Cucumbers are a delicious and low-maintenance summer crop that many gardeners plant every year. While these plants are easy to grow, one common issue you may encounter is wilting leaves. While wilting ...

Are the leaves of your cucumber plants wilting despite consistent watering? Do you notice brown, white, or yellow spots on the leaves or cucumbers? Your cucumber plant may be infected by bacterial, ...

Q: Last year, my cucumber plants kept wilting, no matter how moist the soil was. How can I help them fare better this year? A: You probably ran into bacterial wilt, a common disease that affects ...

Experienced vegetable gardeners know that when cucumber and squash vines start to wilt there may be more than lack of water at fault. Plants in the cucurbit family include cucumbers, squash, ...

The cucumbers in the photo appear to have bacterial wilt, which is caused by the bacterium Erwinia tracheiphila. The leaves of infected plants first appear a dull green, then wilt during the day and ...

Something is wrong with my cucumbers, leaves are fuzzy-looking with white spots and also yellow spots that turn brown. What is the cause and what can I do about this? This is most likely due to ...

This study is led by Dr Xiaohu Wu (State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences). The effect of ...

Catching insect pests early allows the gardener more time to enjoy the vegetables before the pest does. When the cucumber plant is fine one day and wilted the next, look ...