That could be true about the cukes if you’re using older heirloom varieties. My two favorites are ‘Diva’ and ‘Summer Dance’ and they only produce female flowers and are self pollinating, so no bitterness. They call it, ‘gynoecious, parthenocarphic.’
Sister cukes are doin’ it for themselves, LOL!
https://all-americaselections.org/product/cucumber-diva/
FYI. If you’re unfamiliar, this is a great site if you can’t decide which variety of what to grow each season. All America Select Winners truly ARE that good; I’ve grown many of them through the years with fantastic results!
Veggies and flowers:
https://all-americaselections.org/
I’ve grown the ‘summer dance’ cucumbers before. They were delicious. And prolific. And longer lived than most I’ve grown before.
Good information.....thanks!
I am trying to make garden and greenhouse as low maintenance as possible (I know..... right?!)
If I could leave for a week and return and everything was fine when I returned...that would be great.
Btw......great pun at the end if your comment ;)