Related Lessons. 1  Bond prices, rates and yields. If you buy a new bond and plan to keep it to maturity, changing prices, interest rates, and yields typically do not affect you, unless the bond is called. 2  Risks of fixed income investing.
Cucumber harvesting isnât an exact science. However, cucumbers are generally ripe and ready for harvest anywhere from 50 to 70 days after planting. A cucumber is normally considered ripe when it is bright medium to dark green and firm. You should avoid cucumber harvesting when cucumbers are yellow, puffy, have sunken areas, or wrinkled tips.
Cucumbers usually are eaten when immature. The best size depends upon the use and variety. They may be picked when they are no more than 2 inches long for pickles, 4 to 6 inches long for dills and 6 to 8 inches long for slicing varieties. A cucumber is of highest quality when it is uniformly green, firm and crisp.The large, burpless cucumbers should be 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter and up to 10 inches long.here are two types of cucumbers common to the home gardener-pickling cucumbers and slicing cucumbers. The phrase cool as a cucumber is an apt one. Growing in a field on a hot summer day, the interior flesh is 20 degrees cooler than the outside air temperature.