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jad1jad1 Posts: 130
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The cucumbers in the greenhouse are not growing this year. Lots of flowers with small cues that are just not getting any bigger. I have watered regularly,feed with tomorite.  sprayed the plants when hot. This is the 5th year of growing in the greenhouse. The previous years i have not had any problems. Any other ideas please.

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  • Rinus KRinus K Posts: 67

    Just a wild guess. Maybe if you plant the same veg at the same space on your plot the soil is depleted.

    I know you never have to plant potatoes twice at the same space in the garden because the harvest is far less in the 2e year due to exhaustion

    I'am not sure wheter is can be the case with cucumbers but it could be

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    I'd stop spraying them I don't spray mine.Are they in pots or in ground? I had trouble with mine at first but then they started to grow.All my cucumbers set but didn't grow on but I still got a lot.
  • jad1jad1 Posts: 130

    Just an update on my July post. It is now September and i  am still cutting cucumbers in the greenhouse. After a poor start i have had a very good crop.Plenty of tomato feed did the trick.

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