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Higgs Boson writes:

Sowed cucumbers twice - different packets, different times. All
germinated, but didn't get past baby stage before giving up the
ghost.

I am having strange luck with cucumbers this year.

I got a little late of a start with the first plantings, and a way
late start with the rest. When I did the first plantings, I seeded
two cages worth of cucumbers. One cage never had any sprouts. The
other had some sprouts, and all but two died. Those two have barely
grown at this point (8-10? weeks).

The second plantings, from the same seed packet, and only 10-15
feet away are going great. No harvest yet, since they were planted
even later. But a fair number of little things that appear to have
been pollinated.

I had to borrow the cages from the first plantings to use on the
second, and I don't see a reason to hurry in making replacements.

Sun/water/feeding are the same. The thriving vines are actually
*closer* to the neighbor's walnut tree. My only guess is that I
have some pathogen in the soil at the one end that isn't at the
other. I need to figure out better rotations for next year,
expecially since the tomatoes I grow are not resistant varieties.

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