Time To Move Your Cucumber Seedlings On! Growing Cucumbers Part 2. Cucumbers are one of the most popular garden crop of all time. They are easy to grow, but do not transplant well, so you have to move the plugs on specifically when those first true leaves pop out.
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your growing season is finite, and often too short to properly ripen Cucumbers that are directly seeded into the garden. Starter plants are expensive, so you need a plan! The plan is simple, start your own Cucumber seeds indoors, now during the winter, to get a head start on spring planting!
In this video, I show you how to move those Cucumber seedlings on from the plug trays to 4 inch standard nursery pots, so that you can be ready for spring, and have as many Cucumber starter plants as your garden can handle. The method works for any variety, and the strategies mentioned here are useful to beginners and veteran green thumbs alike!
Growing Cucumber Series:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/d8k9w0AsGWc
Part 2: You are here!
Part 3: https://youtu.be/O-3kRpoEo7Y
Link to the Ultimate DIY Potting Mix: https://youtu.be/cP-7_7YT9jk
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Great videos! I am really going to be set next year when I’m looking to start my garden!!
Just found your videos! Loving them!! A question, to water the seeds in the plug tray for 2hrs. Do you remove extra water after 2hrs? From there on, do I need to water it always from the bottom? Thanks!
My cucumber seedlings have sprouted and are now about 6 inches with the cotyledons and still no first leaf. I planted my seeds in the starter tray on Feb. 13, 2021. They are truly amazing with thick stems. However, some are beginning to tip over. When can I expect the first leaf to appear before transplanting to 4 inch pots??
after transplanting to
thin them they are looking dead, can they be rescued.
Greetings my friend . . . my zucchini plants are even taller than the cucumber plants in the starter trays. They are 9 inches tall with thick stems and just started their first leaf. When transplanting to the 4 inch pots, can I twirl the stem around in the soil to leave about 3 inches above the soil?? I noticed that the zucchini plants have a nice root system and have the roots stretching through the starter tray cells and into the water below. Any advice would help. Thanks.
Do cucumbers grow adventitious roots like tomatoes because I always get this confused for some reason
Is there anything specific to be looking for when purchasing grow lights? I’ve had past experiences where seedlings get leggy by the window, even when I rotate them every day and I thought grow lights would fix this issue
I truly did something wrong with my heirloom cucumbers, bcz they’re tall, but leaves are nowhere near as big as yours, and I planted seeds in jiffy lube peat moss trays I bought from Walmart on March 3.
Very good video & informative.
can we use foil on the perimeter to mimic your greenhouse?
I'm a new gardener and I transplanted two of my cucumbers before the third leaf grew but I still have four in there cells will the two I transferred early survive? Thanks for any input.
Can you try corn in containers?
Why don’t you seed it straight in the big pot?
Thank you for tutorial how to transplant the cucumber plant .
How do you keep them from being leggy?
Oh wow! What a wonderful teacher you are! Each steps are so well explained, exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much!
Thanks sincerely for all the knowledge
what about cucumber beetles?
Good info about that true leaf appearing first before transplant. I wasn't sure when I translated various ceilings but some made it some didn't and I was wondering what the conditions were that happened like that. It definitely could have been that I transplanted some too early
this guy is so good, my tomato plant died, i think im watching too many youtubers and doing all their ideas and advice vs taking one!!! im doing hydroponics and soil.
im doing everything on my balcony, my backyard is concrete
Thanks
Hello great video , just one question when soaking the transplanting pots do you need to leve them in the water until it is completly absorbed?
I have a question why are my cucumber leaves turning yellow and how can I fix this?