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"Harvesting cucumbers before they get really big is also important. Left on the vine too long, cucumbers can become tough and bitter. And, if a cucumber fruit gets to a point where the seeds begin to mature inside the fruit, the plant will really divert a lot of energy to those fruits. The reason the plant forms the fruit, filled with seed, is to spread its genetics by way of new babies from those seeds. So, at a certain point, the plant will begin to give up its own short life to get those seeds good and ripe and read to form new babies. But, if you cut out a maturing fruit, the plant will start over, refocusing its efforts on newer, younger fruit." gardenmentors/garden-help/edible-gardens/vegetable-gardening/crops-disease-harvest-early-harvest-often/
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:29:00 +0000

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