Although my cucumber vines are doing well and look healthy and have many blooms both male and female they produce stunted cucumbers. There are plenty of bees doing the polinating. The photo I'm attaching is probobly the best cuke produced and tasted pretty good, most are only half that size. Any help would be appreciated.
Bob
The only answer I could have given would be lack of pollination, but you say there are bees pollinating them already. No spider mites on the leaves?
This message was edited Aug 6, 2009 9:12 AM
I'm wondering if perhaps they are not getting enough water.
feldon, I checked the leaves closley and found small bumbs on the upper side of the leaves so I checked the lower side and low and behold there were spider mites. The lower portion of the vines was infested with them while the uppermost were still free of insects. I sprayed with specticide throughly on both sides of the leaves and the mulch on the ground. This may do the trick. It shouldn't bother the bee's because right now there are only about blossoms on all the plants combined. There are many new cukes just starting out so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Honeybee they are getting plenty of water, both natual and what I add.
Thanks to both of you and I'll post back here with any progress.
Bob
