This guide helps gardeners decide which vegetables, herbs, and flowers to plant with cucumbers—and which to plant elsewhere.

If you want to protect your pest and disease-prone cucumbers for a bountiful harvest, consider planting one of these 15 ...

Protect your cucumbers, cantaloupe, squash, and pumpkins from cucumber beetles and the plant disease they can spread. If you ...

Aphids, which are probably the most common insect in gardens, are small, usually light green — though there are black, gray ...

John in Sterling, Virginia, writes: “Arrgghh! I got cucumber beetles in my garden! Would a vegetable soap prevent these beetles from attacking my cucumbers?” No, John. Washing down plant ...

Cucumber flowers are pollinated by insects, so attracting pollinators to the garden is important. The plants are monoecious, meaning they produce separate male and female flowers on the same plant.

Ants are appalled by cucumbers; therefore ... For other ways to repel flies, moths, and other bugs, check out the article below. If you've got your own trusty DIY bug repellent solution, sound ...

Striped and spotted cucumber beetles are common pests of cucumber and other vine crops in the Midwest. Both beetles are yellow-green and between 3/16 and 1/4 inches long. The striped cucumber ...