jmiddle
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HELP! Dying cucumber plant. Possibly insects

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Hello. I need help! My cucumber plant is dying. I've noticed some yellow looking eggs and small black like insects. I've sprayed it with a dawn, water, and cooking oil mixture, but it's not working. They are in a container. I am a first time gardener.
Anyone have a clue as to what is going on?
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Those yellow pellets don't look like eggs to me. They look like frass -- caterpillar poop. Yellow to me means this one has been eating the blossoms. Green poop comes from the cucumber skin, other lighter color ones from the insides.

That gel like blob also looks suspect.

Where are you located? If you are in the south, I think what you have there is Pickleworm or melonworm. Cut open the cucumber fruits above the leaves with the mess and see if the caterpillars are inside.

jmiddle
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I'm in Georgia. I don't have any cucumbers right now I could cut open. Everything keeps dying off before maturity. I have 2 small ones right now but I'm not sure for how much longer



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