It’s another episode of FRUITY FACTS🤗🎉
Today we are discussing CUCUMBERS🥒🥒

DID YOU KNOW🤭⁉️⁉️

1. Cucumbers originate from south East Asia.
2. Cucumbers can be up to 2 foot long!
3. A raw cucumber is actually 95% water.
4. Cucumbers contain Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6, folic acid, Vitamin C, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and zinc.
5. Cucumbers can be grown in soilless medium, such as in water (hydroponic).
6. The large leaves on a cucumber plant provide shading for the developing fruits.
7. Cucumber plants climb by tendrils, which are thin spiralling shoots.
8. Cucumbers can cool the body and the blood, which gave rise to the phrase ‘cool as a cucumber’.
9. Cucumbers contain some carbohydrates, so can act as an energy pick me up mid afternoon.
10. A slice of cucumber pressed to the roof of your mouth for 30 seconds can kill bacteria and freshen the breath!
11. The cooling effects of cucumber can soothe sunburn. Mix up a puree and apply it to affected areas.
12. It takes just 12 weeks from sowing cucumber seed to harvesting the fruits!
13. Harvesting cucumbers regularly will mean your plant will produce more and more fruits!

I love CUCUMBERS🥒 do you?⁉️