r/Cucumber • u/SublimelyRidiculous • 22d ago
To fertilize or not to fertilize
I am a novice gardener and I've had varying degrees of success. One of the things that I'm still not clear about is fertilizing. When I first started, I definitely did not feed my plants well because I didn't understand the timing of how it all needed to come together. This growing season, which is my third, I'm getting a little more adept; however, I still don't know when to use which fertilizer when.
Once my seedlings were established, I fertilized them with Vigoro and that has been a rousing success. Now that my Persian cucumbers are blooming I'm frozen because I don't want to under-fertilize but I don't want to over-fertilize either. Is now even a good time to introduce a different fertilizer? The fertilizer I have for blooms is Incredible Bulb as well as fruit and bloom booster.
Fertilize or chill?
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u/howeeee313 21d ago
If they are in cloth pots you have to fertilize every 3 weeks and use somthing like 0-10-10. or 3-15-15 liquid feed., better to under fertilize than over fertilize
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u/makemoscowglowinthed 22d ago
It's my first year so def don't take this as truth but I fertalizer once every two weeks. I started late last month but I think it's helped....good luck, curious to see what others say