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Cucumber strange black spots on stem?

Austin BankertAustin Bankert Posts: 3
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 Hey folks ! I am new to site all the way from North Carolina in the states ! So my neighbor decided to start growing some veggies this year and has something going on with their cucumber plants I have not seen before!! Soil is composted horse manure and scraped topsoil from the horse corral, never grown in before. Bugs are not really out yet so no cucumber beetles on the prow.. any thoughts? Thank you !

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995

    How unusual.  Is it all the cucumber plants like that?  

    Welcome from a fellow American, and happy growing.  

    Utah, USA.
  • Austin BankertAustin Bankert Posts: 3

    Thanks for the greetings ! Here is another picture. Yes they are all very similar. There are only 2 things I can think of: they bought seedlings that maybe were harboring some disease? or there is something in the soil? The soil has not been grown in before but was scraped up from the back corner of the horse corral. It definitely looks to be composted 100% but you never know I guess what else could be in it?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Hi Austin - I wouldn't panic yet - the plants look to be growing strongly image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

    Hi Austin image

    I don't want to be alarmist but to me in that first picture the cumber looks diseased. I would remove it. Cucumbers need good clean compost and I suspect the problem is in the compost. I grow mine in purchased multi purpose compost that I expect to be disease free. Cumbers should be grown in sterilised garden soil or new compost. 

  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995

    Could be something that happened to the seedlings at the garden center.  The plants look pretty healthy.  I wouldn't worry overly much at the moment.  Just keep an eye on it.  The soil looks great too.  Ensure they are watered from below (make sure the leaves don't get wet unnecessarily.. obviously rain is unavoidable).. a soaker hose works excellent, the kind that drip/bleed rather than spray.  Keep an eye out for powdery mildew on the leaves, and pick off the affected ones before it spreads to the entire plant.  

    Utah, USA.
  • Austin BankertAustin Bankert Posts: 3

    Thanks guys! With the soil being fresh I am wondering about where they came from, this is why I grow all my own starts image among other reasons! I have been trying to get my neighbor to start growing some veggies for awhile and I want their first try to be successful! I will tell him to keep an eye on it and also look out for slugs, that is possible!

     

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