I planted them 3rd week of May
what did I do wrong?
I gave them plenty of water and sheep manure.
2006-10-14 02:42:38 · 6 answers · asked by urbain 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The most likely explanation is they didn't get pollinated. If you live in an area where they spray for mosquitoes many of the polinators may have been killed off also. Next year use Tomato Blossom Set on the flowers and you should get a bunch. (They call it tomato but it can be used on a variety of vegetables.)
2006-10-14 05:11:34 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manures have salts which in over abundace will pull moisture from the roots back into the soil. Hard to grow a plant that way. Heaping manure into a garden just prior to planting isn't a good idea. Manure should be added several weeks before planting...and hopefully a rain comes in to wash out some of the salts. Then after you harvest, add more manure. Allow the soil to mellow over winter, add a small amount of manure weeks before plants...getting the idea? Severall small applications better than a ......excuse me......a big dump.
So perhaps the plants were suffering from the salts in the manure. How were the plants? Healthy? If so perhaps there was too much nitrogen in the soil to allow flowering. Lack of pollination was a good thought. Finally, look to bugs such as squash bugs. Heat is a problem for us, too hot and we don't get good cukes either.
2006-10-18 02:20:24 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of using sheep manure, maybe that's the problem. I planted mine in little hills and put one of those tomato stands over it and they grew up hold of it and I water when needed, got plenty of sunshine, and they did great, still picking them, in Seattle.
2006-10-17 14:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by Jae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hummnnn this is a tough one...usally with plenty of water and manure they grow like crazy...size of pencils? in all the years ive been gardening i never had that problem, id have to say maybe a grub or slugs..that got inside the cukes and sucked the insides out, how were the other ones?
2006-10-14 02:47:10 · answer #4 · answered by russ_vl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you live?? Were they exposed to cold nights?? Did you have them in a greenhouse?? Did you have them in the house? Did you have them outdoors? This is too little information to make a judgement as to why your cucumbers didn't grow.
2006-10-14 02:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by baka_desho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either they are planted too close together or too close to other plants, they are restricting each other of food and nutrition
2006-10-14 02:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by Skuya!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋