[hanssg]

hi I have 3 cucumbers in greenhouse,2 of them look a bit dodgy they have been watered ,but look very droopy any ideas

[Salmo]

Could be overwatered. Cucumbers are like sheep, they spend their time thinking of ways to die.

[JayG]

Only the one in your left hand picture looks dodgy to me - how long since they were transplanted/moved to GH?

[hanssg]

they have been in a week now everything else in there fine tomatoes ,peppers, I will knock on head watering for a bit.

[Dr_Pepper]

I like the sheep comparison!!

Did you grow them from seed or buy plants?

[hanssg]

bought plants from same place as last year no probs then.

[sunshineband]

Pretty typical cucumber behaviour tbh. The middle one looks OK, the right hand side one might be alright... keep it in the shade and no more water for a three or four days, but the one to the left looks like it in a suicide mission, I'm sorry to say.

Potting on is a real danger point and the slightest damage to the stem convinces them to go down that route, sadly

[Salmo]

I like the sheep comparison!!

Did you grow them from seed or buy plants?

Lambs.

[Salmo]

Lift the dodgy one out of the pot. If it is obviously too wet knock some of the compost off and re-pot. You have nothing to lose as it is going to die anyway.

[hanssg]

ok will try that thx

[hanssg]

I have taken some compost out and put some dry stuff in. I think I now realise what I have done wrong,when I put the compost in the tubs I also added some water retaining gel crystals  could that be a problem.

[Trikidiki]

Could be Verticillium wilt, caused by a soil borne fungus.

No chemical control available.

[AlaninCarlisle]

I generally sow three times as many cucumber seeds as I need. Out of every three sown, one fails to germinate and another snuffs it as a young plant

[hanssg]

well one has deff snuffed it bought another but that's looking poorly as well not a good year for me for cukes I think. is it to late to plant some seeds do you think

[AlaninCarlisle]

No, not too late to plant seeds