White spots on the outside of cucumbers can be powdery mildew or a fungal disease. White streaks inside the fruit may indicate plants when dry during fruit development. Cucumbers are nearly 90 percent water; tissue and fruit development is dependent on a steady supply of moisture.
Insufficient pollination can also result in abnormal interior development. Make sure plenty of bees are attracted to the garden; plant flowering herbs nearby.
What do you recommend for treatment? Thank you,. Prevention is the best treatment for powdery mildew; however, once the fungal disease is attacking plants it can be controlled.
Compost tea is a good powdery mildew control so is milk. Combine 40 percent milk to 60 percent water, mix well, and spray both the upper and lower parts the leaves. I have cucumbers growing in a container. Unfortunately I have no idea what kind they are. They are growing nicely, many misshaped. Really large at the stem some turning yellow and thin at the flower end.
Any ideas? Currently they look like Kirby cucumbers. It may be too late for this season, but place a tomato cage in your container next time you grow cucumbers and train the vines up. Gravity will help cucumbers hanging from a cage or trellis grow straight. The misshape you see may be the result of uneven watering; too much then too little then too much; the fruit may have taken up moisture in fits and starts resulting in the misshape. Any suggestions mate. When temperatures rise above 32C 90F most vegetables including cucumbers retreat into dormancy; they halt growth.
Growth will resume when temperatures fall to about 30C. In the meantime, protect the plants by placing shade cloth over the plants. Set four or more posts at the ends of the planting bed and drape shade cloth over the posts.
Also, keep the plants well-watered. Create small earthen basins around the plants and fill them with water; evaporation will help cool the plants. I am growing lettuce from seeds and they started very good however, they have stopped growing. I think i may have replanted them too soon. What can i do to get healthy lettuce from this point? Plants will often stop growing when temperatures are too cool.
If you replanted your lettuce to the garden place a plastic tunnel over them or cut off the bottom of plastic milk jugs and place one over each plant. This will protect the plants from chilly nights and days. Protected the plants will resume growth as temperatures warm. Check the seed packet of the variety you planted. It will likely tell you how long the vine will be, and how large a trellis you will need. You can let cucumbers grow across the ground, but a trellis is the best strategy.
Train the vine up the trellis; this will keep the fruits off the ground and prevent rot from soilborne diseases. Cucumbers hanging will also grow straighter. Cucumber vine has grown vigorously. Without support, cucumbers will crawl along the ground, spreading out to take up a large space in your garden.
Cucumbers can grow as high as 7 feet tall, or stay shorter than 1 foot, depending on the variety and whether they are climbing with a trellis or other support.
You can grow either vine or bush cucumbers, depending on your garden, the space available, and your preferences. This is the default type of cucumber, unless otherwise indicated in a catalog or at a nursery or garden center. Vine cucumbers will take up lots of space if they are allowed to crawl and sprawl across the ground. However, if you support vine cucumbers with a stake or trellis, they can grow very tall and use garden space efficiently.
Some vine cucumbers can get as tall as 6 to 7 feet. Bush cucumber plants take up very little space, needing only a few square feet per plant. You can also use grow bags for your cucumbers.
For more information, check out my article on grow bags. Whether you plant bush or vine cucumbers, you can grow them more easily by providing support. There are lots of ways to do this, but the most popular for cucumbers is probably a trellis. A trellis is one of the most popular ways to support cucumbers, and for good reason. A well-placed trellis can improve the visual appeal of your garden, while also allowing your cucumbers to grow tall and take up less garden space.
You can buy a trellis or make your own from any number of materials, including wood, plastic, or metal. An angled trellis allows your vines to grow to their full height without making it difficult for you to harvest the topmost cucumbers. As an added bonus, an angled trellis with cucumbers growing on top will provide natural shade to plants growing underneath.
If you like to grow shade-tolerant plants in your garden, they could be good companions to grow underneath a cucumber trellis. You can even use a trellis in an A-frame shape, so that you can grow cucumbers up either side of the trellis. With this setup, you can still plant shade-loving crops underneath the trellis, although you might need to recruit someone small and agile to harvest them!
One more cool option is an arch, or a curved trellis. You can let cucumbers grow up both sides of the arch and meet at the top. Then, you can easily pick cucumbers that hang down from the vines, and any that fall off will be easy to see on the ground.
For more information, check out my article on trellises. Cages are popular for supporting tomatoes and peppers, but you can also use cages to support cucumbers.
One benefit of a cage is that you can feasibly use one as support for container or indoor cucumber plants. With a large enough round cage, you might be able to get away with supporting two cucumbers.
You might even be able to support four cucumbers with a rectangular cage — one on each side. Remember me. Log in. Forgot password or user name? How tall do cucumber plants grow?! Posts Latest Activity Photos. Page of 1. Filtered by:. Previous template Next. Hi Well, the greenhouse is a standard 8x6 and at least 1 plant has reached the roof in the middle. Not sure where to train em to grow next. Do they stop growing?! Last edited by veggiechicken ; , PM. Tags: None.
Depends on the variety but usually no.
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