Cucumbers are wonderful plants that will grow well in a summer garden, but if you're short on space, you can also raise them in pots and containers. Not only is this method more convenient, but it ...

A pot of fresh cucumbers on your patio or balcony is a great way to keep these summer fruits handy. Here's how to grow them in pots along with a few varieties that do especially well.

How to Plant Cucumbers Cucumbers can be grown in containers if there is enough room for their roots to spread and they have access to plenty of sunlight.

Bush types like Salad bush produce eight-inch slicing cucumbers on a small plant. Spacemaster is a compact plant, spreading 24 inches and suitable for containers and hanging baskets.

Many cucumbers reach maturity in 60 days or less. Calculate the days remaining until the first fall frost to determine if you have enough time to plant, grow, and harvest a second cucumber crop.

The National Garden Bureau every year selects a vegetable, an annual and a perennial, to encourage people to grow. In 2014 they selected the cucumber as the vegetable of the year, and rightly so ...

Among the vegetables that lend themselves particularly well to container gardening are tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, beans, lettuce, squash, radishes, carrots, cucumbers and a wide variety of herbs." ...

With a few containers, some good soil and plenty of sunlight, you can grow flowers, vegetables and more just about anywhere.