Hi Fellow hopeful gardeners!!
I need some advice please. Something or someone is eating the leaves of my squash and cucs. Last year and part of this year, I battled the )*()(*(^&%^ squash worm and FINALLY this year have had one zucchini picked and got my cucs planted late but now something is eating the leaves!! Any ideas what causes this? It looks like I set fire to the leaf and a slow burn is happening. I’d post a photo but have no idea how!!
“It looks like I set fire to the leaf and a slow burn is happening.”
Are they truning brown and shriveling up and getting ‘crispy?’
If so, that’s from over-watering which is smothering the roots.
Cut back on watering (can’t help the rain, of course!) and see if things improve. If the plants are heavily mulched, pull back the mulch from around the main stem of the plant to let the soil dry out.
Bugs that bother cucumbers are cucumber beetles, squash bugs and squash vine borers, but I don’t think that is the problem.
Disease issues could include: Anthracnose, leaf spot and blight can all cause the foliage of cucumber plants to turn brown and die.
If you think it might be that, then I would use a copper spray (it’s organic) on the leaves that still look good and see if the plant gets some relief.
Good Luck!