Growing CUCUMBERS Intensively At Home for Maximum Yield and Plant Health | Step-by-Step Guide 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing - I love growing them back down too =)

@@NextdoorHomestead it’s so awesome! I’m wondering if I should do it with my squash? That’s the only thing new I’m adding for spring time is some summer squash and I’m really really really considering trying a tomato cage! 🧐 ♥️

@@NextdoorHomestead love watching the little tendrils work there magic 🪄

I've been doing some research, many call it the umbrella method. I bet it was fun to watch it grow, I can't wait til mine starts to climb up the twine.

Yay! That's what I am trying

That's really awesome to hear. Thank you for saying so!

Yes, my rule is they must have at least one garden dog.

Agreed was thinking the exact same! Sorry young plants I will be picking your first flowers until you develop a solid root system!

Oh nice! You might want to ask him what variety it was!

I got cucumber seeds (heirloom) from farmers that saved them for years and it doesn’t have a quang taste like most bought ones taste like

Why would you have gotten sick?

You are so very welcome! Definitely got more videos in the works - so glad they've been helpful for you =)

I appreciate you saying so!

I love reading about everyone's different trellis strategies! Such a fun plant, I really can't wait to start some cuke seeds!!!

No problem! Thanks for watching^^

I'd never heard that term before - thank you for sharing!

Helpful is my goal =) Thank you for watching!

Thank you for saying so! And good luck with your cukes this year^^

You're so welcome and thank you kindly for watching!

You're quite welcome! And thank *you* for giving it a watch =)

No problem! So glad it was educational^^

ME TOO! Haha you are only the second person in this channel's history to mention that's how they watch gardening videos but I'm all about it. Spacemaster seems like a reasonable choice for the hot weather, sorry it's not panning out =/ Sometimes the heat just wins (like today in my garden...) If you're hand-pollinating and they are still not setting fruit, it's likely a stress related issue. Heat / humidity can certainly do it as can lack of water or poor nutrient uptake. Good luck!

Well that's just awesome. Thanks for joining up =) Hope you like the future videos too!

Thanks for watching! And for some reason your comment made me want to make some Greek cucumber salad... =)

You are so welcome!

That's awesome - so glad you appreciated it! Hope your cukes do well this year!

No problem! Hope it's proving helpful =)

No problem, thanks for checking it out!

Yay! So glad it was helpful. I hope your cukes turn out delicious =)

So glad to hear it was informative! And welcome to the channel =)

So glad to hear it! Thanks for saying so =)

You're so welcome! Happy gardening =)

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful and I appreciate the well wishes =)

Well thank you very much! Glad it was helpful and good luck with your cukes this year!

You're so welcome! Thanks for the kind words^^

Glad it was helpful!

Well thank you for saying so! I know this was a dense video - so glad it was useful =)

You're very welcome! So glad to have you join the channel - hope you enjoy the future videos as well =)

Ah, thank you kindly! So glad you're liking it =)

Glad it was informative! And best of luck with your cukes - keeping them well-watered should make for a bigger harvest =)

You're welcome! Thanks for checking it out =)

No problem! And yeah, with cucumbers the variety is just so critical. Totally different than tomatoes. Good luck =)

Yeah for real! Love us some cucumbers. Summer needs to hurry up =)

You're so welcome! Thanks for checking it out =)

GOOD LUCK! Such a fun endeavor. And I'm so glad to hear it was helpful =)

I personally find it well worth experimenting with hybrid cuke varieties (and until recently I was a mostly heirloom guy). Especially if you have a tough climate for them. Best of luck and thank you very much for the kind words!

Underrated benefit of the home garden. Carrots are another favorite for my boy

😅My girl wraps her paws around unripe cucumbers 🥒 as though they are her long lost kittens.

You're welcome! Have you already started your cukes for the year?

Hahaha yes! I'm here for the cucumber love. Going to eat a whole mess of them todaay!

No problem at all - glad it was informative =)

@@NextdoorHomestead gooooood answer

So glad to hear that! Appreciate it =)

So glad to hear it! Thanks for watching =)

You're so welcome! Any fun varieties?

@@NextdoorHomestead I might try it with one of the pickling kinds - excelsior. Our fave is Manny! Growing in a greenhouse up here in Alaska.

Oh good, I'm so glad you aren't giving up! Most of us have plenty of time left for a round of cucumbers so I think you've got a good shot at it!

Hope they produce like crazy for you! We're starting to swim in cukes already.... I love it! =)

No problem! Hope yours grow well this year =)

Thank you for watching! Hope you're getting some sun soon for the cukes =)

Thank you!

Hahaha I would not blame anyone for not clicking an 18 minute gardening tutorial. Just felt like making this one as comprehensive as I knew how I guess =). Glad you ended up liking it! Cheers!

Yeah, such a great tip! I'd really like to get our weed pressure under control and return to using wood chips more - at least in the paths between the rows. It is shocking how much it helps with moisture loss.

Awesome! And no problem at all =)

I love all the folks chiming in with the same experience! Such a time and resource saving change for us too. Cheers!

Welcome! Glad you enjoyed 😁

Oh good, I'm glad to have some backup on this one. I don't think they're too, too common in home gardens yet. And yeah, the grow SO fast.

THANK YOU! I really appreciate that =)

I am so glad you think so!

Wow, this is such a nice thing to say! Sometimes I enjoy making videos that are a little bit more low key like this one as well =) And I'm so glad it was informational!

Totally agree - came for the info, stayed for the relaxing voice.

@@nickgaidin right? He could totally have another channel just talking about being stress free and nature and such things!

Thank you =) So glad you enjoyed it - definitely made me want to make more of these in-depth veggie grow guides!

Wow! Thanks so much - I'm so hugely pleased this video was helpful enough to warrant this. Best of luck with your cukes this year! I can't wait to get mine going soon =)

I hope they proved useful!

Oh nice! I hope you really enjoy them. We went through a lot of bad cucumber seasons to get to good ones, so keep at it 😁

How do you tell the male from the female bloom?

@@jasonwebb5652 a tiny baby cucumber grows out of the stem and the female flower comes out of the end of the baby cucumber. the male flowers grow straight out of the stem. can't miss it once you see it.

So incredibly glad to read this feedback. Thank you for sharing =) I would probably not plant them alongside a wisteria just on the basis of that plant being unsafe for consumption. Otherwise, cucumbers are definitely something you can companion plant with so long as you can meet both plants' watering requirements. I like to occasionally plant mine next to something tall like a sunflower to use it as a trellis. Otherwise, small annual herbs are a popular choice. I have dealt with extremely shady gardens as well and have found some level of success with the cucumbers. In most cases, it's about changing your expectations. Some veggies are always better than no veggies =)

So glad it was informative!!! Great question - No, I don't trellis bush cucumbers like this. To some degree, it's going to depend on the specific variety as some of them vine out more than others, but generally I just leave mine be. In transparency, I don't grow bush varieties anywhere near so much =)

Beit alphas are awesome! There's a lot of different varieties within the beit alpha group these days too if it's working out for you. Best of luck with your cukes this year =)

@NextdoorHomestead hope you have a great growing season too! Gonna plant my next crop of cukes in a week to stagger them. Thanks for the encouragement! I just love growing. It blesses my soul and gives me great peace. Bless you!

No problem and thanks for checking it out!!! =) I don't succession crop in the same way in our containers usually, come to think of it. Great question! The roots tend to be more densely balled up and so it's hard to plant in a large, established seedling. I think it would be fine to do a smaller seedling though =) In general, we're just a lot more laid back with the container garden as it's a bit of a combo veggie + ornamental mishmash =)

He was out all morning help me make a new video on raised beds. Such a good boy!

Haha this comment hits home. I like cukes a lot but really I grow them for my wife too who LOVES them fresh from the garden. Plus, yeah they're so cool looking - especially early summer here before the summer fries 'em =)

Thank you sir!

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching =)

Thank you! This should help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tRU674-sHR8.html

Thank you! The two videos before this one seemed to resonate with folks which was pretty fun =) Seems like we're back to normal now but good times while it lasts. Also whenever you comment and I see your videos I feel the need to get back to vermicomposting more seriously. I've always said it's my favorite form of composting and the best for beginners but I haven't been giving my bin enough love this year.

*and bell pepper :3

Oh wow, that is such a lovely mix. Especially for your second year you should be super proud. Those are some of my favorite veg to grow - and I just checked on our bell peppers and they're starting to fruit! Good luck with your garden this year =)

This is my second year too. The previous year I wanted to give up,it was terrible weather, too much r aim,almost no sunshine at the beginning,then I learned to take care of my garden. late night looking for snails and remove them, and I created a successful mix to spray on the leaves. Superhot chilli,garlic and onions, boil,drain,add 4x more water and ready to keep the nasty beasts away.or grounded chilli to bottom of main stem. I grew tomatoes(beef heart shape,drop shape, twocoloured red green with yellow stripes(this one is a bit bitter-sweet),large pink fleahy ones,and some normal medium sized ones), peppers(pepperoni,small amd large chillis,small drop shape chillis,long curly ones,green large one for filling,and so on,names not remembered.)i had coliflowers,broccolis,and white cabbages. This year i have tomatoes(cherry,beefheart,flesh,medium size,roma and one more),peppers(large green for fillimg,medium long green,medium long red,curly,medium yellow, hot chilli,very hot habanero and some seeds left from last year,but dont know which cause my wife mixed up them.ha.and i have coliflowers again,and some pumpkin,but that one is a random too.just popped out of the soil! haha

Oh wow, thank you for the kind words! We're not in a desert but sure do have hot, dry summers. It's not easy for plants like cucumbers, that's for sure =) Anyhow, thanks for joining up and I hope you enjoy our future videos too!

Apparently pineapple and coriander like sandy soil not to mention coconuts.

Glad to hear it! I hope your cuke harvest was good this year 😁

@@NextdoorHomestead thank you. I was encouraged to do the same thing with my Young citrus plants

Glad to help! Hope your cucumbers crush it this year =)

@@NextdoorHomestead Hi, I tried to get the flowers from the cucumber plant to do exactly what you showed on video , but I don’t understand what flowers to use for the female flower! It the ones that are closed complete?

@@lindatavares2027 Heya! The female flowers are the shorter ones with the little baby cucumber fruits visible beneath the flower itself. You want them to be fully open and formed when you hand pollinate. Usually much easier to do in the early morning - cucurbit flowers tend to close with the heat of the day. Cheers!

@@NextdoorHomestead thank thank you! Now I understand

That's even better! I don't think I talked about interplanting in this video but it's a cool practice for sure!

You are so welcome! Thanks for checking out our videos =)

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT

Argh, that's frustrating! Sorry to make an impossible recommendation in that case =(

Those are two super solid varieties. And I know the struggle with replacing crops - I'm sitting here with a bunch of unripe pumpkins I want to rip out already to grow my autumn leafy greens!

Ahhh thank you! He's loving life now that it's hot enough to lay in the garden =)

Thank you so much! I saw you're growing some malabar - that's on my all time favorites =)

0_o. Wow, that sounds super frustrating. Ours are right next to a hedge full of birds. They steal my berries sometimes but do keep the bugs down too - all a balance I suppose. Hope the neem works out for you!

It's on my list for next year! Had a couple folks recommend it highly now 😁

Oh yeah we've been there with our cucumbers! I'm not a big fan (personally) of the classic "homestead" cucumbers anymore for that reason - too much tendency to go bitter in my hot climate.

Thanks - good catch! I do need to be more careful differentiating the two =) And very glad you liked the video!