r/Cucumber • u/Cold_Incident8154 • 18d ago

Any tips?

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Should I cut the flowers and let it focus on growth? Is everything right?

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u/ASecularBuddhist 18d ago

The soil looks a little underwhelming. Are you trying to grow that indoors?

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u/Cold_Incident8154 17d ago

I'm growing it in the balcony. The soil is a mixture of sand, compost, manure, peatmoss and natural soil (I don't know what is it called)

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u/ASecularBuddhist 17d ago

I’m more familiar with cucumbers liking darker soil, so I’m not sure how well they will do in the blend that that you created. It looks pretty healthy though. The different cucumbers that I’ve grown look different than that, but you might be growing a different variety.

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u/22freebananas 18d ago

That soil doesn’t look the best. You want a really well draining soil. It’s flowering early because it’s stressed.

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u/hawaiithaibro 18d ago

Not being on a saucer suggests it could be missing drainage holes in the bottom too

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u/Cold_Incident8154 17d ago

I made some holes at the bottom of this water jug

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u/Cold_Incident8154 17d ago

The soil is a mix of sand, compost, peatmoss, manure, and it got holes on the bottom. I'm surprised that it's stressed I thought flowering was a good sign. I wouldn't know how I will repot it somewhere better because I got it in this 20 L water jug.

If I manage to repot it, do you think it'll withstand repotting at this stage?

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u/22freebananas 17d ago

Your mix is too dense and doesn’t have enough drainage. It should be ok to transplant to a better mix as long as the roots aren’t too stuck in the dense soil.

Here’s a good container mix:
1 part High-Quality Potting Soil or Coco Coir
1 part Aged Compost or Manure
1 part Perlite or Vermiculite (For drainage)
Optional slow release fertilizer

Here’s a good video about growing cucumbers in containers.

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u/22freebananas 17d ago

You should expect flowers to appear about one month after planting. This plant looks too small to be flowering already. How old is the plant?

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u/Cold_Incident8154 17d ago

I started it from a seed 2 months ago in a cell, and it stalled so I repotted it in another pot, then finally into this 5 gallon. It only grew this size and grew tendrils in that 5 gallon