My cucumbers are dying!!
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- I have been getting a pretty good amount of produce from my cucumber and courgette plants, however the number has slowly been decreasing, the leaves have been looking poorly, their blossoms die off just as soon as they open, it is all just going pear shaped. Come and have a look to see what I mean, and what I know the issue is. I need help with this one.
#cucumber #bugs #beetle #zucchini #dying
I have been getting Asian ladybeetles on mine. The leaves look a bit different from yours. Mine are lacey looking and those areas they have eaten are dried out. I go out every day and pick them off and drown them in a jar of alcohol. They lay lusters of little yellow eggs on the underside of some leaves, so when I find that I either out that part out of smoosh them. There are not near as many as during July, but I still have some. The problem now is that they have damaged the plants pretty badly and I have had to cut off many of the leaves because they will completely dry up.
@@IAMGiftbearer I had tons of those Japanese beetles, they literally took everything green from the leaf, leaving just the skeleton, but the resolution I found was to get a pot of warm soapy water, tip a few beetles in (they can't swim), then out the pot under where they keep going. They can't stand the smell of their dead.
There is a consequence, for not using pesticide, and, for using pesticide. When I started to learn how to grow, I chose to not use pesticide with my plants, so my plants eventually got damaged. Sometimes in life we only have 1 opportunity to do something, and if we fail well this when we can lose something that is important to us.
In my opinion I think the consequence is worse, for not using pesticide.
It seems that I may have it under control at the moment (we made a natural liquid solution), however, while I understand pesticides may be useful in certain circumstances, I do try not to have to use anything unnecessary and definitely not anything that is not natural. This is my first year dealing with these beetles, so while extremely annoying, it is a moment for me to learn, so I will have the knowledge of what to look for and how to deal with things if the issue continues in 2025. Things like squash beetles are so much easier to deal with. I tell you, I was fine with the cicadas coming for the first time for me, but now they've gone, I really can see why people are not such fans of them. I have some more cucumber and courgette seeds started and hope I may get a little produce in the final couple of weeks before first frost. Wish me luck.
@@parkerlings What happened to me was I grew strawberry plants, but it never got to the point of producing fruit. Because I made mistakes, and they were bad mistakes. The mistakes I made ended up me losing my strawberry plants.
Currently I am trying to solve one of the problems I had, and I am finding it to be a pain in my a$$.
Space is something I do not have too much of, and I am working on trying to buy my own property.
My plants were eventually damaged when I left it outside, and it is because I chose to not use pesticide, so by me making this choice it ended costing the lives of all my plants! In other words I no longer have anymore plants!
I eventually learned bugs can either be good, or bad, for plants.
I am not concerned too much anymore with bugs, or animals wanting to eat my plants, but I do have other concerns.
Good luck!
@@knowledgeandmultiskilled diatomaceous earth is not a pesticide. It is a tiny silica crystal that breaks down into calcium. You can get food grade, and add it to your diet. Good for hair and nails, also kills some gut worms 🪱
@@RandomsFandom I already know what pesticide is, and how to make it.
I did a google search, and this is what I learned from what you said, and I quote: "Common Uses of Diatomaceous Earth
One of its primary uses is as a natural pest control agent. DE, when applied in the form of a fine powder, can be highly effective in controlling pest problems, including ants, fleas, roaches, and slugs, among other home and garden pests."
Are you sure that it's cucumber beetles that are the cause? I had the same issue. Those spots appeared on my leaves after a couple of days of very heavy rainfall. It looks like downy mildew.
I quickly got a copper-based fungicide, cut off all the spotty leaves, and sprayed the product on the tops and undersides of the leaves.
It's been a week now. The plants are still alive and new little leaves are growing. Some leaves are getting spotty again, so it's time to reapply the fungicide. The instructions say to apply every five to seven days, so I guess I'm due.
I also applied the product to my squash leaves that were suffering from the same thing in addition to powdery mildew, and also to my tomato leaves which were showing severe signs of blight. Like the cucumbers, they're all surprisingly still alive.
Last week I thought I would lose everything in a flash. I wanted to go organic and not use any products, but this situation left me no choice. I'm very thankful I discovered the fungicide.
Good luck!
@@stevenl.5490 thank you for the comment. No end of issues this year, the latest are squash beetles, now baby ones, but I found a vine borer 2 days ago, was not happy.
@@parkerlings Last year was my first year gardening; I only had minor blight issues. This year I was introduced to both types of mildew, cucumber beetles and tomato hornworms. My garden really took a hit.
@@stevenl.5490 oh, the dreaded hornworm. I've been lucky on that one, though I shouldn't talk too soon.
Use diatomaceous earth to dust the whole area
@@RandomsFandom thank you. I must get some of that again, I used to have it at my home in the UK, but of course didn't bring it to the US on my move.
@@parkerlings health food stores will probably have it, or amazon