There's no need to have slimy cucumbers at the back of the fridge as you can now grow snack-size fruit that are perfect for lunchboxes. The Which? Gardening magazine research team have grown and ...

Still, it's understandable if you can't recognize different cucumber varieties on sight (apart from ... and read on to suss out which cucumbers are best for your various veggie needs.

Again and again Charles Darwin found inspiration in the cucumber and its fellow cucurbits ... disuse in diversification and loss. In the varieties which grow upright or do not run and climb ...

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The flowers are easy to tell apart - the female flower has a swelling beneath it that will become a cucumber. Alternatively, choose all female flower varieties. Cucumbers must be kept moist ...