Yes, direct seeding cucumbers, squash and beans are definitely the way to go! I've never planted a succession planting of cucumbers, but I've done it with green beans and zucchini and it's worked pretty well. I'd normally be putting those second plantings in right around now, so if you're thinking about it, go for it! There's a great book called "Golden Gate Gardening" by Pam Pierce. It's got several planting calendars depending on your microclimate here in the Bay Area, and I find them really helpful. It's the best gardening book I have. The first few years I had my garden in this house, I experimented with planting a bunch of different things at different times of the year. For example, I learned my spring broccoli and cabbage did really well, the fall ones were fails--too many bugs. I logged what I did and how well it worked (rather obsessively, I confess). I also tried planting lots of different vegetables. It took me 3 years of playing year-round before I came up with a pretty solid calendar and list of veggies that worked for me. Granted, you never stop experimenting when it comes to gardening. But those first years were really a free-for-all. Especially if you grow from seed, you have control over what you plant and when. And if you buy quality seeds (Johnny's is my favorite), a packet will last you several years. So that long-winded response was all to say go for it! That's the fun of gardening IMO, playing around with things. There is no failure, because you learn as much from the dead plants as you do the ones that thrive. Your cucumbers look good to me, so you're definitely doing something right!

I don't usually soak it long enough to see or hear water running out of the pot. It gets like half or less than half a gallon every other day or when the soil looks and feels slightly dry. The peatmoss that is mixed in with the pine fines holds alot of water. Update- it has huge new leaves that are light dull green. I've noticed the disease is still present, I still don't know how to get rid of the disease. I'm also noticing flying lil light grayish blue bugs on the surface of the soil of my blueberry bush and my small bay tree-- they both have peatmoss in the soil, maybe that has something to do with it.

There just isn't enough information in a picture of one leaf to have an idea of what's going on. A picture of the whole plant and close-ups of it (with several affacted leaves) would provide an idea of what patterns there are. Are you planting in soil or containers? What is your soil like? What are you feeding the plant, if anything? How's the moisture level? Is the yellowing starting at the bottom, or on one side, or all over? What area of the country are you in (zone 9 covers a lot of places)? How large are the holes, and are they clustered on one part of the plant? What do the spots look like: color, shape, dead or just discolored? The more descriptions you can give us of your situation, the better we can help you. --Alison

Hi Mr caledon Looks like a generally healthy plant that is starting its fruiting phase and coping with a combination of issues: Dry/soaked uneven watering, nutrient transport to developing tomatoes and perhaps not hardened as well as you could have. But nothing we haven't all seen and in my case quite often. If you have iron and epsom salt hit it lightly with them, if not, increase the fertilization around 20% if you are controlling that and be sure to water more evenly from now on ... and as usual, not to over-water. my 2c PC