White Cucumbers: Shade, Rain, or Variety?

Pale/white cukes = leaf shading, excess rain leaching nutrients, or white variety (e.g., 'Cucumber Pearl').

Diagnosis

• If leaves cover fruit → thin foliage.
• If rainy → high-P fertilizer.
• If variety → enjoy; flavor same.

Self-Seeding Tomatoes/Peppers

Common. Hybrid volunteers won't match parent; heirlooms will. Birds move seeds.