Re: Bitter Cucumbers

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• Subject: Re: Bitter Cucumbers
• From: R* C* I* <r*@uvi.edu>
• Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:36:01 -0400
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Norm Cramer wrote:
> 
> I have been having a great harvest of cucumbers but they seem to be getting
> bitter.  I harvested 10 the other day and ony 2 were not bitter.  What
> makes them bitter.

I believe that insufficient watering makes them bitter.  Try mulching
them.  The Book says they'll be bitter if you pick them too large.
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