My Japanese cucumbers are producing wonderfully. However, my pickling cucumbers have lots of blooms and tiny fruits, but most of the fruit turns grayish brown and stops growing when it gets much larger than 1/2 and inch or so. What am I doing wrong?
This is normally a pollination problem. When the flowers are not pollinated, the plant "aborts" the fruit because it will not make seeds. Yet, it is unusual that the other plants are producing fine. Nonetheless, you may need to hand pollinate. Cucumbers are identical to melons on how they pollinate, so this article will also apply to cucumbers: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/melons/hand-pollinating-melons.htm
How much water do cucumbers need?
Your garden plants need 2-4 inches of water a week. It is better to have 1-2 long waterings per week than water everyday for a short period. Long waterings encourage deeper roots and healthier plants.
l planted prickly cucumbers and the vegetable is shaped like a ball with a wrinklly end and is yellow but the leaves are healthy and green. Now l had a problem with calcium, so l added gypsum to up the calcium in the soil. Now could that be the problem? Is that why my cucumbers are yellow and shaped like baseballs?
It sounds like they are under pollinated. They may have been pollinated a bit by the wind but not enough to really fill them in. This article will help you with attracting pollinators to help with pollinating:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/creating-a-pollinator-garden.htm
This is my second year gardening. I have a outdoor raised garden bed that runs deep. Last year I grew cucumbers and they turned out to be a great success. This year I'm finding that some are turning yellow soon into the fruiting stage. Some are doing just fine. What could the problem be and please tell me how I go about fixing such problem? *Current conditions* PH is 7. 0 Water frequent (every 2 days) No pests or bugs
Yellow is technically the "ripe" stage of cucumbers, though they don't taste very good and we pick them in the green stage for a tasty harvest.
When plants push their fruit into ripening early, this typically means that the plant is feeling stressed and is trying to get to the seed stage fast.
While you water every other day, I would check that the water is penetrating the soil well. You may need to water more deeply in order to get the water into the soil. Double check for pests again. Some can be quite small and crafty.
Why are my cucumbers bitter?
This article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/cucumber/what-causes-bitter-cucumber.htm
Peppers are developing large patches of sunken flesh, like the single spot died. Cucumbers are growing into the strangest shapes. Very light in color ranging from white to striped.
You probably have a grub or a worm of some kind that is affecting your peppers. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/worms-on-peppers.htm
If the spot is strictly on the bottom of the fruit, then it is likely blossom end rot. Here is additinal info: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-blossom-end-rot.htm
As for the cucumbers, this article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/cucumber/deformed-cucumbers.htm
I have lots of flowers on my plants and very small cucumbers, about 20 cm long, but thay never get any bigger. I keep them watered well in the greenhouse and feed with tomato food.
It sounds like a pollination issue. You will need to hand pollinate. Cucumbers are identical to melons on how they pollinate, so this article will also apply to cucumbers: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/melons/hand-pollinating-melons.htm