On 5 Sep, 17:29, Compo wrote:
Thanks for the advice, I will make a careful cut below the damaged
part this weekend. Intersting about the cumber compost. Wsa it a
special mix?

I think so - it came from a home made mixed bucket that had lots of
manure in it. So that's perhaps why it worked so well. Though I'll
investigate this more - I don't know if, like legume provide nitrogen
in their roots to the soil, cucumber does or provide something too?!