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Wed, Aug 20, 14 at 4:44
| Hi! I'm new to gardening and have a lot to learn, but the forums here are great. This is my first season. I'm doing container gardening since we don't have a lot of space. So my biggest issue right now are my cukes. I have them in a huge container and they were doing very well for the first few weeks. Then the bottom half of the plants started to brown, but the tops are still green. I harvested the cucumbers that were ready (pretty much all of them), and the plants actually got worse. I treated for powdery mildew because of white spots all over the leaves, but it didn't really make a difference. The leaves browned and wilted. They probably aren't salvageable but I'd like to get an idea of what happened so that I don't make the same mistake with my zucchini or future cukes. Also, should I still sift through the soil and save what I can once I break down the container? |
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| I find that cuke plants have a shorter lifespan than most veggies so if you planted yours back in May or so they have already given their best and are now saying bye-bye. I get around this by planting cukes 3 times during the season, when the first ones bloom I plant set #2, when #2 blooms I plant set #3. Set Number 3 is now beginning to bud up while #2 leaves are turning yellow/brown and saying bye-bye with it's last cukes on the wane (Set #1 is long gone). Squash is similar in timing and planting. As for the old soil, I don't use containers so that question is best left to someone who does. |
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| I agree with vgkg -- cuke vines just give out after a while. I've been gardening a long time and it's always the same, lots of cukes in july then slowly the vines give out, turn yellow, then brown and stop producing. Staggered planting is the answer if you want cukes into the fall. |
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