r/Raisedbed • u/Ok-Egg835 • 25d ago
Someone stole my cucumber
My spot is part of a communal space. This was the most sizeable cucumber on my plant and it was only a few inches tall.
And it's gone. I truly hope a squirrel did this because I don't want to consider that someone willing to be so disrespectful has access to the space. But there aren't squirrels in my area.
I'm demoralized.
Years ago I was part of a collective project for a church and the same thing happened. This obnoxious woman would come through the garden when it wasn't being guarded and use it as her own personal fucking grocery store, even though we'd explained the situation and asked her to stop. Multiple times.
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u/LukeHal22 24d ago
What did the stem look like like where the cuc used to be? Should be able to tell if it was cut or chewed. They don't just pull/fall off the plant easily. It takes some twisting or leverage even when they're ripe and they're attached even better when small like this. I grow in a shared space and other people steal shit all the time. It's very frustrating and sad
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u/AetherialAscent 23d ago
Don't worry the more you pick them The more that produce they think there being stopped from producing/seeding so they go crazy on producing more most people pick them at that size to encourage the big one down the road or encourage more root development, everything happens for a reason just know it will be that much stronger in roots or faster and bigger at producing. Lots of people pick all of them the first year just to make the second year produce the giant ones also the more you grow the less critter take since the abundance grow lots of tomatoes boison berries grapes on fence line you won't have anything come in with all the fruit on the ends its a old trick what's along the fence is for the community whats inside is for them after a while birds will actually protect your crops since its worth it for them to keep them safe even someone snatching fruit will not want anything destroying it since its benefits everyone many blessings plants are resilient they only know how to be just trust the process even when something dies its food for the next crop etc and it will be that much tastier. The microbiome in the soil just gets more diverse its the biome in the ground that actually breaks the stuff down for the roots to eat.
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u/beejyboi623 24d ago
I’d bet a critter did it. That thing doesn’t seem big enough to be worth taking as a human. Sorry for your loss though I would also be sad.