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Post by bluetech on Oct 15, 2023 18:27:06 GMT -5
Do these look healthy? If not what should I add to the plant, I been using the normal AG nutrients as directed.  |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 15, 2023 19:25:16 GMT -5
Those leaves are perfectly healthy, @ bluetech! Cucumber leaves nearly always have that yellow band around the outside. The leaves are still functional when they look extremely ratty and dry, too. When a leaf or baby cuke has truly died, the stem attaching it to the cucumber vine will shrivel and turn black. 🥒🥒🥒 |
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Post by scarfguy on Oct 15, 2023 20:08:36 GMT -5
YUP! What she said! Cucumber (and cantaloupe) leaves always have yellow edges.
I have looked and looked and can find nobody on the internet who knows why. |
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Post by bluetech on Oct 15, 2023 23:00:23 GMT -5
Awesome glad to hear guys! and thank you for the tip also, this is my first time growing these and so far its been one of the most fascinating plants I've had!
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Post by lynnee on Oct 17, 2023 11:51:55 GMT -5
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Post by bluetech on Oct 18, 2023 10:22:14 GMT -5
Looks good I notice you have a 2nd tier on your trellis, I've been debating in my head if I should put a 2nd one on and train it around again, but then I think I would have to end up getting rid of most of the bottom leaves cause they wouldn't get enough light. Or maybe that would be too many cucumbers for the plant to sustain without enough leaves to absorb the light?
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Post by lynnee on Oct 18, 2023 19:55:28 GMT -5
bluetech, a previous cuke went around the lower trellis once and at least twice more around the next level. With this one, I want to train it around the lower trellis for as many times as possible. For now I have to let the vine use the higher level until the growing tip gets longer. I always put the next level on before it's really needed, because a plant may insist on climbing, and it's hard to add a trellis later when you have a plant or vine using the first level. It's easiest to let the plant grow up through each level of trellis. With cukes, I let the plant decide what to do about leaves. When it's done with a leaf or baby cuke, the stem will shrivel. This plant likes to hide developing cukes beneath the dried out leaves, so I'm humoring it! 
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Post by bluetech on Oct 19, 2023 11:24:09 GMT -5
lol I've been trying to read the plants also, go off of what they are doing. I never thought to let it go around the first trellis a second time, I just figured once it made a full circle you cut the tip to stop it and then the cucumbers do their thing
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Post by lynnee on Oct 20, 2023 12:31:58 GMT -5
bluetech, cutting the growing tip on the main vine may stop your cuke from growing almost completely. I found that out the hard way when I cut the tip off a flourishing cuke by mistake! 
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Post by bluetech on Oct 28, 2023 12:34:27 GMT -5
bluetech , cutting the growing tip on the main vine may stop your cuke from growing almost completely. I found that out the hard way when I cut the tip off a flourishing cuke by mistake!    Do these look ready to pick, they are about 4in. ? I'm not sure when they are mature enough, I don't want to pick them early then end up with bitter ones. Also the main vine ended up getting a skinny spot?? and just flopped at the tip where it was growing, I wasn't going to cut it after what you told me but it seems to have done it itself. I do have a couple other vines off shooting from the side and middle that will hopefully take over? Is this normal, will the vines just get these skinny spots that sorta just dry up and flop? |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 28, 2023 18:35:30 GMT -5
bluetech , your plant has a wonderfully healthy growing tip:  There may be others branching off the main vine. I think that your cukes are overlarge and may be slightly bitter-tasting, because the AG "Quick Snack" cukes are cocktail cukes that are intended to be harvested at 2-1/2" to 3" (slightly larger than your little finger). Try telling the plants that the 3" ones are big enough, though! I always eat the big, fat ones that the plant hides from me, and I like them fine. They just don't have the delicate, fresh flavor of the younger ones. In your last photo, the skinny area is a stem that connects a baby cuke or branch or leaf to the main vine. When it shrivels like that, it means the plant has totally given up on developing whatever is connected. 
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Post by scarfguy on Oct 28, 2023 18:37:37 GMT -5
bluetech, your cukes look ready to eat to me. 
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Post by bluetech on Oct 29, 2023 12:37:26 GMT -5
They are Mini Munch from parkseed, not the AG ones
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Post by lynnee on Oct 29, 2023 13:22:57 GMT -5
They are Mini Munch from parkseed, not the AG ones The Mini Munch cukes are also "cocktail" cukes. I like them slightly better than the Quick Snack cukes, but the latter are more productive for me. The Mini Munch cukes are also sneaky, and also taste better when harvested young--recommended size is 3"-4".  |
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Post by bluetech on Nov 24, 2023 23:27:18 GMT -5
 Figured I would post an update, the cucumber plant is doing quite well, We have harvested quite a few now, and even given some away, many more vines have taken over since the main one gave out, its now crawled up to the 2nd trellis |
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Post by lynnee on Nov 24, 2023 23:57:05 GMT -5
That's a beautiful cucumber, bluetech!  I wish that my cukes' leaves would stay green like yours. Maybe I'm giving too many supplements, or the air currents in the room dry them out. |
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Post by bluetech on Nov 26, 2023 17:51:37 GMT -5
I have no air circulating in the room, and I'm just using the AG nutrients, I don't know much about other supplements for this stuff.
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