How Do You Grow Cucumbers In A Garden?
Cucumbers are a relatively easy vegetable to grow, even if you are a beginner at gardening. Whether you’re growing them to make pickles, to add to a salad or to eat as a natural, low-cal snack, here are a few tips on getting them to grow their best. Start your seeds. If starting your cucumbers indoors, you can plant them in peat pots three to four weeks before the end of the frost period, with one to two seeds per square inch. If you want to plant your seeds directly into the garden, be sure to wait until all danger of frost is gone (optimal soil temperature for cucumber seeds is 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit). Seeds should be planted 1/2 to 1 inch deep, 6 inches apart, with at least 4 to 6 inches between rows. Give your plants space. If you have started your plants inside and they have germinated, you can put them in your garden as soon as the danger of frost is over (as with planting seeds, cucumbers will grow best if the soil is at least 65 degrees). If you have planted your seeds dir
