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01 Feb 12, chris (Australia - temperate climate)

I have been trying to grow la diva cucumbers ,the vine is going great and getting lots of flowers but only very small cucumbers before they wilt and die ,i have not seen any bees around , maybe they are not getting polinated .HELP

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28 Jan 12, jill (Australia - temperate climate)

white spots on leaves making leaves dry & brittle

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21 Jan 12, john murray (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

do you pick cucumber when the stems dry the same as pumpkin

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02 Feb 12, Jen (Australia - temperate climate)

I am growing a Lebanese cucumber and I pick them when they are small (about 10cm) as they are very sweet, they occasionally get to store size if the children don't find them first! The telegraph variety I picked at about 25 cm. I have never waited for vines to die down.

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08 Jan 12, Jill (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have had a massive crop of lebanese cucumbers which stopped producing a couple of weeks ago. Now I am getting tennis ball or slightly larger cucumbers - haven't tried them yet but they are very hard. These are coming off the same vine as the earlier lebanese. What causes this please?

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04 Jan 12, Sandra (Australia - temperate climate)

I am growing cucumber up a trellis - they have just started to fruit and I have picked one but the skin seems scarred or eaten a bit (not through to the inside) rather a motley look. Does anyone know what that would be?? What could I spray or do to stop it.

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14 Aug 12, john (Australia - temperate climate)

hi. that sounds like slugs or snails wait till night.take a torch with you and you will find out;

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06 Jan 12, Miguel (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Sandra, It sounds like the skin may have split as a result of growing too quickly. Try cutting down the watering a bit

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17 Dec 11, cheryl (Australia - temperate climate)

Why do my cucumbers go fat in the middle and curl up

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25 Nov 11, Valli (Australia - tropical climate)

I have the same probelm too, too many flowers, but all tiny fruits. I am going to try this manual fertilization.

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