Growing Cucumber

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18 Nov 11 Pam (Australia - temperate climate)
HELP, i have been trying to grow cucumbers (burpless), the plant looks great, get flowers, get little tiny cucumbers then they go YELLOW and die. I have been watering and regular sea sol. Do you think it is because they are planted next to tomatoes? Help please,
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13 Mar 12 malcolm mckercher (Australia - temperate climate)
have you tried mag potash at first flowering?
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29 Jan 12 Bryan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Pam, Seasol is NOT a fertiliser, it is a plant tonic and soil conditioner. When used accordingly, it is highly beneficial in assisting the plant with nutrient uptake.
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21 Nov 11 Hannah (Australia - temperate climate)
Pam, it sounds like your female flowers are trying to produce fruit but because they aren't getting fertilised by the male flowers, the little fruit are turning yellow and dying. You might want to give manual fertilising a go - pluck off the male flowers (small ones with no tiny 'fruit' at their base) and brush their faces on the faces of the female ones to transfer the pollen. Good luck!
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03 Dec 11 (Australia - temperate climate)
Thankyou so much, I have now real fruit
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