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 Cucumber

I've tried these in a number of ways and had some successes and failures.

First, the failures. My cucumbers inside the greenhouse swarmed with aphids and eventually faded away. I was stingy with water and fertilizer one year.

The best place in my garden for the cucumbers is next to the corn - a protected environment that's open to the sun and air. I've gotten some good production growing them in 5-gallon buckets and using a trellis.

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