Hot Weather Question

MikeInCypress · May 25, 2013

I have had good luck this year with Sweet Success Cukes. I would like to plant some more. Would June and early July heat be too much for them to set here in Houston. They would get morning sun only and are in an area where I have a drip line. Thanks.

MikeInCypress

whistech · May 26, 2013

MikeInCypress, according to A&M, now is not the time to plant them. They say a "marginal planting" window is open in July for fall cucumbers. If it were me, considering you have afternoon shade, I would give it a try. Just remember that cucumbers require lots of water.

b54red · May 29, 2013

The problem with trying to set out cucumbers this time of the year is keeping the pests off of them. Whiteflies and spider mites can do a real number on them in the heat of summer. I have had some success planting them among my tomato vines and letting them run up the trellis. I think the tomato foliage keeps it a bit cooler; but the cucumber vines can be aggravating sometimes. It seems they always want to grow in the tomato plants themselves instead of on the trellis.

Make sure you mulch them heavily and fertilize and water frequently. The cucumber variety that has done the best for me in the heat of summer has been Sweet Success followed closely by Poona Keera.

Bill

feldon30 · May 29, 2013

For Houston, Dr. Randall suggests the first two weeks of August:

http://www.settfest.com/files/DrBobRandallCalendar.png

May 25, 2013	#1
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Hot Weather Question I have had good luck this year with Sweet Success Cukes. I would like to plant some more. Would June and early July heat be too much for them to set here in Houston. They would get morning sun only and are in an area where I have a drip line. Thanks. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

May 29, 2013	#4
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May 26, 2013	#2
whistech Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Between The Woodlands and Spring, Texas Posts: 553	MikeInCypress, according to A&M, now is not the time to plant them. They say a "marginal planting" window is open in July for fall cucumbers. If it were me, considering you have afternoon shade, I would give it a try. Just remember that cucumbers require lots of water.

May 29, 2013	#3
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	The problem with trying to set out cucumbers this time of the year is keeping the pests off of them. Whiteflies and spider mites can do a real number on them in the heat of summer. I have had some success planting them among my tomato vines and letting them run up the trellis. I think the tomato foliage keeps it a bit cooler; but the cucumber vines can be aggravating sometimes. It seems they always want to grow in the tomato plants themselves instead of on the trellis. Make sure you mulch them heavily and fertilize and water frequently. The cucumber variety that has done the best for me in the heat of summer has been Sweet Success followed closely by Poona Keera. Bill