Your pic didn't come up, but I know exactly what you mean. I have had it happen before too. I believe it's from inconsistent watering. Not that it's your fault, especially if you're in a drought, there's not that much you can do. If it makes you feel better it doesn't affect the quality of the cuke all that much.

thanks! inconsistent watering, that sounds right. ::::now back to the drawing board with Photobucket:::: :-)

Kim
Try using the 2nd address called "TAG". There is also a trial forum at the bottom of the forum page in the instructions. You can go there and fool around and practice posting anything until you're confident.

Hope this helps
Shauna

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There you go. Perfect picture. : )

Shauna

thanks Shauna! I wrote that down, it wasn't clear in the instructions.

Kim now that I see your pic it really isn't that bad at all. Some pickling varieties have a bit of that shape naturally. I'm sure if that's how most of yours look they were probably a little dry at some point but they will taste fine.

I just found out recently about aphid damage causing deformed strawberries. Quite a few of my strawberries this year had the bottom part of the strawberry have too many seeds and the berry doesn't fill out. It wasn't a big concern of mine as I would just cut off the hard bottom anyway. But earlier this month when my cousin was raiding the patch, he said(he used to work at a large strawberry farm) that was due to aphid damage on either the bloom or the just forming berry. I wonder if this could be the case in your cucumbers too? Just a theory anyway. :)
Laurie

a lot of my strawberries have that problem too, I researched and they're called "nubbins" and supposedly caused by a boron deficiency. supposed to add granite dust or rock phosphate to soil but I'll get mine tested first. I haven't seen any aphids anywhere. My only problem is cutworms, really bad here!

Hmm, interesting, I'll have to look around for that. It seems the more I learn about gardening, the less I know!

I think your cucumbers look fine and tasty. I have grown GH 'Holland' cucumbers and ran in the same problem but it was due to insect damage. Curled cucumbers can be a result of thrip and aphid damage. Cucumbers with bulbish ends is mostly found in greenhouse cucumbers that have been cross pollenated by a different variety.
Andre