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cucumber problems - help please
Ive got cucumbers in a grow bag in a greenhouse, last year in the same position they were great, lots of fruit and no problems, this year they are being treated exactly the same but after the fruit has developed to about 1" long it turns yellow and wilts (or rots?).
The leaves look OK and there is no obvious sign of pests or diseases, any ideas please? |
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Zaf wrote: Ive got cucumbers in a grow bag in a greenhouse, last year in the same position they were great, lots of fruit and no problems, this year they are being treated exactly the same but after the fruit has developed to about 1" long it turns yellow and wilts (or rots?). The leaves look OK and there is no obvious sign of pests or diseases, any ideas please? Any sign of pollinators, e.g. honey bees? -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/2...al_crime_scene |
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Zaf said:
Ive got cucumbers in a grow bag in a greenhouse, last year in the same position they were great, lots of fruit and no problems, this year they are being treated exactly the same but after the fruit has developed to about 1" long it turns yellow and wilts (or rots?). The leaves look OK and there is no obvious sign of pests or diseases, any ideas please? I would suspect lack of pollination. This could be due to lack of pollinators visiting the plants, or due to a lack of male flowers. Some cucumber cultivars are gynoecious (bear only female flowers), and require another cucumber cultivar to pollinate them. Usually seeds for a pollinator variety are included in packets of gynoecious cultivars. Home gardeners growing only a few cucumber plants risk not having enough plants to ensure one of them is the pollinator cultivar. Cucumbers cultivars can also be parthenocarpic (set fruit without pollination) and these cultivars are ideal for greenhouse growing. -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles email valid but not regularly monitored |
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cucumber problems - help please
We have exactly the same problem As ZAF in the interior of British
olumbia - blooms, then fruit, then they turn yellow and do not develop. However a couple of cukes have developed on a couple of the plants - does this eliminate the pollination problem as a cause? "Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message ... Zaf said: Ive got cucumbers in a grow bag in a greenhouse, last year in the same position they were great, lots of fruit and no problems, this year they are being treated exactly the same but after the fruit has developed to about 1" long it turns yellow and wilts (or rots?). The leaves look OK and there is no obvious sign of pests or diseases, any ideas please? I would suspect lack of pollination. This could be due to lack of pollinators visiting the plants, or due to a lack of male flowers. Some cucumber cultivars are gynoecious (bear only female flowers), and require another cucumber cultivar to pollinate them. Usually seeds for a pollinator variety are included in packets of gynoecious cultivars. Home gardeners growing only a few cucumber plants risk not having enough plants to ensure one of them is the pollinator cultivar. Cucumbers cultivars can also be parthenocarpic (set fruit without pollination) and these cultivars are ideal for greenhouse growing. -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles email valid but not regularly monitored |
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cucumber problems - help please
Graham Gilbert said:
We have exactly the same problem As ZAF in the interior of British olumbia - blooms, then fruit, then they turn yellow and do not develop. However a couple of cukes have developed on a couple of the plants - does this eliminate the pollination problem as a cause? No, I think that inadequate pollination would still be a prime suspect. Either most of the blossoms are not being properly pollinated or the cucumber vines are aborting the fruit because they are under stress (examples: disease, lack of some particular nutrient, too much shade). -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles email valid but not regularly monitored |
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cucumber problems - help please
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:43:23 -0400, Pat Kiewicz
wrote: Graham Gilbert said: We have exactly the same problem As ZAF in the interior of British olumbia - blooms, then fruit, then they turn yellow and do not develop. However a couple of cukes have developed on a couple of the plants - does this eliminate the pollination problem as a cause? No, I think that inadequate pollination would still be a prime suspect. Either most of the blossoms are not being properly pollinated or the cucumber vines are aborting the fruit because they are under stress (examples: disease, lack of some particular nutrient, too much shade). It's easy to find out, cut one (yellow cuke) in half and see if there are any seeds. No seeds, it didn't get pollinated and it's being aborted. Newb |
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