Wilting plants is never a good thing, but sometimes it is good to know why it happens so we as gardeners can prepare, and be aware of what’s going on in our garden.
VIDEO: 3 Reasons Your Cucumber Plants Suddenly Wilt
Wilting plants is never a good thing, but sometimes it is good to know why it happens so we as gardeners can prepare, and be aware of what’s going on in our garden.
Very informative. Enjoy watching.
in Kentucky the cucumber beetles are relentless. picking them off for about 2 hrs every day and they still took me feom 14 down to 3 plants in main garden with the war still raging. my containers are still good so far but they have found them.
I was able to pickle about 25 quarts of dill and B&B so not a total lose but they still knocked me down to 50% production this year. My 2nd direct sow got hit hard by Im assuming flee Beatles.
Ive gotten some amazing tomatoes this year but peppers struggled which is weird for Ky, they usually thrive. but our spring rain season that usually ends by june never ended so could be the issue there. thank for the vid✌❤
My cucumber plant has no more leaves at the bottom….all the leaves are at the top and the wilting is moving up as the tree grows higher and the leaves at the bottom do not grow back neither are there any flowers….what could be the problem?
Why are my cucumbers bitter❓I actually pulled the out. Sad day
snipping off the top of certain plants at a desired height can stop the vertical growth of the plant to improve production. does this also work with cukes?
I've found that cucumber beatles like to lay eggs in the flowers and at the base of your plants and the larvae will feed on the roots and base of the plant and will cause the plants to wilt. They're basically killing them in a very similar way as the squash vine borer(SVB) except for the Beatles larvae come and go from the base of plants unlike the SVB which basically live inside the vine.
Picking up dead flowers and using Beneficial nematodes can be effective in preventing this problem and the beatles from increasing their numbers.
I have spent about $200.00 Canadian on Organic type pesticides to harvest enough cucumbers for 6 jars of relish… Striped Cucumber Beetles bite !
D Earth, Trounce, Neem Oil, sticky traps, lime, wood ash.. you name it, I have tried it…
I also planted radishes with my zucchini, pumpkins, watermelon and cucumber plants.
any things that actually work that others can advise about ?
I'm convinced powdery mildew is pretty much impossible to get here in the Arizona desert haha. I do a quick spray of water on my cucumbers several times throughout the day during the heat of summer to cool them off. Same with pumpkin and squash. Pretty sure it's just too dry here haha
What causes the cucumber leaves turn yellow
Mine are starting to succumb to the damned beetles. I had more of these little pests this year it seems like. My zucchini are surviving the beetles just fine although I was concerned at first that I wouldn't get a good harvest. I'm growing the Clarimore from Renees Seeds and they are a fabulous sweet variety with pale green skin. My cukes are the Early Fortune from Baker Creek and they are definitely starting to wilt from the bottom. However, still plenty of nice growth on them and they are producing enough so I'm not too worried yet, but in another couple of weeks they may be done for. The Alpha Beit from Baker Creek is an Israeli cucumber and those are still going strong without too much damage from the beetles so far.
Does neem work for cucumber beetles?
The word you were looking for is turgid.
I’m having issues with those beetles this terribly as well as squash bugs
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WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COOLEST PART OF THE DAY IS 90 DEGREES? LOL MY AFTERNOON IS 115 TO 125 DEGREES, BY 10AM IT'S OVER 100. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I LIVE IN THE DESERT OF LAAKE HAVASU CITY AZ AND WE SUFFER THIS KIND OF HEAT EVERY SUMMER, IT'S BEEN 110 PLUS SINCE JUNE…..LOL
So if I have powdery mildew it will not spread in the morning??? It just spreds during the day and evening???? Please explain thank you for the help.
Turgid is the word you're looking for. Firm and well filled with water
Natural ways to get rid of the cucumber beetle? I have a huge problem with them this year!
I lost 40 feet of trellis cucumbers this year to Cucumber Mosaic virus. First time I've ever dealt with it. Do you have any advice or videos about this virus?
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Will BTK kill the beetles? I lost most of my cucumbers this year.
I also just learned that harvesting incorrectly (pulling instead of cutting) can cause the plant to wilt and stop producing (whoops!).
I lost 7 plants this year to cucumber beetles. we got a bumper crop last year of cucumbers, plenty for pickles and eating, this year we got 3 total before all 7 plants died. I've got a late crop growing and trying to watch out for the beetles (waited a month and a half between the death of plants and planting the new ones in a different spot) hoping it pays off and I get a nice fall crop.
Helpful! Thanks!
All I hear is Dan Aykroyd!
I mulch my cucumbers heavy stops soil born diseases and retains moisture and the never wilt