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29 Jan 11, Bob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have an established vegie garden but the neighbour's palm trees, root have invaded all four plots, any ideas other than to poison the roots? I have tried to dig up the sides to place in a barrier but this didn't work.

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12 Jan 11, Beth (Australia - temperate climate)

I've made a trellis for my Lebanese cucumbers. Should I still plant them on 'hills' under the trellis?

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23 Dec 10, Alan (Australia - temperate climate)

My Lebanese cucumbers are now about 60-70cms high and have a lot of flowers on --, the cucumber forms behind the flower but after a couple of days it dries off and eventually just falls of. Would appreciate some advice re the cause of this

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01 Jan 11, mira (Australia - temperate climate)

I found that hand pollenating the flowers fixed that. I pick a flower that doesn't have a cucumber, tear off the petals to leave the middle and press it against the flower with the cucumber when it is open so that the pollen mixes.

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15 Dec 10, Arthur Davis (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have a very healthy lebanese cucumber vine but no fruit - what do I need to do to fix this?

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20 Nov 10, Di Liversidge (Australia - tropical climate)

I have lots of small cuces on the plants but they go yellow and rot when they are still about 3cms long. What's wrong with them? The plants have lots and lots of flowers and look healthy. It's wet season in Darwin so they are getting plenty of water and are in a rectangular pot with plenty of drainage.

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21 Nov 10, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)

You may also want to consider little bugs chewing the stems behind your cuces try spraying them with some dipel or pest oil some of the bugs are so tiny its difficult to see them and with it being the wet season where you are caterpillars could also be the culprit. Also if you have used seeds that you have saved or been given by someone else it could be a case of them being a hybrid which means they wont produce.

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21 Nov 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It could be that the flowers aren't getting pollinated. You could chase some bees in the right direction or brush the male flowers (with a straight stem and no bulge behind the flower) onto the female flowers (which will have a tiny cucumber behind them).

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18 Nov 10, Russell (Australia - temperate climate)

I planted (seedlings) 4 cucumbers and 6 zucchinis (Zs) in deep well nourished soil (Bokashied food scraps) in an area about 140 X 90cm, put 4 180cm stakes at the corners and strung wire horizontally at 20cm intervals to support the Z leaves which are huge. During growth I am removing many of the Z leaves to let the sun in. I spray any powdery mildew (pm) with Echo Rose which 'eats' pm (and black spot). Fantastic results. Not like last year when the Zs went all over the place on the ground with stacks of pm

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28 Jul 10, Darren (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Has anyone tried growing the armenian type cucumbers up in brisbane if so did you grow on a trellis

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