Your Cucumbers Will LOVE You For This: 5 Things To Do NOW!

In this video, I share 5 things to do immediately after planting cucumbers that your cucumbers will love you for! Be sure to do these things shortly after planting cucumber plants out in your garden to set your cucumbers up for amazing success this season.
Cucumbers can be finicky and temperamental, and if you don't set your cucumber plants up for success immediately, they may struggle their entire lives. Cucumbers grow quickly and have short lifespans, so early mistakes can lead to failure. Getting the initial conditions right for each cucumber plant is critically important for best performance. These 5 cucumber tips will help set you on the right path for a great cucumber harvest.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 5 Tips For Growing Cucumber Plants After Planting
0:38 Tip #1: When To Transplant Cucumbers
2:34 Tip #2: Mulching Cucumbers
4:30 Tip #3: Growing Cucumbers Vertically
6:10 Tip #4: Growing Parthenocarpic Cucumbers
12:19 Tip #5: Succession Planting Cucumbers
14:54 Bonus Cucumber Tip
16:43 Adventures With Dale
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[@colorfulbutmuted8975]

I plant my cucumber at the end of my sunflower rows. I then help guide my cucumber vine to grab a hold of the sunflower stalks. My vines are a sight to see, as they spread down the sunflower rows about two to four feet off the ground in a sprawling manner as though they were crawling on the ground. They are very easy to "prune”, as I just guide offshoot vines to grab on to a new sunflower stalk, or at a higher/lower point on a stalk from the original main vine. My sunflowers grow 6-9' tall, so there is no competition between the cucumber vine and sunflower leaves either.

[@larezzatruman8097]

Luv this idea

[@SuperCptnjack]

Could you possibly link to a picture or video of this? I would be super curious to see how this looks

[@godfatherstabba]

I find male flowers on cucumbers. Pick them off and tear away the pedals. Take the rest of the male flower (which reminds me of a male appendage) and twirl it in the base of the female flower. I have a very high success rate using this method. I do a LOT of self pollination due to the lack of bees. Also use this method on all squash plants also.

[@paulpardee650]

Ok ok

[@JS-jh4cy]

Have you tried to get more bees by planting more of what they want

[@outdoorgal9602]

I do the same for zucchini.

[@godfatherstabba]

@@JS-jh4cy yes. We have tons of blanket flowers and zinnia. Very few bees have come around. We are contemplating our own hive. Have you had experience with a hive?

[@djpaz75]

@@godfatherstabba my advice is don't have a hive. Recent research has shown honey Bees who are only indigenous to Europe are very aggressive to our native Bees and eagerly suppress them. What region are you in and have you watched any of the Xerces Society KZbin? They have dozens of hours of stuff specific to saving native pollinators specifically in different regions Of America. You may already have tiny Bees and just not noticed them. Also let a stand of weeds grow and catalog and monitor them to pull invasive species. Bees will visit you certainly if you don't have lots of Neonics in the area

[@margebickley84]

I love watching you guys. I am soon to be 82 and I do a lot of canning but my strength is not what it use to be. I have been looking at the harvest Right Freeze dryer for awhile. My husband passed away last May so finances have gone down tremendously but by next year I hopefully will have money enough to buy one. I have learned a lot from you folks. Sure would Like to win the freezer this year as garden is coming in already. God Bless Marge Bickley

[@knownforthelove]

You go, Sister Gardener & Cook😎🌺!

[@conniecasale3593]

God bless you darling

[@omidee2926]

I hope you win that freezer too Marge!🌷

[@donnalawrence8593]

My condolences on the passing of your husband. I hope someone can help you out.

[@shelleywelch55]

I heard one of the other gardeners say that the Har est Right is not worth the money. I can't remember who said it...maybe do some research on it if you haven't already...Good luck!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you found this video helpful, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 5 Tips For Growing Cucumber Plants After Planting 0:38 Tip #1: When To Transplant Cucumbers 2:34 Tip #2: Mulching Cucumbers 4:30 Tip #3: Growing Cucumbers Vertically 6:10 Tip #4: Growing Parthenocarpic Cucumbers 12:19 Tip #5: Succession Planting Cucumbers 14:54 Bonus Cucumber Tip 16:43 Adventures With Dale

[@donnalawrence8593]

Too bad there is no Love button! I am glad I found you. You are a nice guy too. Have a great weekend.

[@cristiewentz8586]

Lots of great information! One hint i use: when they reach the top of my trellis (about 4")...i pinch the growing tip out. The cuke puts out side shoots and the harvest is doubled or tripled.

[@wolveswithin1883]

I'm proud I've done four of the five. I planted straight eights because it is what I had on hand. Wish me luck. I have never succeeded with cucumbers. I'm doing everything I've learned over the winter. 🤞

[@sharonjosefik766]

I do the same with squash..tomatoes..peppers and peas

[@donaldduck830]

Nope: Point 1: Pepper are very sensitive to low temperatures. But the cucmbers need to acclimatize to the sunlight, the plants can be destroyed by sunburn. So I plant them out before tomatoes and peppers. Point 3: Cucumbers are hardy and sprout additional roots, increasing the harvest per plant. 4: Not in my garden. Got a lot of bumblebees and flowers for them, so veggie plants get optimal pollination for optimal fruits. Next: Where do you get new cucumber plants from next year if you have fruits without seeds? 5 What? Well they get mildew late in autumn, but I take off the leaves and keep harvesting. THuMBS DOWN.

[@Coachwill101]

I learned more in this short video than a lifetime experimenting with gardening. Your style and presentation made it w day to watch. Great job!

[@tammybrown4410]

I enjoyed this video. This needs to be taught in schools. Some sort of program to give kids seeds and such.

[@RA-rf4nz]

Cuernavaca, Mexico is where you want to plant yourself, the City of Eternal Spring. Aztec emperors made their homes there and the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes made it his residence there in 1535 after conquering the Aztec Empire. I stayed there for about a month in summer of 1992 and it was wonderful.

[@dortemadsen2166]

Best part about the 5th tip is that IT IS NOT TOO LATE for me to sew some cucumbers and zucchinis this year. 😁 My tiny garden has been lying fallow for years but I half heartedly planted a couple of tomato plants this year and the little golden sun tomatoes reminded me of how great it is to pick fresh produce! Now I also understand why I was never able to keep those darn cucumbers alive for long and everything else in the garden tended to go downhill after they started to die (actually one of the reasons I gave up on the whole thing years back). Thank you, that definitely earned you a subscriber!

[@mapofthesoultagme7143]

It is too late where I live if I grow them outside

[@thomas2782]

be sure to pick the cukes while they are young. Once you let one get too old, the plant figures it's done it's job and stops producing.

[@iamshredder3587]

​@@thomas2782how young? (Or how big) How do you know when its the right time? Size, colour, feel , something else? Also u no is it true like tomatoes you shouldn't plant them in the same spot twice in a row? (Or not the same verity least) ot somewhere that's had other plants of same family as tomatoes in there? To help avoid disease? Thx

[@thomas2782]

@@iamshredder3587 you can't let them start to turn yellow, the approximate size expected (depends on the variety) would be the time to pick them

[@maryfarnham9806]

0:00 0:00 @@thomas2782

[@wesleymargeson1134]

This is one of the most helpful garden videos I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed the presentation. I try to make them easy to follow.

[@katysbigdad]

What is the variety of multi headed sunflower that is in the background of your brilliant video ?

[@MaggsBartlett]

L

[@tuffguytattoo1]

I just bought some cucumber plants and seeds today. The algorithm brought up your video . Exactly what I needed to know

[@anne-mariekane5916]

This is my first true gardening season in SE NC and I'm relieved I found your channel before starting my garden this year. You've been a great resource for what to do or not do but even if I wasn't living in NC, you do a great job explaining things for anyone. Thank you!

[@nicholem908]

Guatemala is nicknamed the Land of Eternal Spring.. and it's cheap to live there. It's my second home!

[@firetop9532]

Thank you for this vid it's been a massive help to me,I'm a self taught self employed gardener in my local area,I'm dyslexic so struggle reading most times,this break down helped me loads,I do research on plants and mediums daily it takes me about 20× longer then most to learn the simplest things when reading this vid got straight to the point awsome work growmie thank you 👍

[@joylane5560]

Thank you! I have been growing cucumbers for years, but still learned new things from you!

[@llswink]

I've been growing Beit Alpha for 3 seasons now and they are my favorite for fresh eating and for pickling. I never realized that succession planting would help me have more fruits. This year I planted at least 20 plants and now realize that I planted way too early and too many. The weather has now gotten into 80s to 90s and the plants are fizzling out. I got the same harvest from all these plants as I did from 5 the last few years. Will be planting some new seeds for a last crop for the summer and will be spacing them out this time! Thank you!

[@trex3003]

Yes, very helpful. I'm trying to grow cucumbers for the first time. Your tips are great.

[@tomyanno972]

YOU ARE AWESOME!!! I learned more from you in 16 minutes than I’ve learned from all others combined! Thank you so much. I’m in North Myrtle Beach and have scant bees and abundant fungus! Doing everything possible to pollinate my tomatoes, zucchini and now cucumbers, surrounding my garden with flowers, etc. Thanks again…you are so helpful!!!

[@marshabeatty6589]

Hey, I’m in NMB too! I’ve had an awful time of it with pests this year

[@bobrenaldo467]

i agree... learned more from hiim than others.

[@maryfuentes5110]

Yes. Indeed!❤

[@nadialawson8891]

Look up Electroculture, its been incredible for my tomatoes, strawberries and basically everything in my garden is giving me like 4X what I normally get…and the best part is I have almost no pests or fungus. You just wrap a wood dowel with pure copper wire and create a little coil at the top, it works on the same premise as Nikola Teslas research on energy from the earth, i think you will be very happy with the results, God bless! Happy gardening

[@Blackwaterswamp]

I just started gardening this year /month and I found your channel to be so clear and helpful on every aspect of gardening. Building, planning, watering, diseases, pests, varieties. Thank you 🌞❤️

[@wendytrotter4148]

Thank you for this information, I never knew this about cucumbers.

[@rubyewiggins4926]

Watch a guy called David the good and mi Gardner

[@JimKat5646]

Don’t buy seedless products, communist countries would love you to do that so on your own you can’t use the seeds to grow food , you’ll years from now be be very dependent on whomever can find seeds for you. You’ll be dependent on grocery stores and farms which China is buying up

[@ivahihopeful]

He’s great!

[@Gaddmans.Garden]

Awesome, vid. All the questions on one , quick informational, instructional detail. Love this channel. Thanks!💪🏻

[@linedezainde]

This is, by far, the most informative video about growing cucumbers I have ever watched! Thank you for sharing all this information!

[@eliseamiot5412]

Hands down THE best cucumber tutorial out there! Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I really appreciate that. I'm happy to hear it was useful.

[@leopardwoman38]

I agree. Excellent video!

[@julesgoh]

Oh wow!! I only just subscribed to your channel this month. I was thinking do I need another gardening channel BUT when I heard your tip #5, I was totally sold. The details you go into is just amazingly helpful. It answers almost all my questions about cucumber growing. Sooo good to know I should expect them to grow fast and die fast. They keep dying so quickly on me. Now I know why. Thank you! I will definitely be watching more of your new and old videos.

[@katieamero6714]

You have explained more to me in detail than any other videos I love thank you!!!

[@user-xu2jf4ob8d]

Thank you so much. I am a cucumber farmer and we have a lack of bees in north Dakota right now. I had to pollinate my own plants last year. Currently subscribed

[@duanelee6208]

I have noticed very few Utuber Garden shows rarely mention soil temperatures. After 50 years of gardening I have learned to plant once the soil temp of a minimum of 48-50 F is perfect for planting cucumbers, tomatoes and vegetables with the exception of leafy greens.

[@MicrowavedTofu]

I check my plants daily for new blooms. I stick my finger in the center of each of them. It really helps to pollinate them ☺️

[@robw748]

Using a pencil type paint brush works even better. Try and see whatcha thing about it ;)

[@melaniearnold1270]

​@@robw7484, 😅😅😅😊😊

[@debk5325]

TY TY TY! Great info. You explained things beautifully.

[@angelalamont8800]

I started growing beit alpha cucumbers after watching one of your videos about them. I’ve already harvested 10 cucumbers. So happy with the results. Thank you!

[@orangemoonglows2692]

i'm in a dry desert/95f+ ever day (southern california), it's best for me to start melons, squash, etc by direct seed. they need to grow accustomed to that heat without too much coddling. transplanting can be difficulty because of that intense heat unless maybe if you've started and have grown the seedlings outside in that heat. mine are all fine. nothing's bothering them.

[@caroldragon7545]

You might be interested in a couple of other parthenocarpic plants. Silver slicer is a white cucumber, and so it is easy to see among all the foliage. I am going to try growing it under cover to avoid cucumber beetles this year. Partenon is a wonderful zucchini. I have to grow zucchini under cover until late summer because of squash vine borers. You can harvest Partenon fruit even at almost triple the usual size and it is still tender and sweet with no fiber. A word of caution, my Partenons grew to giant size three feet high withleaves over 18 inches wide. The covering was useless at that size, but fortunately it was later in summer and the borers weren't active.

[@SB-bs7uv]

Never heard of succession planting before today but it makes sense and I will definately be trying it. Thanks

[@lindag9975]

Thanks! Volumes of great information! Love the scenes with Dale.

[@katallen4021]

Thanks for thoroughly covering this subject. You have really improved my gardening know-how!

[@kevinmuma1725]

China Jade is good, but Jibiai Sshimoshirazu beats it all day long. No spines, sweeter and even fewer seeds. From the same supplier Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, you show the packages at 12:49. Instead of strings for trellising, use cattle panels. Strings are subject to weather, wind specifically, cattle panels are stable.

[@tinamarie7831]

Thank you for sharing.

[@audreyhandy9273]

Your garden is beautiful! Thank u so much about the info pertaining to mulching cucumbers.

[@Lemmy_SoCal_Gardener]

All great information! Never knew about self pollinating (non pollinating) cucumber plants. Hoping the bees visit my garden this year as much as they did last year. thanks for another informative video! 💚🌱🥒💯

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Ah remember, standard monoecious cucumbers are self-pollinating, but the male flowers are separate from the female flowers, so pollination must be done manually by pollinators. Parthenocarpic cucumbers can set fruit without pollination, so your yields increase significantly. I recommend trying these varieties I featured next year, especially Beit Alpha. It is my favorite.

[@NatureScapesStudio]

Plant fennel and other flowers around you vegs….they invite the bees in.

[@DwightHayles]

Agree totally with you on starting cucs and zucs indoors and transplanting. I live in southern VA - and use the same technique with great success.

[@SURRYHOUSE2]

Tidewater VA James River

[@anthonykenny2631]

Thank you for all your help!

[@BluebonnetU]

I made some mistakes with my cucumber plant and learned some tips from you. Thank you so much!!

[@debbievannortwick7107]

Hi. Your videos are incredibly helpful. We purchased elevated raised beds due to some mobility limitations. Can you consider doing a video on what needs to be done differently in this type of structure? Thanks.

[@TheTrock121]

I usually direct seed, but this year I started my Cucumbers a few weeks ago in the cruciferous bed between the Cabbage and Collard Greens. The row cover protected them and they were ready to transplant yesterday just as the Cabbage was starting to squeeze them. They are planted along a fence, but I still might try the string trellis system.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I really love the string trellis. It's a game-changer. Once you use it, it's tough to go back.

[@Pausereflectandbreathe]

Wonderful tips! Thank you! Now I have to pay attention on planting new seeds. 😊❤️🙏

[@marcygreen2969]

Healthy cucumbers thanks for sharing

[@tabandken8562]

I LOVE this string method. I'm doing my first summer garden on my tiny lot and I'm doing the string method for trellising. I'm experimenting with planting close. My garden beds are 4x6. I have 6 strings per "row" and they are about a foot apart. That's 42 plants per bed! So far, it's ok. Hopefully it remains ok. I have the spacing towards the sun so all plants should get equal light.

[@MissBetsyLu]

Wow. Did you get buried under cucumbers?

[@cristiewentz8586]

I've used parthenocarpic varieties in the past. They are superb during the hot part of summer when other varieties slow down or drop flowers due to heat. I discovered the Asian non bitter types about 4 years ago. They handle the heat well, are never bitter..and I can save seed, which I couldn't with the parthenocarpic varieties. Shintokiwa is my main crop.

[@dlqatato]

I love the Beit Cucumber! I’ve been growing them for about 5 years now. Your Garry is lovely

[@ann8240]

I’m so glad I found you !! It took me 5 years to figure out my garden. It actually looks pretty close to yours . Now the fine tuning ! Namaste 🙌🏼💫🍅🥑🌶🔪

[@bigjohnfus4232]

Dude, Outstanding vid. I just subscribed. Your ability to explain your methods in a clear, concise, and UNDERSTANDABLE manner is amazing. When I'm done with this comment, I'm going out to string up my cucumbers. Thanks so much!

[@monierzahiri9749]

I like your videos, are very helpful. I'm on so CA. Last year my cucumber plant died, there wasn't any pollination I guess. Hope this year I get done fruits. We have lots of gophers & squrels

[@joebacarella2829]

Great video, WE had so many cucumbers we could not eat them all, and in two months it was over, they yellowed and died, I thought I did something wrong. I will replant some in a month, and remove the old plants, I did not know they mature so quickly, great tip, thanks for the info, I am in Michigan with high heat and humidity, so yeah, they lived hard and died fast, I was scratching my head.

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Thank you!🙂 Long time gardener but this is my first time growing cucumbers.

[@sgrvtl7183]

Wonderful detail and beautiful garden! Thank you for sharing

[@ixoraroxi]

For a very first time I sawed a parthenocarpic cucumbers this year, zone 7b. So far I'm very pleased with the results! I do pinch and remove the male flowers, because in a close proximity I planted some French cornishons. If they cros pollinate the cornishons will turn out bitter. P.S. I do hand- pollinate the zucchini, to increase yield. After pinching the male flowers and when I'm done with the job I do fry them. They are very delicious cooked (fried) with coating of eggs and flour.

[@outdoorgal9602]

My grandmother fried the blooms like that when I was a kid!

[@gretroman8235]

Great video. Will have to try the two cucumber varities you mentioned. Am trying vertical gardening using your tomato stake product. I already do some contai er and raised bed gardening. Back and knees are wearing out so vertical is a good fit for me. Hope it works.

[@AnitaSouthall]

A fellow gardening person asked why don't I plant directly into the ground. My answer is two people who use walking sticks will not be bending down to check out the plants! #disabilityawareness

[@cyndiburns7932]

Awesome helpful tip! Thanks so much for your help for fixing some of our yearly problems.

[@charitymiles1026]

Hi from Shelby, NC! I love finding gardening tips from local growers! 😊

[@takishasage-freebeautyzone]

Great video! I'm in NC also, and I've been enjoying the China Jade and Beit Alpha varieties this year as well. Thanks for the reminder to get my second wave seeds started. I'll add it to my to-do list. I anticipate really needing them with these 100+ deg days we're about to have over the next 2 weeks. 🥵 New subscriber here 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@TheMillennialGardener]

We are getting crushed today, and it's going to be even worse tomorrow. We "only" hit 94, but the dew point is absolutely ridiculous. It i sso oppressive outside that it is difficult to breathe. Everything is going to be coated in disease after this 10 day forecast. I'll be spraying copper tonight, unfortunately.

[@maryjojouwstra3860]

Where do you find that variety of seeds?

[@faydenereed4056]

If you let one cucumber on a vine get too big and get yellow on a little of it the vine thinks it did it’s job so it dies. If you pick them pretty small and leave none on too long it will continue giving fruit all summer!

[@ritasenergyherbs3650]

I added a 40% Aluminet shade cloth over my raised beds this year to protect from the UV rays - my cukes are loving it! I am growing vertically this year using a cow panel. Thank you for the variety tip!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I need to invest in more shade cloth. My cucumbers are starting to feel the heat and need some cover.

[@sharondensmore5052]

What is a cow panel please?

[@bhupalkattel2870]

This is one of the best gardening videos Inhave ever watched, thank you. It has so many tips with reasons that nake sense. This guy really knows alot !!

[@jzlt1323]

So helpful!

[@sarahkirbach5040]

Got my beit alphas growing, also tried parthenocarpic Diva a hybrid old AL Gardener used to grow. He grew the super sweet 100 cherry tomatoes as well 👍🏻 I’m so excited to see how everything goes! I’m lazy, so I start my cucs & zucs in the ground bc the clay soil keeps them in the ground & I just monitor for pests. I plan on taking your succession planting advice and plan ting a second row today 😊I also grow a long row of cucumbers so if I lose some plants it’s ok. Thanks so much for sharing MG!

[@huertamipequenoeden9425]

Bro I know that place u asked...it's name is Cholula Puebla Mexico...I have tomatoes all year around...trust me this is like heaven bro. Blessings

[@cyelannford4735]

Excellent, thanks for the info, the help, the details!! Great job!!

[@natalialopes719]

Thank you for the cucumber tips. Am going to try again this year.

[@renato113]

This guy is a genius and gardening. Great job my friend keep it up !

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I just love trying new things and finding out what works best. Gardening is about diversity and variety and evaluating what does best for your unique location.

[@cassandraberger9146]

This is fabulous! I learned so much. Now I understand what I was doing wrong right from the beginning of cucumber season 👍👏You’re a great teacher! Btw you got me to try “Jacks” fertilizers maybe 2yrs ago now & it’s 100% better than anything on the market! Oh & the string trellising! Game changer! you have really helped me, keep um coming 👋👩🏻‍🌾Hello from NJ🍅🌻🥒

[@ambersummers5527]

What is this " jacks"fertilizers?

[@robertturnbull5472]

thanks for your clear/ informative videos

[@sherryroseman]

Saw this at a perfect time! Thanks for the info....

[@urbanchaostocountrypeace5133]

That's exactly why I waited. We had it drop to 40 the last couple days. I'm still getting the ground ready for planting cucumbers. I just got my corn in the ground. I didn't know about the bark multch, that's a great tip. My family always used straw. I'm definitely going to try that this week. Love the vertical system. I just started doing thst last year. Thank you very much

[@eileenbartnick7202]

Hello! Didn't know there was this type of self pollinating cucumbers. Great to hear about. Could you let us know what seed companies you like to use and that carry these seeds please. I didn't see anything in the links you posted. Thanks so much!! Happy gardening!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

All monoecious cucumbers are self-pollinating. The problem is they have separate male and female flowers, so pollination is unreliable. Parthenocarpic varieties don’t require pollination at all: that’s why they’re more reliable. These varieties came from Baker Creek. They have several parthenocarpic varieties.

[@TheSeedsower107]

This was the best video on cuccumbers I have ever seen ! Well done ! Thank you

[@paige1luv]

I planted Beit Alpha this year because of one of your videos that I watched last year. We've already harvested a couple this year & they are delicious. Definitely one of my favorites now.

[@AnitaSouthall]

You definitely explained why my pumpkin fruits fell off. I changed to transplantation of seeds after germination into large tubs. it is a new phase of food production for me after just mostly fruit trees for over 25 years. Citrus trees I'm great at but the rest I'd always a learning curve. I'm having lots of smiles when something is working out. Cheers from the Harris home in Geraldton Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@AlbShpirt]

Better than a biology class

[@Harpo77]

This guys is on point. Easy to understand and full of great ideas.

[@twilagullatt4344]

Thank you for sharing this video with me. It was very informative. I will try to incorporate some of your ideas.

[@anthonyscinocca4380]

We are north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. So most plants like tomatoes are under grow lights because our climate is cold. Apple crops are wonderful because our winters are sometimes 30 degrees or more below. But July and August are very hot months, like often over 80 degrees. But too short for more than one crop. We just finished planting tomatoes today, June 11. Very challenging climate. This year it’s flooding and mosquitoes.

[@cutazabutton]

😕

[@cleonawallace376]

Thanks for this... this is my second year growing. Last year the wild boar destroyed everything, but also we realised that it was just way too hot, so this year we've moved the veg garden so that it's shaded from afternoon sun. We've had a heat wave here since May and everything seems to take so much longer than I anticipate, so we've been much later at getting things planted than I had intended. I had tons of lovely zucchini and squash that have all frazzled away sitting in pots, and I was feeling a bit glum, but hearing you talk about succession planting them, I feel inspired that maybe it's not too late to start more! That's one of the challenges of watching youtube videos as a beginner gardener... everyone has such different ecological contexts, between heat, rain, soil types, so I'm learning that I have to work out what works here... we have a long season as winter doesn't really get cold until the end of December, and our summer is super hot, so I am thinking autumn growing might be a good idea here.

[@sunnyseacat9232]

Wouldn't pots add heat to vegetables? Soil in ground would keep them cooler. Also, big white bed sheets (thrift stores) hung from branches, tied to fences/posts, etc. provide shade...

[@pattiannepascual]

what state? wild boar. I hope we don't have those here in NJ.

[@MissBetsyLu]

@@pattiannepascual not that I know of.

[@cjboac9864]

Straw works great for mulching also!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Straw is my favorite mulch in general.

[@leeannluigi1644]

Great video!! Thank you so much 💕

[@bot.123]

Also, heads up... As soon as one cucumber starts yellowing, the plant is essentially dead. The plant think the job is done. Pick them ripe, don't let them stay on the vine :)

[@mariebjornson8106]

I made that mistake, ONCE.

[@maryelizabethcalais9180]

HI, your videos are helpful for my gardening; thanks for your time doing these :) I'm using all natural bark mulch from a tree service co in my area. I also cover the mulch with dried wheat straw from farmers in my area. What are your thoughts on using both? My residence is in sub-tropical Louisiana..... VERY hot and humid :)

[@donnakay1828]

I live in southern LA. I use either cardboard and dry straw or hardwood bark mulch and dry straw. It $$$ to have your plants stay great with no to barely any disease and being here in, Louisiana, you need a double barrier, medium on your choice of bottom layer and go thinner for top choice, be careful not to smother around all stems leave about 2-3 inches away from stem, and water underneath, just not on stem! This works wonders, even in raised beds, my friend's, they started raised beds this year, next year, I will start the same. Raised beds are way better and very less time consuming in these hot 🥵 scorching and bk2bk 🌧️ we get in, Louisiana. I've always grown spreading row's and ground straight for years. BUT considering how terrible Louisiana's heat has become, and health reasons are a must for me, I definitely see their raised beds working amazing! They planted 6 🍅 plants in 1 4x8 raised bed, 4x8 6 different cucumbers, 4x8 6 different peppers placed each 2ft apart and before adding their soil/fertilizer/mulch, they built easy/added 6inch wide and 10 ft tall regular wooden stakes into the inner sides of wood bed and measured the separate spots for each plant, then made sure bed's were each flat ground, no cracks for seeping water and by doing raised beds it 🛑 ants on inside and all low type critters that gets 5-6 inches tall 😂 but it truly is way better than spread ground gardening! They added, but keeping away 4-6 inches from stem hardwood mulch all spread out through the soil and covered especially in center between plants about 1/2 INCH thickness, and then, they added a small thin thin layer of about 1/2 inch from every plants stem's, and a little thicker, not too thick, you can still see the hardwood well, they did dry straw over top, my friend's do like, I do, we make sure to keep 2-4 inches away from all stems, depends on how big the stem of whatever plants you're growing to know exactly how far away from stem you don't want to place mulch around for all plants underneath not on stem watering! Hopefully this helps you, or anybody else 🙏

[@mosaicgirl1224]

Wow! I’m just getting started and am so glad I stumbled onto your site. You’re a wealth of knowledge & present the information in a straight forward, easily understood manner. Excellent!

[@tammyjackson1125]

Thank you

[@Marcosworld77]

Alfalfa Hay or pellets is a good option because it will feed your plants and keep them moist. Pellets and hay as it breaks down will produce heat in your soil further helping cucumbers to stay at a warmer soil temp in the early part of summer. It should have a Npk ratio of 3-2-2 on average according to what ive read.

[@MicrowavedTofu]

Genius I'm going to try this! Already have hay on hand for my rabbit (and yes I use the poo too)😅

[@DebRoo11]

​@@MicrowavedTofu please dont use hay. Its full of seeds. Youll have so many weeds you'll regret it. Use bagged bedding STRAW. No weeds. Ibe made the mistake of hay 😔 ive used bedding straw for the last 5 years and no weeds, clean and I wont use anything else now

[@wendya1250]

@@DebRoo11 Thanks for that. I also used hay in the past and had so much grass come up it was terrible. Good to know about the straw. I'm actually trying a coconut mulch that I purchased from Costco. Hope it works ok.

[@DebRoo11]

@@wendya1250 ooh ive heard thats great too. Good luck this year 🌱

[@idaho38]

last year I grew 2 tomato plants and I did put them next to the fence, then I used those metal tomato cages, and once they grew taller I went to the second hand store and bought knitting thread ( a bag had 3 rolls for $3 dollars) and used that to hold the branches and it works fine. on craigslist you can find those tomato cages for free on winter...my neighbor gave me 4 of them for free, I should of grabbed the rest of them that she put next to the trash...oh well. anyway, I don't like cucumbers much but my husband does.

[@GoodVibesNewlevel2023]

I really appreciate this video. You gave me some great ideas for my cucumbers. I am about to transplant them in a bigger containers and I will string them.

[@user-gh8sl7iu3y]

Wow, your cukes look so healthy. This is my second year growing cukes and they are already being eaten where the leaves look like lace. I grow vertically and last year despite looking awful they eventually produced a great harvest but I almost ripped them out on a daily basis due to the appearance. The cukes and muskmelon are testing my confidence as a new gardener.

[@lizardman1303]

Maybe next year I’ll have to try that thicker 1/8 wire . I just bought some 8 dollar wire and went back and fourth a couple of times and used a string trellis for my cucumber . I tried this method a couple of years back but had such bad results . My cucumbers curled and were so small but it was during such a long heat wave every day over 100 degrees

[@ellyreimert8973]

I just found your channel and immediately subscribed ! You speak so clear and precise and detailed. Thank you ! I recently started growing tomatoes here in Florida, (not really knowing what I was doing ) and was so proud of my first tomato that I was going to pick the next day ( I only had one tomato) . The next day when the big event came to pick the tomato it was completely eaten up !

[@judyingram-kh1vm]

So did I. I'm nearly 64 years old I I learned more about cucumbers from this young man than any one else😅

[@carolschafer-powers6531]

Great information about fertility of the plants and succession planting. I can't wait for more tips!

[@sonyalenz]

Wow, give it to me…and you sure delivered! Information galore! Fantastic! Thank you!

[@valerie362]

As always, thank you!! I'm totally going to look for the kind in tip #4 next spring. Living in the suburbs we don't have a lot of pollinators, so I have to hand pollinate all of my cucurbits. My slicing cucumbers are doing something weird and it may be because of the live hard die hard. The new leaves on the new vines look like they're not going to open, but eventually do they're just smaller than the others. I can't find a disease that does that. I've got more pests this year than last though, so it could also be some weird tropical bug.

[@Pausereflectandbreathe]

Plant flowers that bees and butterflies love and they'll find it. After years of being ignorant about pollinators, that's what I did and the bees are buzzing around my garden happily and had colorful butterflies visiting the garden. I tell them to bring their friends over and I think they listened. 😂 Our neighbor said that for 3 years of living in our neighborhood, she haven't seen a bee and suddenly after that, she's happy to see bees again. ❤️🙏

[@kli8806]

I find that feeding my potted cucumbers diluted fertilizer once every other day keeps them healthy and growing all summer long. It helps that it is free as it is a certain sterile, by-product of metabolism.

[@pennyk2798]

For our plot at the community garden we add a little liquid kelp fertilizer to give some extra oomph - and a lovely brown shade. 1-2 oz is enough for 1 gallon of the basic high-nitrogen mixture. (Ratio: 6 oz diluted 20:1 = 126 oz + 2 oz kelp = 128 oz = 1 gallon)

[@goldiegreen1976]

Thank you! You explained things I didn’t even know that I needed to know but whoa I do!! ❤ appreciate your channel

[@laurab8547]

I learned how to transplant and mulch my peppers from you! They are doing great even in our wicked north Texas climate!

[@51rwyatt]

Learning that planting too early is bad, one of the harder things for excited gardeners like me. I saw sluggish growth from tomato/cukes from planting on the last av. frost date. This year waited a couple/three weeks. Here's hoping!

[@cathyeller5722]

I did that this year, they turned yellow and stayed small. I just pulled them up and replanted.

[@BestGranny10]

Good luck!

[@woodsy3495]

Ya that was a big lesson learned for me this year. Lost half my peppers, all my cucumbers, and even a couple zukes. Tomatoes were extremely sluggish. Big time bummer.

[@17penobscot]

Some crop like cool weather and don’t like the heat, peas, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower early. Tomato’s, peppers, cucumbers, melons once it’s hotter.

[@valeriesanchez3074]

Could always start indoors. Like hardening off to the sun only takes about 4 days. Just saying

[@dianaanderson6448]

The place you're looking for is Hawaii for those temperatures

[@lifemademary]

But…not cheap to live there.

[@anapantz]

Great video - thank you so much!!!

[@loisjohnson7272]

My guy, I have learned a lot today from you ❤, thank you, North Carolina girl, east coast too

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!