Scientists have finally uncovered how the squirting cucumber achieves its explosive seed dispersal through a sophisticated ...

Knowing when to plant cucumber seeds is a key consideration if you're after optimal growth and the best harvest in time for summer. Cucumbers have long been praised by gardeners as one of the ...

One plant with a very unusual way of spreading its seeds is the squirting cucumber. Unlike the cucumbers you may have eaten in salads, this one is poisonous. Its flowers turn into bluish-green ...

Light, fresh, and zingy, this Vietnamese cucumber salad is best eaten as a side dish. It's paired with Thai red chili and ...

Plant outdoor cucumbers in early summer ... apart - the female flower has a swelling beneath it that will become a cucumber. Alternatively, choose all female flower varieties.

When I was a kid I was very interested in dinosaurs. I had plenty of plastic dinosaur toys, too, but this was way back before ...

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? This question makes me smile because it is both. The same can be said of cucumbers, ...