Our summer vegetable gardens are paying off now. We are picking tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers ... . Wait a minute. If you’re like a lot of us, you picked a few cucumbers and then our plants got ...

Are the leaves of your cucumber plants wilting despite consistent watering? Do you notice brown, white, or yellow spots on the leaves or cucumbers? Your cucumber plant may be infected by bacterial, ...

Why are my cucumber plants beginning to die off just as they are beginning to produce cucumbers? The two main reasons for cucumbers dying as they begin to bear fruit have to do with two very different ...

PARKERSBURG -Area gardeners are being warned to watch out for downy mildew in cucumbers. Because of wet conditions this summer, downy mildew and other fungal disease may affect Mid-Ohio Valley ...

Brown spots on cucumbers often come from mildew, beetles, spider mites, or fungal disease. Prune infected leaves, sanitize tools, improve airflow, and use sprays or insecticidal soap. End-of-season ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A pathogen attacking cucumber and cantaloupe plants is making its way to southwest Virginia. Cucurbit Downey Mildew is spreading fast around the state. It’s a disease that can ...

PLATTSBURGH — Powdery mildew blotches leaves of yellow squash, melons and cucumbers. The disease is wrecking gardeners’ harvest locally. “Each type of powdery mildew is host specific, and some ...

Getting a garden started can be surprisingly difficult, and that includes choosing the plants you want to grow. If you want cucumbers, try this variety.

Downy mildew, once just a nuisance, has evolved into a devastating adversary to the pickle, as it now quickly adapts to fungicides and pickle... The pickle is in peril. Each summer since the mid 2000s ...

The pickle is in peril. Each summer since the mid 2000s, Florida winds carry downy mildew to cucumber fields north. By summer's end, the disease reaches Michigan, leaving a trail of withered leaves ...