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11 Oct 09, Liam (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

What time is the best time to buy cucumbers?

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02 Oct 09, Kate (Australia - temperate climate)

Why do my cucumber plants keep dying as seedlings. I'm lucky to keep one alive this year where as last year i couldn't give enough cucumbers away. They just seem to wilt and shrivel up. Any suggestions?

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27 Sep 09, Steph (Australia - temperate climate)

I've had cucumber seedliings that germinated with quite abstract looking seed leaves, though further growth was slow but normal in appearance. I'm wondering whether cucumbers dislike fertiliser in the soil at germination. I've been told beans dislike it at germination as well. Does anyone know about this or can offer any advice?

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17 May 09, Amanda S (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

An organic farmer handed me an old cucumber of his and said I could use it to grow my own. Being completely new to this I just dug a small hole and buried it. Should I have taken out the seeds and dried them or do you think this will work?

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16 May 09, Jeff (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

We have successfully grown long cucumbers with over 2 doz picked in last month or so. But all of a sudden, we have these small black crawling insects attacking our bushes which are growing on a trelis. Any thoughts please

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10 Mar 09, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Jenny, Cucumbers have male flowers and female flowers. (females have a mini cucumber behind the flower. Sometimes the bees are too few to get the pollen from the male flowers to the female flowers, so you can use a little paintbrush to take pollen from the male flowers over to the female flowers. If you don't yet have female flowers then wait a bit - the male flowers seem to come first. Applying a soluble complete fertilser with potassium seems to help bring on female flowers - or maybe this is coincidence.

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09 Mar 09, jenny (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have three lovely healthy cucumber vines with lots of flowers but I never get any fruit, what should I do?

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01 Mar 09, eofferyed (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Our cucumbers have been on the vine sometime and have very pale skin and when cut are very mushy inside and have very few seeds. What's wrong?

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06 Feb 09, dennis (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi! Jan, John and every cucumber grower. We all make mistakes and I'm no exception.Gee have i learn't. Jan if you look at the mix I suggested to Steve the same applies to your problem,possibly you also need to add lime if the ( ph) of your soil is below 6.8 you need 6.5 to 7 to grow good cucumbers follow this and you will have sweet cucumbers. John I would like to suggest you do the same as i suggested to Steve,also forget pots and grow in one or those green shopping bags they take 25Ltrs of potting mix and you can grow 2 cucumbers in this they also breath The mix needs to be kept damp not wet. also spray with white oil when they are young (natural) and stops most pests and fungus.all the best

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05 Feb 09, JOHN (Australia - temperate climate)

I had two cucumbers plants growing in pots both produced a good size cucumber with other smaller ones growing as the larger cucumbers started to ripen the leaves on both plants stated to dry out and turned pale I've lost one plant which produced one large cucumber tasted great the other is going down the same path the 1 cucumber also tasted great why did my plants die or are dieing ? thanks

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