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Cucumber Wilt?
Elizabeth Winstanley
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My 5 cucumber Cucino plants are all showing the same thing. Lower leaves turning brown and crispy at the edges almost as if they had been scorched and the stems on some have shrivelled.
They have been growing in 3" pots on the windowsill where they were planted as seeds,as health problems have prevented me from making room in the greenhouse for them. I cannot see any signs of insect damage and no insects on them.
Does this sound like the dreaded wilt? I don't think I have had this problem before as I have usually had a good crop from my plants, but they have never been allowed to get so big before being put into grow bags in the green house.
Advice and comments welcomed.
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Don't worry, mine did the same this year. It's heat stress (where the temperature varies a lot - hot daytime (on windowsill) and then cold nights). Just trim off the crispy leaves but get them potted up asap. Mine are now in 10 inch pots and romping away. Noticed 2 small cues today. I also mist mine with water a couple of times a day which they seem to like especially if it's warm.
Thanks Logan & Dorcas, the info has put my mind at rest a bit. Will try to get them moved this next week. Haven't done anything, in the garden or out of it, for the last week as I have a throat infection and any exertion starts me coughing for ages.