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Suze · June 9, 2008

I'm only growing Poona Kheera this year. It's my favorite for taste, so I no longer use up garden space on other varieties.

I've been picking cukes for about a month and the plants are still producing fairly well for me, even though the heat and drought are brutal here.

Currently treating them as part shade plants and have shoved the containers up against a fence which is also close to a large tree. I also gave them a coating of Surround as a sunscreen. Before I did that, the plants were starting to wilt every day and slow down. The ones I have at the end of a raised bed in all day sun are not faring nearly as well.

June 9, 2008	#224
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	I'm only growing Poona Kheera this year. It's my favorite for taste, so I no longer use up garden space on other varieties. I've been picking cukes for about a month and the plants are still producing fairly well for me, even though the heat and drought are brutal here. Currently treating them as part shade plants and have shoved the containers up against a fence which is also close to a large tree. I also gave them a coating of Surround as a sunscreen. Before I did that, the plants were starting to wilt every day and slow down. The ones I have at the end of a raised bed in all day sun are not faring nearly as well.