"jeff" wrote in message
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Topping out the need water category seems to be the cucumbers! It's in
the 90's here and even though I water them in the morning they seem very
droopy by afternoon and I give them more water. I'm thinking that if a
plant's leaves are drooping over, I should water it.


Cucumbers are about 90% water, and that water has to come from somewhere.
Last year I would sit by my bed for a half an hour with the sprinkler each
day. We had WONDERFUL cucumber production. Sometimes I'd miss one among
the leaves, and we'd end up with 18-inch-long monsters that looked like
small watermelons--and because of all that watering, they were not bitter!

Drip watering works best since you can just turn it on and forget about it
while it soaks for a couple of hours.
--S.