Fall cucumbers?

b54red · August 11, 2012

Has anyone down south had any luck with a fall crop of cucumbers? I have tried the last couple of years but the whiteflies were devastating to them. I'm giving them another try this year and I am hoping with the rainfall we have had that the whiteflies and spider mites might be less of a problem this year. I would love to have some cucumbers when my first lettuce starts making in late fall.

PaulF · August 11, 2012

A couple of days ago we replanted cucumbers hoping to have a few this year. Our main crop burned up with the rest of the garden (except tomatoes and peppers that I babied) in our heat wave and drought. I am not sure we have enough growing days left this far north unless the forecast of warm weather later into the year come true. Good luck with yours.

jerryinfla · August 12, 2012

I had a decent crop of cucumbers last fall until the RKNs got to them. I'm going to try your sugar and marigolds method for okra this fall and hope the RKNs don't get them before our first frost -- usually late November to mid December.

mhjr5500 · August 12, 2012

whats rkn

RebelRidin · August 12, 2012

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Originally Posted by mhjr5500

whats rkn

Root-knot nematode...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-knot_nematode

b54red · August 12, 2012

I will be applying the sugar but don't have any more marigolds for companion planting this fall. I just pulled up a bunch from the spot and I am hoping the marigolds will have a residual effect. I pulled up the old cucumber vines also and they showed no sign of rkn and some of them were still alive. I am going to replant in the same spot so we will see.

Ken4230 · August 13, 2012

I have a small bed of Eureka hybrids planted two weeks ago. I doubled up on them hoping some of them survive. My cukes planted April 5 are still chugging along.
I pulled aprox 6 sq ft. of Marigolds today, cut the blooms off and buried the rest in two beds. Don't know if it will do any good or not.

I'm may be violating scientific principals, but we all know that old saying: If it's good enough for Grandpaw, it's good enough for me.

I think my mother used a small piece of chewing tobaco steeped in water as a foliar spray. I've used it on stink bugs but never on cucumbers.

August 11, 2012	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Fall cucumbers? Has anyone down south had any luck with a fall crop of cucumbers? I have tried the last couple of years but the whiteflies were devastating to them. I'm giving them another try this year and I am hoping with the rainfall we have had that the whiteflies and spider mites might be less of a problem this year. I would love to have some cucumbers when my first lettuce starts making in late fall.

August 11, 2012	#2
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	A couple of days ago we replanted cucumbers hoping to have a few this year. Our main crop burned up with the rest of the garden (except tomatoes and peppers that I babied) in our heat wave and drought. I am not sure we have enough growing days left this far north unless the forecast of warm weather later into the year come true. Good luck with yours. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

August 12, 2012	#3
jerryinfla Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Central Florida Posts: 377	I had a decent crop of cucumbers last fall until the RKNs got to them. I'm going to try your sugar and marigolds method for okra this fall and hope the RKNs don't get them before our first frost -- usually late November to mid December. __________________ Jerry - You only get old if you're lucky.

August 12, 2012	#4
mhjr5500 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: southwest florida Posts: 5	whats rkn

August 13, 2012	#7
Ken4230 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Western Ky Posts: 282	I have a small bed of Eureka hybrids planted two weeks ago. I doubled up on them hoping some of them survive. My cukes planted April 5 are still chugging along. I pulled aprox 6 sq ft. of Marigolds today, cut the blooms off and buried the rest in two beds. Don't know if it will do any good or not. I'm may be violating scientific principals, but we all know that old saying: If it's good enough for Grandpaw, it's good enough for me. I think my mother used a small piece of chewing tobaco steeped in water as a foliar spray. I've used it on stink bugs but never on cucumbers.