[alan/gill]

Hi all,i have a problem with my cucumber plants please can you help me solve it ,thankyou in advance

[JayG]

Almost certainly a type of fungus called powdery mildew, which a little counter-intuitively can be worse in dry conditions.

Not much hope for leaves as badly infected as in your pic, so take them off - a preventative measure (not a cure) is said to be a diluted milk spray (maybe 30% milk, 70% water), although good air circulation is also important, which you will have helped a little by removing some of the leaves.

Mildew seems almost inevitable on many cucurbits by the end of the season, although you are a bit unlucky to be seeing it now.

[alan/gill]

thankyou.i have removed the leaves and will try the milk spray ( should i spray the whole plant ,baby cucs as well or just leaves)

[Aunt Sally]

If it'still in a greenhouse try to increase the himidity.  I throw a can of water on the floor, or spray the leaves will a mist of water daily in hot weather.

[alan/gill]

mine are in the garden in a raised bed