Skoorbmax
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Spots on previously fresh cucumber leaves *PIC*

Straight 8 variety cucumber. This plant is sharing immediate space with another and I'm about to remove one of them, but I water this each morning (it's in a draining pot). It's using fresh miracle-gro soil. This plant looked perfect until either yesterday or this morning (can't remember!) when I noticed some spotting, and it's definitely getting worse. This thing gets a lot of light (south facing) and has been doing extremely well in the 10 days or so since I put it in the pot, until now!

You can see in pic two leaves at least are impacted. Not sure if this is a real concern or not.

[img]https://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac177/Skoorb100/dyingcucumbersadness.jpg[/img]

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engineeredgarden
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Even though your container is self-draining, it is being overwatered. Change your watering schedule to about every 3-4 days, and you'll see a big difference in newer leaves. Just as a precaution, keep your eye on the leaves to see if they get limp. If so, increase watering frequency by 1 day.

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garden5
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Definitely ease up on the watering. Pots all tend to drain differently depending on the pot and the soil used. Also [url=https://yardener.com/YardenersPlantHelper/FoodGardening/VegetableFiles/Cucumbers/ProblemsofCucumbers]have a look at this[/url]. You may find something useful here.

Good luck.



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