Cucumbers have ben my nemesis here in North Texas. For the past 4 years they either suffered from powdery mildew or burned to a crisp. Then I read somewhere that to grow cucumbers here they have to be protected from afternoon sun so this year I tented them with row cover fabric. That did the trick. I have to uncover them at night so the bees don’t get stuck in the fabric, then by 11am put the tent back in place before they start to wither. Now I have more cucumbers than I can eat so looks like I’ll be trying my hand at pickle making this week end.
my cucs don’t normally do very well But this year they seem to of taken off, lots of flowers and I harvested about seven small cucumbers this morning. At this rate I don’t want them to get too big Since I will have so many it looks like.
Any good recipes for pickling? I didn’t grow pickling cucumbers but I’m thinking if I use the small ones and I don’t can them, just refrigerate them, they might be OK?
Good that you figured it out. Certain beds that I have also need shading for some things. I use an old sheet, buy I have some poles that I use, so I don’t have to take it on and off - it ‘s like an awning.