@racebiketuner]

As an old fart with wobbly knees, I highly recommend this method ;-) It makes tending so much easier!

[@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me]

Here in Arkansas, we have a LOT of Snakes, so I trellis everything I can!

[@cmchatton1680]

Thanks so much Scott! I think trimming off the suckered will really improve my yield. John McHatton

[@lastchancemonicam3948]

Dear G.S, Peace and thank you for the videos. Just an update. I've got tons of aphid eggs (I think) on my cucs, but my cucumber season is coming to an end here. There are tons of tiny, black dots and the leaves are all dying, but that's normal for August. I only had enough for five pickling jars this year, but I did see a few different types of lady bugs towards the end of the season. My two good things this time are that my vanilla orchids, which I had on life support for almost a year, are much healthier and happier. My second is that I was able to start my first gallon of watermelon wine yesterday! I even made the yeast, and I used mostly things from my garden to make it. I also pickled some watermelon rind!

[@stephenluna7932]

Wow I learned so much from this video. Thanks

[@shannonelam6766]

Great tips, it’s my first year growing cucumbers so I need all the help I can get! Thanks…

[@sheilabrennan4481]

best tutorial... been watching tons of how-tos and Gardener Scott you a natural born teacher... great simple and thorough explanations...that makes it easy to understand. New subscriber and total respect!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks, Sheila. Welcome to the channel!

[@gabrielleannacormierart]

I LOVE your channel! This video and others I’ve watched are so helpful and I feel more at ease as a relatively new garderner. Thank you 😊

[@kansasgardener5844]

I absolutely love the Beit Alpha cucumber both for production and quality.

[@cheryllindberg1975]

I'm growing those this year. Already enjoying cucs!

[@denisebayer8748]

Outstanding presentation!! Thorough, well explained, just fantastic!! Thank you so much, Scott!!!

[@richardosborne8570]

The best video ive seen on the subject. Thank you gardner Scott .

[@hugelpook]

Excellent, clear presentation as always.

[@monicaburton7230]

This was very helpful in understanding plant anatomy and growing tips.

[@shez4199]

The best video on cucumbers ive seen, thank you!

[@douglasbyers3094]

Always find your videos well explained and informative. Not only good advice , but , WHY it's good advice. How it works. Good stuff. Many many thanks

[@amberprice3439]

Thank you so much!!! This is my first year growing cucumbers and I am so excited to try these tips out and see a great harvest in my first attempt. Here's hoping!

[@TheCookster64]

You can self pollinate just like squash plants. I've done it. I grow bush cukes because of my setup.

[@pneugass]

Wonderful video. Clear explanations, easy to understand and follow. Thank you.

[@simplifygardening]

With being so busy mine have not been pruned and its affected the plants they have sprawled everywhere. now the wedding is out of the way I will be able to get to the garden and sort it out

[@lindapooh1970]

Perfect timing Gardener Scott. Thankyou so much!! 👍👍❤

[@constantinepotonides2861]

Thank you Scott! Excellent, detailed presentation. Very helpful! Much appreciated.

[@sweethometreasures]

So helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make this clear and concise video!

[@christinecasaccia2994]

I enjoy the way you teach. I love learning 😊

[@ChrisClark-vc7gq]

Now I really think I can grow cucumbers all the videos and stuff. Just now found out about the suckers

[@redsoilgardener]

Nice video Scott. I appreciate this piece of information and will use it on my garden

[@hungrybear8439]

You really have a great way of explanation, thank you!

[@irishka_zolotse]

I loved your tip on growing flowering plants by your veggies 2 attract polinators👍

[@wetchickennugget]

Lambs Ear is a great plant to attract pollinators to your garden.

[@jerrymatthews8968]

Thank you Scott for some good tips for raising cakes.

[@dr.beverlysargentph.d.7261]

Wonderfully taught! Thank you!

[@maggiemanzke7926]

Very timely information, thank you very much, Scott!

[@topofthehillgarden6161]

Nice informative video Mr Scott 👍🏿 thank you 😊 👍🏿 siyabonga kakhulu ( thank you very much)

[@chrism9037]

Thank you, this was a fantastic video. We love growing cukes in our garden, and I learned a lot from this.

[@GoneFishingNow]

Excellent information video, thanks Scott

[@drewnormand7253]

Your T-shirt is LITERALLY what's up

[@TheHappyCoder]

Wow! My new favorite video on cucumbers