cucumber wilted

**ninjajane** · 20-07-2010, 08:55 PM

ooooh 2 leaves have got their shape back

I think all is not lost.

I would have been gutted to loose another plant. Why do we put our selves through this again?

**El Greeno** · 20-07-2010, 08:58 PM

I'm having to water everything daily with this heat.
Every morning my tomatoes leaves are limp.
I give them a drink and they perk right up.

**supraflyguy** · 20-07-2010, 08:59 PM

Good luck! I hope it survives

Sorry I can't be of much help as its my first year growing cucumbers too

**ddiogyn** · 20-07-2010, 09:00 PM

I've noticed this in my outdoor cucumbers too. Caused a panic the first time it happened, but apparently curcurbits (cucumbers, squashes etc) are prone to becoming droopy in hot weather. Even today, when it was overcast, but very humid and hot, my cucumbers wilted quite dramatically.

It could also be because they need watering, of course.

Sometimes i mist thoroughly with water when they've gone droopy and they recover after about half an hour (only to become droopy again if it's especially hot...)

**Tomatoking** · 20-07-2010, 09:07 PM

Ohhh I had a wilted cucumber a few weeks ago. It is now back to normal.

Check how I treated it on my blog, but basically, take as many cucumbers as you can off of it, ease off on the watering, but keep it cool by spraying it, and put a mound of compost around the base of the stem. Mine came around despite being over 35 degrees in the polytunnel.
If it is outside cover the earth near it with something so the soil will not get too wet if it rains.

Hope this helps.
Mr TK

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