Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Well drained soil
- Full sun
- Garden gloves
- Cucumber seeds
- Water
- Hand garden spade
- Shovel
Step1
Prepare the area where you will plant your cucumber seeds in a sunny, well-drained area of your garden. First dig down to loosen the soil with a shovel. Turn over the soil and then re-dig it. Take out any rocks or large sticks.
Step2
Decide how many cucumber plants you want; two or three will provide enough cucumbers for a family to eat fresh. If you plan to make pickles or relish out of your cucumbers and you also have a large amount of space in your garden, then you may need to plant more. For every two or three plants, you will need to mound up the soil to make a hill.
Step3
Pile up soil so that there is a hill that stands about six to eight inches high and has a diameter of about two feet. The hills will allow the cucumber vines to grow out and down into your garden. Use your finger or a small stick to drill six small holes in each hill. Make the holes about one inch deep starting on top of the hill. Make the holes at least three inches apart.
Step4
Place one cucumber seed into each hole. Fill the holes with dirt, then water. Keep the hills moist until the seedlings sprout in one or two weeks.
Step5
When the seedlings grow their first real set of cucumber leaves (the first two leaves don't count), thin the plants so that only two or three plants are on each hill. If you have more cucumber plants than you can use, give them to a friend or contribute them to a community garden. It takes about six weeks for the cucumbers to mature.
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