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29 Comments
Great info, thank you so much! I'm in TN with 90+ degrees for the last 6 weeks and hardly any rain. Raised bed Cucumbers are stunted and deformed. Water regularly but nothing seems to help. Disappointing for sure.
After I started experimenting with other cucumber varieties I have quit growing most green cucumbers. I just didn't like them anymore because they are biter. My favorite are the white mild tasting dragonball cucumbers. They are never bitter..sweeter cucumber. I think Im a picky veggie grower and want to experience something new.
To help with bitterness I tell my cucumbers that they are appreciated and loved.
These types of videos are great! Very informative
Luke was getting something off his chest today!!!!🤪🤣😂😍
Good advice in life as well. Beware of bitterness.
That bitter soap you speak of must be “Lifebuoy”- the punishment of choice by Ralphie’s mom in the movie A Christmas Story when Ralphie said “Ohhhh F*dge” 😂
So, the last 2 or 3 nights we had huge rain, tonight and tomorrow night forecast as well (sw Michigan). Is that simply too much water? Also yesterday i was sick and couldn't go out to the garden. In that time, two pickling cukes and a crookneck squash got bigger than i would have liked. The other day they were fine, still very small. But inside of 48 hours, they grew exponentially! Crazy.
My yellow squash HAD lots of spines… but that didnt deter the villainous squash bugs this year.. TWENTY PLANTS DEAD
Cucmbers are
feelin' fine.
If you cut the ends, swap the end pieces and rub in a circular motion a milky white substance will appear. Rinse repeat. Ever since I started doing this I haven't had a bitter cuke. In fact yesterday I had a real prickly one and it wasn't bitter. Worth a try
Thanks so much. I am first time growing cucumber. Was worried why they were bitter. Thanks for posting this video just in time.
So… old age and stress makes one bitter? Makes sense
I think I'm just bitter off not trying to have a garden. My gardens just don't follow the rules.
Unbelievable that you are not getting bit by mosquitoes. There’s no way I could be in the garden without full coverage right now. Sometimes it’s just the ends that are bitter. Learned a lesson to taste test before adding to recipes.
Thx for all the cuke tips.
I have been researching and asking about this issue for the past two months. My cucumbers tasted so wonderful this spring, but for the past month seemed to be B I T T E R. Now I know why – thank you, thank you, thank you for your knowledge. I am in zone 7b/8a in MidWest hot/dry Texas.
Hello dear friend Nice video I like Cucumber
We make tzatziki from the ones that get too big 😂
I loved this video and found it really helpful but I wish you would change your settings so we could save these videos. I won't remember this next year.
This was such a an informative and hilarious video. 😂 I love all of your "as bitter as…" comparisons!
I once missed a cucumber that got mature enough to save seed, and I decided to taste it, not expecting much. It was surprisingly tangy and melon like. Baby Persian was the variety.
😂 Poor Kevin
How hot is TOO hot for cukes?
Man just out there manhandling cucumber leaves and stems without any worries in the world. My hands and arms are itching right now just thinking about it!
(Also thank you for this video! My cucumber is kind of on its last legs, and at this point they keep growing on the ground and pill bugs get to half of them. But I think I might try a real baby one just to experience it!)
Hmmm, I divorced my first wife for all these reasons. Is this really about cucumbers?
ThE 6th REASON your cucumbers are bitter is that you aren't growing a burpless variety. Choose burpless variaties if you want mild sweeter tasting cucumbers with thinner skins and fewer seeds. That is what I do.
No you didn't lol 😂😂😂
I disagree with you. I am giving you a thumbs down.
The heat, and sun contributes to producing the bitterness in cucumbers, and the other part from what I understand is to protect against predators by producing a bitter chemical that is used to protect the plants. Since your cucumbers taste bitter then you most likely did not treat your plants, and you have chosen to neglect your plants.
I am able to think of a solution to reduce the bitterness of your cucumbers, but you waited to long to post your video in my opinion. I have some ideas of my own that maybe could eliminate the bitterness, but I think it is too late, for you to be able to use my ideas.
those were apt bitter comparisons ngl👏
Hey could you add the links to the videos you mention in the description please? Love your videos ❤
Can't wait to see what I get. The first one got away from me a bit. Looked like a baby seal (Spacemaster 80). Thick skin but not bitter or seedy.