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I've had them produce from July until frost. As long as I pick the cukes before they become pale and seedy, the plants remain productive indefinitely. Check them frequently, though  one or two that become overripe are enough to make the plant think it's succeeded in reproducing, and die.
cucumber plants in general start to flower after about 4o days from sowing seeds and continue to produce for another two months. There are many factors affecting the life expectancy of plants to produce such as weather conditions, temperature, lights, feeding, watering and plants diseases and insects infestation.
Could you post a photo please. Otherwise we can only make guesses as to what it might be. Flea beetles are the most common pest and their damage has a classic appearance. You can find photos of it on the web to compare with yours.
Dave
It's Fall garden time Bean, Beets Swiss Chard plant now mid Aug til 1st week Sept. radishes, turnips , spinach , snap peas & lettuce things that like the cool in spring will thrive in the fall as well. I start my own plants so I've set out some tomatoes, cabbage and broccoli . My second crop of sweet corn is over knee high planted it on 7/20
catherinet, there is much simpler way to have skinless tomatoes out of the fridge! Freeze them in their skins - it also will prevent them from drying out. Then when you ready to use them, take them out of the freezer, place in hot water for few seconds(I usually just wash them under hot running water) - and skin just slips out of tomato.
After several years fighting them, I placed my cucumbers in vertical trellis inside a screen house we made. Squashes and melons under row cover until they start to flower. Beetles still come, but they do not kill squashes and melons, and their wave is usually passing very fast, when they can't get to the cucumbers. I am planting Little Leaf and Adam cucumbers - they do not require pollinators. There are many more varieties that do not require pollination.
I grow all my peppers inside because it is just not hot enough for them to really thrive outside. They are really easy. I just use windowboxes and container mix. They are in a glazed porch rather than on a window sill and you'd need to try to find the sunniest place you have in the house.
Hungarian Wax.
Favas and limas have to be cooked (though I understand newer varieties of limas aren't as toxic). UMN says kidney beans are, I think all beans grown for dried beans might be, soybeans have to be cooked too.
Snap beans/string beans are OK raw even when you let the seeds get big. I eat raw snap beans all the time, though maybe only half a dozen at a time. So does my dad.
I didn't know hyacinth beans are toxic when raw, apparently after they turn from green to red. We were in the community garden at the church tonight and they were picking what I thought were scarlet runner beans but could have been hyacinth beans, I had part of 1 raw DD gave to me after taking a bite, the mother and son picking them were nibbling them too. I have to check into that more - I'm sure a couple bites are OK, but the boy was younger (maybe 5) and I don't know how many he ate.
Update: not hyacinth, they were long thin beans, possibly yard-long beans though they weren't that big yet, they were picking them about 6 inches long. Round cross section, not flat like hyacinth. The flowers were not typical bean flowers though - I didn't see any open, but they were furled, almost looked like morning glory but purple. Any idea what they were? Vining type planted on the arched gate.
Here is a link that might be useful: UMN Beans
This post was edited by ajsmama on Wed, Aug 6, 14 at 21:09
I grew Moon and Stars last year and thought the same thing then at about 60 days or so it started to set fruit I had a great crop most reaching 25- 30 lbs. I'm in zone 5 remember water melons like it hot and not much water if they get to much they won't have much flavor.
If they are good cucumbers, invite your neighbors to help themselves to harvest some, (I gave 4 neighbors permission), or offer them some when you have a surplus.
I live alone, have a 2,000 sq. ft. garden, and provide much of my neighborhood surplus tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, onions, beans, beets, and asparagus.
This thread is so perfect for me because I currently have a pile of cukes I need to use up before I leave on vacation.
Right now I'm making these refrigerator pickles:
http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/06/bread-and-butter-pickles/
Last night I made a variation on the cucumber/yogurt food processor soup:
2 medium cucumbers- roughly chopped
1.5 cups lowfat plain yogurt
1 finely diced scallion
2 crushed garlic cloves
swirl of olive oil
chopped flat leaf parsley
chopped tarragon
chopped chives
chopped dill
half a small jalepeno, finely diced (if you like a kick of spice)
salt and pepper
Puree it all in the food processor or blender.
Chill for at least an hour
I served it with some diced cucumber added to give it some crunch and floated thinly sliced avocados on top. Yum!
That's a good point. I don't have a lot of expertise with that, but my fully beige butternuts last about a year at room temperature.
One good hint for winter squash storage I've learned is, before putting them away, wash well and then dip in water with some bleach added to it. That kills the surface bacteria.
@ltilton- thank you!! that must be the reason I am reading to keep them on the vine as long as possible. it must be the storage issue. I will go ahead and pick that large one once ready and a few more as we plan to eat them and keep the ones I plan to store on the vine as long as possible.
Soon after my pumpkin was pollinated and was just a bit bigger than the size of a golf ball, my finger nail went into it. It continued to grow just fine. I didn't cut into the center of it and it wasn't as deep as I thought it was. It just scabbed over.
Rodney, my hubby is a professional pumpkin (and wood) carver and has been asked to do this early in the season. It's pretty cool with names and such, but the portraits get very weird looking! LOL Nancy