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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • Thanks for your advice. I’ll try giving them more nutrients and keep them damp. This will be difficult for me because I’ve conditioned myself to only water when the top 3 - 5 cm of the soil are dry… I killed more plants by overwatering than uunderwatering…

    They alread have fruit but I read that cucumbers keep producing fruit as long as I harvest them before they’re fully ripe.





  • I haven’t found any signs of spider mites (no webbing).

    I’ve taken the affected leaves off and started feeding the plants with proper nutrients (COMPO Grow Organic for the time being, because its available and at least works great with my cannabis plants). Maybe my home made slurry is part of the problem.

    I’d think that the cucumbers don’t get too much water because I water them when the soil is dry about two knuckles deep which proved appropriate for Alle my plants.



  • No I don’t think so. In German it’s called “Jauche” and is a natural fertilizer that you get when you let plant parts (often nettle or goutweed) sit in water for a few weeks.

    I thought the drainage of the soil was good enough. It’s potting soil mixed with ~ 10 % perlite for drainage. The pots I use are textile pots with good drainage and I try to wait wi watering until the soil is at least 3 - 5 cm dry.

    Maybe you got have a point with your suspicion that the container maybe limiting the plants… Next year I’ll definitely plant my cucumber plants in a raised bed.