It could be the water i can only stand about 25ft from them and spray water at them.

Some varieties can become more bitter than others.

Well, cucumbers are mostly water, so if they aren't getting enough, they can't make the sugars they need to taste good. Might be worth putting money into a cheap 25' hose.

Same thing happened to me and with all the rain we were getting it doesn't seem that would be the reason. I blame it on my soil which is clay, I've never been able to grow cucumbers or squash successfully here. Mostly the critters that get into them. But the last time I tried the cucumbers the critters weren't the problem, they were bitter and odd-shaped. When I lived in a place with sandy soil I didn't have this problem.

Im growing in sand.i grew cucumber at my last house with no problems but here they are bitter.it is a type i never tried before call space master out of the 20 seeds only 6 came up 5 produced 1 cucumber each very fat but short about 5inch all were very bitter i don't think i will grow that type again.i don't remember the name of the type i use to grow.

Glenn, PMing you - never mind. You have messaging turned off. PM me re: cucumber seeds..