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Cucumbers
to germinate. Heat and cool conditons can stunt growth and can casue plants to grow to quick and become spinderly. When you are next potting on, plant the cucumber right up to its neck. This will encourage roots to grow from what is currently the stem, so by gatehill
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08/05/2012 14:51:54
by figrat
last years compost
I grow potatoes and tomatoes and cucumbers in pots and grobags abd potato bags and hanging baskets every year .At the end of the season I am left with half full bags pots etc of compost which I usually put on the garden.I am struggling to find more by bartonr
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24/01/2013 16:09:49
by bartonr
Cucumbers
I've got yellow spots on my cucumber leaves but otherwise the plant looks health.  Does anyone know what it is and how to treat it? Mother Goose,it is likely Cucumber Mosaic a fungus spread by damp, insects, or even wind blown.Try keeping the leaves by Mother Goose2
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12/06/2012 16:20:35
by Mother Goose2
Trouble germinating sweet corn
All my toms, chillies, beans and peas are all growing well but my sweetcorn incredible and market more cucumbers which remain around 18-20c have not germinated and looking for tips to get them going. A bit early maybe? This may nelp http by Jay12
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19/04/2013 23:55:18
by steephill
Windowsill propogation
Hi there. I'm a complete novice and am trying to grow a lot of different plants from the same start - a windowsill propogator. I have three propogators and they're the type with numerous small cells. I'm a week into growing tomatoes, cucumbers by cxgcxg
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15/04/2013 23:33:52
by cxgcxg
Base of Iris and outdoor cucumber being eaten
, also growing outdoor cucumbers, they were growing really well with fruit set, then one day looked a bit wilted and the same thing had happened. Has anyone got any ideas of what it is and what I can do? by Devon Snapper
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21/08/2012 23:20:35
by Devon Snapper
liquid horse poo
Hi.. I have had a fresh horse poo tea bag in my water butt for a week now and I am wondering what's ok to put it on and when.. I am growing, cabbage, courgette, runner beans, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber, aubergine, salad leaves, onions by flowergirl4
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12/05/2012 13:45:30
by flowergirl4
cucumber numbers
How many cucumbers should I have growing on each vine? One of my plants must have 12+ fruit on it. Is this too many for one plant to cope with? In some cases there are 2 growing from the same stem. The variety is Bangkok. As long as the stems by diggingdoris
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27/07/2012 14:29:56
by diggingdoris
Mildew/Red spider mite
The cucumber plants in my greenhouse were growing well but started to develop "powdery mildew" which I was told was due to the atmosphere being too moist.I tried to increase ventilation and water carefully.I now have mildew and red spider mite which by Jackers
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19/08/2012 14:32:56
by Italophile
Cucumbers
I have been given two outdoor cucumbers but i dont no what to do with them. Any advice is welcome. =)  Find a spot that's nice and warm with as much direct sun as possible. Dig in some nice compost, plant not too deeply, and keep well watered by Dolphin_in_the_deep
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24/06/2012 16:54:22
by Dolphin_in_the_deep