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All their examples of cucumber chilling damage are for cucumbers that were chilled and then warmed back to room temperature and held there for several days. Thi

• topaz0 2y ago
  Keep in mind this is mostly a resource for farmers and grocers -- much less strange to imagine a cucumber that was stored at 5C for a day after picking, going to the farmers market, home with a shopper and then sitting on their counter for a few days. Interpreting it as direct advice for consumers can be a bit misleading, but there's still plenty to learn from it as a consumer.
• n4r9 2y ago
  In our house we store it in the fridge and cut off as much as needed, keeping the rest in the plastic wrap. This way I think they keep fine for up to a couple of weeks. At worst, the section nearest the cut will get a bit mushy and need to be sacrificed.
  • account42 2y ago
    Huh, you made me realize that the plastic wraps for cucumbers have pretty much entirely disappeared here. I'm not really a fan for overuse of plastic packaging but I do wonder what effec it has on shelf life. Most produce does seem to not last as long as it used to but that could be due to many different factors (including bad memory).
    • n4r9 2y ago
      Where is "here" for you? The advice in the linked article comes from UC Davis - and I bet California grows most of its own - whereas where I shop in the UK imports cucumbers from Spain and the Netherlands as well as some homegrown.