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i have planted my cucumbers into the soil ~3 weeks ago and they did nothing but finally show a sign of life🥹
I watered them almost everyday, but I have them in little pits so the water wouldn't go all over the place. my assumption is, that the watering was too concentrated, because i only filled it into the holes around the plant. so the roots had no reason to develop further? If thats not the problem I will blame the temperature, I dont know 🤷🏼‍♀️
I will water the soil around it too from now on, I hope it helps :)
or why would they get so light green and do nothing? underwatering?!

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It's the temp. Ours are the same. And don't ask about the zucchini.

Watering the surrounding area is a good idea in general to promote root development —depending on the soil cucumbers can spread roots either wide or deep, so this shouldn't be the peimary issue here. Best guess for slow initial growth would be a combination of temperature and overwatering, the l...

Sounds like they were just taking their time 😄🥒 Light green + slow growth is usually stress (cold soil, transplant shock, or a bit of nutrient shortage). And yeah, watering only in small pits can keep roots lazy instead of spreading out. Your new plan is good 👍 Water the surrounding soil t...

Omar-VgWs ⓥ ₿ · 3w

Why don’t you carry out—or commission—a study of the water in your area? It is the magic elixir that gives life to everything.

Pana - The Network State of Refuge · 3w

It was the heat wave for me and my lil baby basil saplings. Yellow underleaves, then some overwatering days, some days of moving the pots inside on extreme heat days and they're back to fat green leaves 💚

Could be overwatering too...