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Best Fertilisers for Cucumbers

Hi, I’m very new to gardening but I’m hoping to grow some vegetables in containers over Spring/Summer. I’m planning on growing tomatoes, carrots, peas and cucumbers, but I’m not sure what the best fertiliser would be for cucumbers. Any suggestions/tips?

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  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Tomato food. Tomorite and others like it
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Tomato feed is good.
    Miracle Grow is a little more biased toward Nitrogen which is an even better match for cucumber needs.
    But unless you'd use the Miracle Grow elsewhere just use Tomato feed.
    Some liquid seaweed extract every couple of weeks also keeps the plants (in fact almost any plant) in good health

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Thank you both
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    If you haven't bought the cucumber seeds yet I grow these and they are unusual and very tasty.

    Poona Kheera.

    https://www.realseeds.co.uk/cucumbers.html

    Good Growing !!
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
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