Now what type of cucumbers do you prefer, for what use.
I have grown the long smooth ones and the old school prickly ones.
For simple taste in cucumber salad, the old school prickly ones have a slight edge.
For what ever reason cucumbers have been a hit-miss item for me with plants dying, not from bugs, or seeds simply not coming up, although last year I thought the seeds were defunct when I went out to the squash patch and noticed an odd vine.
My cucumber simply had taken a long time to arrive.
If I get enough this year, at once, I may try some pickling for the first time in twenty years again.
I have enough jars to put up three dozen , or more jars but four or five would be all I would do , probably.
I like cucumber salad over mashed potatoes but only the first day can you really taste the cucumber as by the second day they have pickled to the point that while still good the cucumber taste is muted.
With my disfunctional taste buds, that might be an exercise in futility anyway.
