Cucumber Plant

Kristen, regarding feeding cues.
It was always written, ( I hate quoting books), that you feed cues with high nitrogen, being that the fruit is not fertilized, and therefore high potash is not required.

Well I've not tried it out,(using tomato feed), as RSM stopped me bothering with cues a long time ago.
But when I did grow them I just used masses of rotted grass clippings from the previous year as a top dressing...and the roots came up to get it.
Of course I always kept the top dressing very moist.

 

i know this started as a cucumber subject and im sorry but i need to ask while u are on the subject of tom feed ..ive been feeding mine once a week looking at my leaves curling up on my beef toms do i need to give them more???

 

thanks jwk....i thought i was murdering them:D

 

Now you say that I remember reading it too!

I've only fed mine Tomato Fertilizer and they have produced plenty of Cues (RSM permitting, like you!), but that probably doesn't say anything - there might have been enough Nitrogen in the soil anyway.

Dr H says "Tomato fertilizer", Joy Larkcom say "Organic fertilizer" - I'm not sure I have any idea what that means, but it might mean "Manure" in which case it probably is indicating Nitrogen. My RHS "Growing Vegetables" book says "need constant watering an liquid feeding" which seems pretty ambiguous too - should I be there 24/7 with the watering can?!! and what SORT of liquid feed I ask myself ...

Ho hum, none the wiser.

 

i just put bat guano in mine ....not in buckets thou ..and after seeing kristens pics im worrying my pots aint big enough now...u must have a lot of land your greenhouse looks huge kirsten:D

 

Meant to mention earlier: the leaf curl looks fine, as JWK says, but I wonder if they are starting to get signs of Magnesium deficiency?

You might want to consider spraying them with Epsom Salts. I have to do mine every year (and they are in the greenhouse border, its probably more likely for Tomatoes in pots / Bags)

 

Impulse second-hand purchase off eBay :thumb:

Details on my blog, if you want to have a laugh at my not infrequent outbreaks of madness :D

 

we bought a palram greenhouse 10ftx 6ft not sure on height ..nightmare to erect!! never again! il ask for advice on here when i buy my next one il take a peek at your blog,just hope it dont give me knigtmares i really never knew toms grow that big :o beginners hey x