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15 Oct 12 bill (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
my cucumber leaves are slowly disintergrating like they have mildew on them ? help please
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20 Oct 12 tracy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
sorry bill but I think the cucumber has had it. You could give it a good dose of seaweed emulsion or fish emulsion and see if the plant improves. May be a soil born virus so if the plant does not pick up. best to pull it out and move cucumber growing to a different spot of the veggie patch. I would rest the affected bed, build it up with plenty of organic matter-maybe a green manure crop and try again in a year or so. Hope this helps.
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