Friday, August 1, 2025

 CUCUMBER UPDATE

I don't like cucumbers unless they are in Asian dishes or gyro sauce,  but I sure know how to grow them.

A few days ago, I posted about a blight. I am battling the humid weather and an extremely nasty pest, the cucumber beetle. I picked a few off the plant. (photo of the beetle taken from the web)

I have had this menace for about 4 years. The cucumbers grow well, I get a harvest or two, then BAM! the plant dies from the leaves being devoured. I tried Sevin, but it's hard to get every leaf.

DDT is not available, so any suggestions? 

These are my plants and the recent pickings.

Does anyone want to buy a cucumber?


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