What diseases do cucumber seedlings suffer from?

If you decide to start growing a vegetable such as a cucumber, then it will be useful for you to know what diseases of cucumber seedlings exist.

There is a fungal infection called blackleg. Favorable conditions for this infection are waterlogged soil and a fairly high temperature of the room in which the seedlings are grown. To reduce the likelihood of blackleg occurring, you can add wood ash to the ground before planting.

The following situation occurs very often: a plant grows and develops normally, but at a certain moment it suddenly stops growing, may wither or even die. This can happen if you water the seedlings with cold water. The fact is that the roots of cucumbers simply die and rot due to cool water. If you put a glass of cucumber on a cold windowsill, the same thing will happen.

There is also a disease of cucumber seedlings called mosaic. This is a viral type disease, it appears on the leaves in the form of light spots, the cucumber leaves wrinkle. When the seedlings are still very small, it is almost impossible to cure them of this disease; the diseased plant must be removed.