Problems Growing Cucumbers?

September 21, 2018

Have you struggled to grow cucumbers, either in your indoor garden our outdoors? Often a lack of water is keeping your plants from producing as well as they could. Cucumbers produce fruit that contain a lot of water, so they must stay consistently moist for fruit to develop properly.

PC: Leslie F. Halleck

If you let your cucumbers go dry, you may see flower drop or your fruit might have a tough texture. Inconsistent watering can lead to blossom end rot, a deformity caused by a disruption in calcium uptake. To put an end to blossom end rot, keep soil or growing media evenly moist all the time.

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