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Has anyone tried this? I don't remember having ever sown cucumber seed late. Now late, would mean late in June. The starts were set out just into July.
And, where did they go? Into a bed of onions!
Those sweet onions were pulled as green onions in such a way as to make room for the cucumbers. Onions and cucumbers don't necessarily make good companions. I have read that cucumbers have allelopathic properties that inhibit the growth of other plants. I don't know. I've also got some in the sweet corn and may be seeing that problem with the corn there. Anyway, most anything can bully the onions but as the cucumbers have grown, more and more onions were pulled.
Perhaps, they have similar needs. I like to have both close to the sprinklers and always fertilize with a high nitrogen fertilizer with a liberal hand. What might be a bit different in the onion bed is that those onion seedlings were transplanted out in the garden very, very early. Fertilizing started early, also. I consider onions heavy feeders but they don't stay in the ground very long. Many were pulled as immature scallions but the sweet onions have all bulbed and the tops are falling over now. Soon, the cucumbers will have that bed all to themselves. And it looks to me, that they will make very good use of that soil!
These vines have larger leaves than their sisters set out much earlier. Their sisters are producing cucumbers right now. I just hauled in a whole bunch, even a few out of the corn. The cucumber plants in the onion bed will be getting there soon, however. There are just a few tiny cukes and plenty of flowers!
Something that the plants could have going for them is to NOT being out there in a very cool June. They were protected from all that and only spent the last couple weeks of that month in containers in the greenhouse. I know spring cool weather will stunt plants and, probably, cucumbers are one of them. Be that as it may, I think I've found a good succession plant for the onion beds!! Cucumbers! Now to enjoy slices of both -- splashed with a little apple cider vinegar!
Steve
And, where did they go? Into a bed of onions!
Those sweet onions were pulled as green onions in such a way as to make room for the cucumbers. Onions and cucumbers don't necessarily make good companions. I have read that cucumbers have allelopathic properties that inhibit the growth of other plants. I don't know. I've also got some in the sweet corn and may be seeing that problem with the corn there. Anyway, most anything can bully the onions but as the cucumbers have grown, more and more onions were pulled.
Perhaps, they have similar needs. I like to have both close to the sprinklers and always fertilize with a high nitrogen fertilizer with a liberal hand. What might be a bit different in the onion bed is that those onion seedlings were transplanted out in the garden very, very early. Fertilizing started early, also. I consider onions heavy feeders but they don't stay in the ground very long. Many were pulled as immature scallions but the sweet onions have all bulbed and the tops are falling over now. Soon, the cucumbers will have that bed all to themselves. And it looks to me, that they will make very good use of that soil!
These vines have larger leaves than their sisters set out much earlier. Their sisters are producing cucumbers right now. I just hauled in a whole bunch, even a few out of the corn. The cucumber plants in the onion bed will be getting there soon, however. There are just a few tiny cukes and plenty of flowers!
Something that the plants could have going for them is to NOT being out there in a very cool June. They were protected from all that and only spent the last couple weeks of that month in containers in the greenhouse. I know spring cool weather will stunt plants and, probably, cucumbers are one of them. Be that as it may, I think I've found a good succession plant for the onion beds!! Cucumbers! Now to enjoy slices of both -- splashed with a little apple cider vinegar!
Steve
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