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06 Jan 15, Caitlin (Australia - arid climate)

I have my veggie garden at home it is full with lettuce, tomato, corn, capsicum, cucumber and beans. My cucumber plant was getting bigger and was starting to kill my other plants so I decided to replant it when it had cucumbers on it. Now they are dying but it is hot so what can I do?? Was it the right thing to do ??

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04 Jan 15, Karl (Australia - temperate climate)

Never water your cucumbers at evening as that's what causes the mildew on leaves. You don't need to spray with anything just eliminate the cause don't treat the symptom. Water between 5 and 9 in the morning when their nutrient uptake is at its best.

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03 Jan 15, pete (Australia - temperate climate)

I have tried to grow apple cucumbers for 3 years now without success i live in south brisbane is it the climate that is the problem they look great full of flowers but no fruit

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09 Jan 15, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi, ours were the same, plenty of male flowers, then the female flowers (they have a very small cucumber at the base of the flower) came and then the cucumbers came. If they have female flowers already but no cucumber they may not be getting pollinated. I planted basil to attract the bees to my veggie patch. Hope this helps.

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16 Jan 16, olly (Australia - arid climate)

I plant sun flowers in pots they are cheap and easy to grow and great for attracting bees for pollination

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03 Jan 15, Roy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Excellent tip about the milk and whey Nicole, one day when I found that milk that was too off to use I thought about just that, Another use for it was that flying foxes don't like it.

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02 Jan 15, Allen Lee (Australia - temperate climate)

Possibly possums are eating your apple cucumber they love the juicy inners also could be a rodent they go for the seeds or if you have rabbits in the area they will munch on anything they do this not just for eating but to keep those front teeth from getting too big.

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02 Jan 15, Doris thomas (Australia - arid climate)

When is the right time to pick Apple cucumber

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25 Dec 14, aimee (Australia - temperate climate)

am growingcucumber in grand coverd in flowers not one cucumberi am desperat ples help

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14 Dec 14, George (Australia - temperate climate)

My father is an avid cucumber grower and he and all his friends this year initially had cucumbers but later the plants grew with plenty of leaves but no cucumbers. In Sydney we have had alot of rain probably daily over the last few weeks but it was interesting that he and all his friends had the same issue of not many cues but heaps of growth and leaves.

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