Cucumbers are in season from May to October, but are available year-round. Look for firm, vibrantly green fruit without wrinkles. Smaller ridged cucumbers differ little in taste to the more common ...
Cucumbers must be kept moist, but not soaking, to prevent a check to the fruit. Once the fruit appears, give them a boost by feeding every fortnight with a fertiliser high in potash.
Unlike the cucumbers you may have eaten in salads, this one is poisonous. Its flowers turn into bluish-green fruits about 2 inches long. As the fruit gets ripe, a gelatin like fluid builds up inside.
It said the limits applied both to loose fruit and vegetables and to produce sold in packs. Tesco follows: Aldi, which is putting limits of three per customer on sales of peppers, cucumbers and ...