Cucumbers-If you want to pickle them it's best to grow the pickle cucumber (you can pickle your regular eating cucumber if picked small).
Pickling pickles have smaller seeds. Pick them at your choice pickle size. I do a lot of baby pickles. (I'm not a picklephile abuser)

My recipe; cucumbers
Brine- 8 cups water
2 cups apple cider vinegar
2 cups white vinegar
a little less than 3/4 cup pickling salt-
2 heads of dill weed
2 cloves of garlic.
Wash cukes well and make sure the blossom end is picked off.
Pack your clean hot jars with cukes, dill and garlic.
Boil brine and pour over cukes. Let stand 15 minutes and pour brine back in pan, reboil, and pour back over pickles.
Boil a side pan with water, when boiling take off heat and put your lids in the water.
Wipe top of jars clean and put the warm lid on then your rim.
You don't need to hot water bath-they will seal. If you want to hot water bath-set the sealed jars in boiling water for about 20 minutes. I have never used the water bath method and my pickles are great!
Add some hot pepper if you want a good Bloody Mary pickle!
I usually don't open a jar for at least two months after pickling.

Peace.
Rustic