Hello!
You guys have been such great help with my houseplants. Here's a veggie question!
I'm growing a (yes just one!) lemon cucumber. My first time this year. I had two growing and they both died. Then the third one died. I'm on my fourth.
The same thing seems to happen - gets woody/rotten on the stem and dies off. Seems to be in conjunction with cooler air.
I'm trying not to over water, but get this: I went away for 10 days and my boyfriend who's always over watering definitely over watered everything just before I got back - my tomatoes were sitting in water etc. BUT the cucumber was still alive! I was very happy. So I let it dry out for a few days. Watered it a bit one day and then literally the next day it started to die! This was in conjunction with some cool air that moved in, but it wasn't THAT cool. The days had been very hot and humid while I was gone (in the high 80's). That night after I watered was maybe 70 or just below.
So, anyway, I've started the cucumber again. I've got three little guys growing and I will pluck out two of them once I get the second true leaf. It's a little late to start I know (I live in Toronto), but I'm trying it out anyway.
THEN I noticed the little fly bugs on the soil. They are very tiny, have wings and flit around but don't actually fly anywhere. I sprayed the soil with some soapy water but that didn't seem to do anything. I wasn't sure how much to put on, didn't want to harm the plant.
Any suggestions??
