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11 Dec 15, Bill (Australia - temperate climate)

you can use tomato dust to get rid of any grubs that may be eating the leaves, it will not hurt the plant, just remember to wash it before you eat it. i grow them here in the deep south of nsw, they grow fast and i use liquid fertiliser onces a week when they have there fruit on them.

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16 Jan 16, olly (Australia - temperate climate)

no don't use tomato dust it says specifically on the package not to use on cucumbers it is also harmful to bees which do the pollinating. if its caterpillars try just picking them off if it's white fly it can be hard I just try keeping their numbers down by picking the worst leaves off and giving the rest a good high pressure squirt with the hose

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06 Dec 15, frank glennon (Australia - tropical climate)

I have 2 cucumber plants which are about 2 feet high with plenty of flowers I have picked 2 about 4ii long but now all my leaves have gone prickly and brown/yellow what should I do

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17 Dec 15, Paul (Australia - arid climate)

Keep the watering at the base, not on the plant or mildew will set in. I mulch around the three seeds I've planted in a shallow depression to hold the water (arid here remember), thin to two and as the vines spread move them clockwise around itself to keep compact and to aid flower fertilisation and fruit development till it looks like a green pyramid or cone. Every year I get great Apple and Lebanese cucumbers using this method. Forgot where your seeds are germinating from? Jam a stake in the ground at the source so you can throw the hose into it.

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30 Oct 15, Amit Bissa (Australia - arid climate)

I had two of them together. Before I planted cucumbers, tomatoes were growing good had 15 fruits on them. As soon as cucumbers were introduced. Tomatoes stopped growing and the fruits wilted quickly.

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03 Jan 16, Loren (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I just read that you should avoid planting cucumbers with tomatoes.

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11 Dec 15, Bill (Australia - temperate climate)

remove lower dieing leaves, will not hurt the plant

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29 Oct 15, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate)

I .have cucumbers and tomatoes in same garden, I just read they.shouldn't be. What will happen

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03 Oct 15, Barbara mason (Australia - temperate climate)

All my apple cucumber seedling have been eaten, what do I use to prevent this happening when I plant again next week?

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24 Aug 15, Mojo (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

The effect of temperature especially the fruit quality

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