Cucumbers get sick
In my greenhouse, the cucumbers are drying out and the barely set fruits are falling off. Why is this and what can be done? Please advise!
In my greenhouse, the cucumbers are drying out and the barely set fruits are falling off. Why is this and what can be done? Please advise!
Most likely the cucumbers do not have enough moisture. maybe you don't water them enough? Cucumber is a plant that does not like the earthen clod to dry out, so you need to carefully monitor this.
Cucumbers need abundant watering - at least 3 times a day. Don't forget to ventilate. I usually leave it open all day and close it at night...
I agree with everyone else. You have such a problem due to the lack of proper humidity levels. Therefore, ensure proper watering and everything will be fine.
Try treating your cucumbers with Bordeaux mixture. When mine begin to turn yellow or shed the ovary, I treat them with Bordeaux mixture and everything returns to normal.
Our cucumbers were so sick when the fog passed. It turns out that this vegetable really does not like fogs and immediately begins to hurt and disappear. If this is so, then nothing can save them.
insufficient and unbalanced nutrition
First of all, cucumbers need fertilizer, not moisture. Humus or manure is best, but after manure my cucumbers are very bitter... But they are all the same, beautiful, tight and juicy!
Well, it seems that the main thing in cucumbers is taste, not appearance... And it’s unlikely that manure makes them bitter. Bitterness in cucumbers appears when there is an excess of moisture. You may be watering them too much.
Everyone tries to buy straight and small cucumbers, but no one buys curved ones. Bitterness in cucumbers does not appear from excess moisture, but, on the contrary, from poor watering. Cucumbers love moisture and need to be watered at least every other day.
This can happen because the planting is dense; cucumbers do not like to be crowded, they need a lot of light. And they also need to be stepsoned. And there are varieties that shed extra flowers and fruits.
Perhaps the greenhouse is very hot and dry. During the day you need to ventilate it, and put one or two buckets of water inside. In addition, there can be a lot of barren flowers if the cucumbers are not fed correctly.