Wilting of cukes almost certainly due to bacterial wilt. 'County Fair' and 'Little Leaf' quite resistant and the only ones I plant anymore.

laceyvail..........check out my post on the second page of posts, titled something like" I must have squash borers". I talk about my cucumbers this year and wonder if they really were County Fair, because they're acting like they're not, and getting diseases. Let me know what you think and if your County Fair cukes are doing okay and where you bought the seed. Thanks!

vgkg........I have several cuc vines that are totally wilted. Should I pull them out? I haven't ended up seeing a ton of stripped/spotted cucumber beetles, but maybe it only takes a few. I'm so bummed out. I LOVE cucs and I'm not sure they're going to make it. It will be the first time they haven't done well in years........since I started planting County Fair. I honestly think Jung seed sent me a different variety. :(

If totally wilted (leaves are yellowed, brown, and dried up appearance) then yes I'd pull them out. But if the vines & leaves still show green and the blooms are active then maybe see if more cukes are produced. My last cukes were turning bitter here so I yanked the vines out.

I actually don't grow County Fair anymore, but I do grow Little Leaf.

vgkg....thanks. I pulled a couple stems out because they were all wilted (not brown, etc.).........but after re-reading your post I probably should have checked to see if it still had some blossoms and fruit. So you've discovered that if you do continue to pick some cucs off those affected vines, they tend to be bitter? Because my last picking had some bitter ones and they seemed to small to be bitter yet, so maybe why these were bitter. In the past, even when I've had a healthy cuc season, some of mine are bitter at the stem end. Forgive me, I tend to be overly analytical. I drive myself crazy. haha

laceyvail........thanks. I did grow Little leaf one year and can't remember what I didn't like about it......but I may have to try it again. Are you as happy with it as you were with County Fair? Why did you switch?

"So you've discovered that if you do continue to pick some cucs off those affected vines, they tend to be bitter?"

Yes some of the last cukes are bitter, it may be due to the combo of disease weakened plants and the relentless summer heat. I planted late cukes too but just as they reached blooming stage the late season cuke beetles had already infected them with wilt. I got 1 cuke before they withered up and completely stopped producing.

So sorry vgkg! I think with climate change, we're going to have a harder time with our gardens, which is a real bummer! I know another year when it was really hot, I had a big trellis full of pole bean leaves and blossoms, but they never made beans. And this year we were in a moderate drought (although I watered every 2 days), and high heat, and my butternut squash have only made 1 single squash....which it made before it got so hot. Thanks for your input and I'm sorry about your cucumbers. I love those guys! :)