Orange cucumbers
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Comments (10)It's a cat! A white cat, but the plants he's hiding behind are extremely healthy and about 6 foot tall, the tallest my peas have ever grown. I put compost in the bottom third, filled with soil from the yard. A week or two ago I put some potash, some fertilizer a week before that, and more recently a small shovel of compost. The compost also killed one of my tomato seedlings, so maybe it's that? I put compost in the bottom of my tomato eggshell containers, filled the rest with dirt and I got the most sprouts than those planted by others, 2/3 rd the seeds sprouted. Do you think the compost is too strong or bad? This morning I found 3 orange cucumber spotted beetles, not the lady bug or lady bug lookalikes. It's oblongish in the body with orange coloring with black dots. Looks very much like a ladybug/japanese beetle, but a longer body. I killed 3, but they only eat foilage from what I understand....See MoreOrange Cucumbers
Comments (1)There are a few of the more exotic heirloom strains, mostly originating in SE Asia, that are yellowish, orange-ish, or reddish when young. Some have a russet type coating similar to a russet apple. Almost all cucumbers turn some shade of yellow to orange to rust colored when fully mature (past the point of use except for certain kinds of pickles). So, either your heirlooms have those SE Asian genetics, or they are extremely over-ripe. If overripe, the seeds inside will be fully mature with tan, hard seed coats. But, yes, IF they are cucumbers, it could be "normal" albeit rare. The other possibility, you have the wrong plant for whatever reason (seed mixup, etc) and you've got gourds, squash, etc....See MorePinkish color on some leaves
Comments (1)I have posted earlier about my orange cucumbers; but now I am seeing pink tinges on carrot and squash leaves. Should I worry? Might this be some kind of blight? And if so, what can I do about it? I have never dealt with a disease like this before (I don't use herbicides or pesticides)....See MoreWhat are orange dropplets doing on my cucumber?
Comments (5)I can't see anything out of line in the picture either but spines would have been my first guess. Otherwise, maybe a squash bug egg or a bird dropping, or some sort of minor pest injury, or a spot of rust from contact with some sort of metal support. Some times one of the flowers die and fall off to land on a cuke and they turn kind of orange as they die. Either way I don't see it as a problem of any kind. Dave...See Morenick123
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