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).
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.
