247 - Cucumbers: What Can Go Wrong?
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
4.7 • 830 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The What Can Go Wrong? series is back and today we are talking about cucumbers.
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University of Minnesota Web Site for troubleshooting: https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/vegetable/cucumber/index.html
Cucumber types & terminology: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-JSSSharedLibrary/default/dw98b4caf9/assets/information/8989-cucumbers-types-terminology.pdf
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. Today I'm bringing back one of the most popular episode series that we had in |
| 0:06.6 | 2021 and that was the What Can Go Wrong series. You guys loved this but you wish that I would |
| 0:14.0 | have done a few other ones that I didn't get to and one of those was cucumbers. You wanted me to spend |
| 0:20.3 | an entire episode |
| 0:21.4 | talking about what can go wrong with cucumbers |
| 0:23.5 | because, let's face it, while they're not super hard to grow, |
| 0:27.9 | there are quite a few things that can go wrong. |
| 0:31.1 | So if you are growing cucumbers in your garden this year, |
| 0:34.0 | then this is an episode you will enjoy. |
| 0:38.3 | Hi, I'm Jill and almost almost 10 years ago, I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom |
| 0:43.5 | trying to cut our grocery bill. Over the years, I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener, |
| 0:48.3 | and I never looked back. On this podcast, you'll hear gardening, how-toes, and inspiration, |
| 0:53.3 | both from me and from guests. |
| 0:55.2 | And whether you're a new gardener like I was or still learning like we all are, my hope is that |
| 1:00.3 | gardening changes your life like it has mine, and this podcast will help you along the way. |
| 1:07.2 | Today we're going to be talking about problems that can occur when you're starting |
| 1:11.0 | cucumbers from seed or transplanting them. We'll talk about growth issues, |
| 1:16.1 | pollination issues, fruit issues, and we'll touch on some insects and disease |
| 1:21.4 | toward the end. But let's get started with the starting seed part of it or |
| 1:26.5 | planting transplant part of it because planting transplant part of it. |
| 1:28.6 | Because this is one of those things |
| 1:30.7 | that I think so many, especially beginners, |
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