Cucumbers are underrated icons of the kitchen. Whether you're slicing them for a Greek quinoa salad, whipping up some easy tzatziki sauce, or crafting Swedish-style pickled cucumbers to pair with your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heiko119 / Getty Images Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...

If you are growing cucumber plants that are flowering but not producing any fruit, the issue may be pollination -- or a lack thereof. In most gardens, bees and other insects pollinate plants naturally ...

Every year, I’m asked why the seed someone carefully saved of a favorite food crop doesn’t produce a vegetable identical to the parent. Seed saving is fun, economical and a great way to preserve ...

Plants that reproduce exclusively by self-pollination arise from populations with extremely low diversity to begin with. The research not only adds a facet to possible evolutionary strategies, but ...

If you’ve nursed your cucumber plant into a large, leafy vine, it can be disappointing and confusing when it hardly produces any fruit. Learning about the difference between male vs female cucumber ...

If you're just starting and are interested in growing some vegetables, a gardening expert has selected the three "easiest" choices to begin with in January.

If you are set on growing cucumbers but don't have the outdoor space you think you need, we've got some great news. You don't need a big garden to grow cucumbers. You can grow them indoors. Since you ...

Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...

A Kobe University research team found that two species of self-pollinating orchids with unopened flowers each arose from insect-pollinated species that already have a very low degree of genetic ...

Hand-pollinating plants is a simple process that guarantees successful fruit development. Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...