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  1. firebroad Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 18, 2011
    1,028 posts
    Carroll County, MD
    Cukes will shrivel up pretty quickly without refrigeration, the ones on the supermarket are bred for keeping, not taste. Then they coat them with a waxy oil to help them resist shriveling.
    I love homegrown cucumbers, but I have to lay off of them this year as well as other cucurbits thanks to an invasion of sqashbugs and cucumber beetles last year. In the case of the squash bugs, the ground was literally moving with them. Don't even get me started with the stinkbugs...:mad:
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  2. Crane Stoves Member

    joined: Apr 22, 2012
    204 posts
    Duxbury, MA.
    I think last night brings an end to this cold snap... im going for it and planting this week! glad to hear your stuff made out OK...
  3. nate379 Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 21, 2010
    3,999 posts
    Palmer, Alaska
    When I had a garden a few years ago I had the fridge stuffed with cukes (I had like 10 plants and just me eating them!) and they seemed to last 2-3 weeks without getting weird. I was GIVING them away by the sack full to whoever would take them!

  4. firebroad Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 18, 2011
    1,028 posts
    Carroll County, MD
    Thank goodness for refrigeration, or I would never have enough to can or pickle at one time!

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