3 Reasons Your Cucumber Plants Suddenly Wilt

Wilting plants is never a good thing, but sometimes it is good to know why it happens so we as gardeners can prepare, and be aware of what’s going on in our garden.

[Jinxs-Journey]

I wanted to say thankyou for your videos as a new gardener ive learnt so much here and its helped me to sort any issues early on. so today i treated my tomato plants for the very very early signs of blossom end rot which i wouldn't of even known existed if i hadn't watched your videos and found what to look for and what to do to help this issue. so ive added some calcium to them today and also some tomato feed and im hoping the one plant resolves the issue its only on a few of the tomatoes that are starting the others are doing fine which is odd as in the same grow bag and no signs at all of anything amiss.

[donrad]

I discovered that cucumber plants are much more resistant to wilt if planted in a thick layer of compost in a no-till bed. The soil bacteria and fungi have a better chance to do their symbiotic actions with the plant roots. The no till bed with compost on top is at least a couple years old where the soil has a sustainable web of life established. The soil must remain moist or the microbes will die. It also helps a lot to be saving seeds from year to year for localized genetic vigor. Plan ahead for next year. 👣

[janzebuski]

Quick but good explanations. Good info. Take care.

[UnaChefenlaCocina]

Fantastic cucumber plant and wonderful space to sow it has many properties for the body I love it is a golden vegetable you already have a new friend here in your garden and thank you for the video friend

[bvintage]

This morning I had to go out and look at male and female flowers because of your pollination video 😆.
But I was bummed to see I had none to pollinate 😕 all my female flowers were already wilted. But now I know what to look for! 😁

[moodygurl]

Cucumber beetles destroyed our Cucumber and squash plants. Very discouraging.

[doreenchan]

Perfect! You have answered my yesterday question for my cucumbers questions! Thank you; unfortunately I have cucumbers beetles 😢

[franksinatra]

I think neem has been helping my bacterial wilt problem on cucumbers. My first planting died and my second planting started wilting and one plant died but since I've been spraying with neem I see new growth and no wilt.

[timnewton]

I lost 7 plants this year to cucumber beetles. we got a bumper crop last year of cucumbers, plenty for pickles and eating, this year we got 3 total before all 7 plants died. I've got a late crop growing and trying to watch out for the beetles (waited a month and a half between the death of plants and planting the new ones in a different spot) hoping it pays off and I get a nice fall crop.

[judyjamison]

Cucumber plants still looking good and producing lots of cucumbers! Hope that continues because it’s getting kind of late here in Iowa to replant. (Although I did just plant some Slicemaster and Beit Alpha seeds in another area of the garden.) I did try some companion planting this year (nasturtiums, marigolds and radishes), and usually by this time my cucumbers are starting to wilt, so maybe it actually works! Haven’t seen hardly any cucumber beetles.

[Gansen]

Using a drip irrigation system now. So easy and great for 🍅

[truthseeker]

in Kentucky the cucumber beetles are relentless. picking them off for about 2 hrs every day and they still took me feom 14 down to 3 plants in main garden with the war still raging. my containers are still good so far but they have found them.
I was able to pickle about 25 quarts of dill and B&B so not a total lose but they still knocked me down to 50% production this year. My 2nd direct sow got hit hard by Im assuming flee Beatles.
Ive gotten some amazing tomatoes this year but peppers struggled which is weird for Ky, they usually thrive. but our spring rain season that usually ends by june never ended so could be the issue there. thank for the vid✌❤

[TheBourneHomestead]

We literally just posted a video earlier today wondering why this is happening to our cucumbers!!! Unfortunately, now I know our problem is the cucumber beetles. The hybrid plants being more resistant to the problem makes total sense now as to why some plants have the problem worse than others in our garden. This is super helpful, thank 😊

[cucumberboi]

I love ur vids man cause whenever I notice a problem and think ah not a big deal u upload a vid explaining what that problem is and how to deal with it cause ur In the same zone as me lol

[vicwickgardens]

Like always, I learned something new 😊

[Caseylawton]

I'm convinced powdery mildew is pretty much impossible to get here in the Arizona desert haha. I do a quick spray of water on my cucumbers several times throughout the day during the heat of summer to cool them off. Same with pumpkin and squash. Pretty sure it's just too dry here haha

[jeants]

Love the biology 101 tidbits. Xylem, phloem, stomata 💚

[AlisonV]

Thank you for this video!!! Unfortunately ours succumbed to groundhogs! Could you show the photo of the beetle?

[EnvironmentalCoffeehouse]

This is exactly what I was worried about this morning!!!!

[sunnyhinsdale]

Just put down my cucumbers yesterday because of sudden wilting 😥 Thank you so much for your video!