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title: "I can’t tell if I’m underwatering my cucumber plant. I’ve never grown…"
description: "I can’t tell if I’m underwatering my cucumber plant. I’ve never grown them before, the bottom leaves and stalk are drying out, but it has been flowering for…"
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community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "Alexis"
published: "2024-08-28T15:44:34.486296Z"
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# I can’t tell if I’m underwatering my cucumber plant. I’ve never grown…

_Posted by Alexis on 2024-08-28_

I can’t tell if I’m underwatering my cucumber plant. I’ve never grown them before, the bottom leaves and stalk are drying out, but it has been flowering for awhile and a few days ago started producing cucumbers but then they appeared to dry out.

I water them most days but maybe not enough?

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## 1 comment

### Van commented on 2024-09-01

I would remove all the dry/yellow/damaged leaves and do the finger test to see if it needs watering. I’m starting to learn that while planta provides a schedule we can/should alter it to fit our plants needs. Good luck!

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