What causes soft or shriveled pickles?
A number of things, including: • Holding cucumbers too long after harvesting. They must be processed within one day of picking. • Growing conditions … either too wet or too dry. • Overprocessing. Begin your pickling immediately … don’t leave cucumbers sitting in water. • Cucumber varieties not suitable for pickling. Those varieties include burpless and slicing cucumbers. • Using cucumbers from poorly nourished or diseased plants.
