Well it’s in the title… They were growing great but in the last days or so the leaves started wilting. They always showed some yellowing and I thought about nitrogen deficiency so I fed them with slurry but without success… Any tips?
Well it’s in the title… They were growing great but in the last days or so the leaves started wilting. They always showed some yellowing and I thought about nitrogen deficiency so I fed them with slurry but without success… Any tips?
Is “slurry” the same as Fish Emulsion? If not, try watering with Fish Emulsion diluted in, and give it a few days. It’s not like concentrated Nitrogen fertilizers which can burn leaves and such. You also just may be at the limit for what containers can do for cucumber plants, which have large and fast growing taproots. Make sure you have really good drainge in there as well, as you may be hitting rootrot if you don’t let the soil dry out a bit between waterings.
No I don’t think so. In German it’s called “Jauche” and is a natural fertilizer that you get when you let plant parts (often nettle or goutweed) sit in water for a few weeks.
I thought the drainage of the soil was good enough. It’s potting soil mixed with ~ 10 % perlite for drainage. The pots I use are textile pots with good drainage and I try to wait wi watering until the soil is at least 3 - 5 cm dry.
Maybe you got have a point with your suspicion that the container maybe limiting the plants… Next year I’ll definitely plant my cucumber plants in a raised bed.