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Psalmy2cute:
There are several causes to this issue..

1) lack of water
2) incorrect growing condition.. (what cucumber cultivar did you plant??)
3) poor nutrition ( poor fertiliser practice) cucumbers are heavy feeders of nutrients
4) insect pest ( check for white flies, mites, thrips

I water them every morning
Tokyo
I mixed manure with the soil before planting
I have problem with white flies. I use yellow cardboard trap and I spray insecticide weekly

Psalmy2cute:
I'll advise you post a photo that way it will be easier to identify the problem

I had problem posting pics

Liftitupo:
After flowers come out, irrigate cucumber 2 times a day. Apply fertilizer fast.

I water heavily in the morning and by evening I still see trace of moisture.
do I still need to water them again.
I have applied npk 20. 10. 10

aquadude15:
I had problem posting pics

Sorry bro. From what you've posted as picture, I can sum it up that it is a failed project. Not only do you have issues with water, but your cukes' plants are terribly infected and in serious bad shape. The honest truth is you have lost the whole batch. Don't expect anything tangible from the plants.
Everything is wrong with your cukes; from fungi, to leaf miners, to whiteflies, drought, weeds, to bad staking... Even the trellis won't hold. Tokyo are quite big you know? Could you possibly hold them with such twines I can see in the pics?

Mind sharing the zoomed out view for us to see?

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aquadude15:
I water them every morning
Tokyo
I mixed manure with the soil before planting
I have problem with white flies. I use yellow cardboard trap and I spray insecticide weekly

Your fertiliser practice may be the problem, ... cucumber are heavy feeders... you need to improve in your fertiliser practice.. when did you notice whiteflies in your farm?? And how soon did you tackle the issue.. leaving them undisturbed for 2 weeks is already a red flag for your entire farm

And there are also traces of bacteria in the leaves.. note when the damage from whiteflies is done.. there is no cure

aquadude15:
I water heavily in the morning and by evening I still see trace of moisture.
do I still need to water them again.
I have applied npk 20. 10. 10

It not just about traces of moisture.. you need to water deep into your soil, like 1 to 2 inch deep each day

aquadude15:
I had problem posting pics

This improper pollination

Prune off does poor fruits and bad leaves

Re fertilize

Spray insecticide late evening so it won't disturb pollinator

@aquadude15

Let me reiterate. Bending of the cukes is the least of your problem. Your plants have been infected by downy and I don't see how you want to save them by just pruning and refertilizing. Well, if it's an isolated case of a few, simple uproot the whole plant and discard.
Again, there's the weeds and whiteflies etc. For me, I wouldn't trying pushing my luck at this stage; with cucumbers, you can barely come of it. They are far too gone.

Like I asked earlier, pls show us a full view of the plants.

Liftitupo:
Hahahaha. Your fruits are not fertilized well. It is why they are defected by infection quicky. 20.10.10 when they are fuiting? Please learn how to fertilize. Poor feeding is why they are like that.

I tried getting my hand on 15.15.15, but I was told it has been ban.
pls which fertiliser can I use when they are fruiting

Psalmy2cute:
It not just about traces of moisture.. you need to water deep into your soil, like 1 to 2 inch deep each day

OK Sir
I will post a better pics tomorrow

Psalmy2cute:
Your fertiliser practice may be the problem, ... cucumber are heavy feeders... you need to improve in your fertiliser practice.. when did you notice whiteflies in your farm?? And how soon did you tackle the issue.. leaving them undisturbed for 2 weeks is already a red flag for your entire farm

And there are also traces of bacteria in the leaves.. note when the damage from whiteflies is done.. there is no cure

OK sir.
can you pls assist with a better fertiliser I can use sir
I spray my farm weekly because of white flues and they always come back

FMCASH:
This improper pollination
Prune off does poor fruits and bad leaves
Re fertilize
Spray insecticide late evening so it won't disturb pollinator

thank you sir

aquadude15:
I tried getting my hand on 15.15.15, but I was told it has been ban.
pls which fertiliser can I use when they are fruiting

Npk 15.15.15 has been banned??.. this is news to me,
Besides at this fruiting stage, you dont need npk.. next time go for foliar fertiliser, e.g DIgrow, maxiforce etc

jidestroud:
@aquadude15

Let me reiterate. Bending of the cukes is the least of your problem. Your plants have been infected by downy and I don't see how you want to save them by just pruning and refertilizing. Well, if it's an isolated case of a few, simple uproot the whole plant and discard.
Again, there's the weeds and whiteflies etc. For me, I wouldn't trying pushing my luck at this stage; with cucumbers, you can barely come of it. They are far too gone.

Like I asked earlier, pls show us a full view of the plants.

I will post as soon as I get to farm tomorrow morning sir

aquadude15:
OK sir.
can you pls assist with a better fertiliser I can use sir
I spray my farm weekly because of white flues and they always come back

Ofcourse, they'll always come back as they follow the hamattan wind.... get yellow sticky traps for your farm next time .. and spray insecticides late in the evening, .. I already recommended fertiliser on my previous post

Psalmy2cute:
Npk 15.15.15 has been banned??.. this is news to me,
Besides at this fruiting stage, you dont need npk.. next time go for foliar fertiliser, e.g DIgrow, maxiforce etc

thanks boss and how often do I spray

Psalmy2cute:
Npk 15.15.15 has been banned??.. this is news to me,
Besides at this fruiting stage, you dont need npk.. next time go for foliar fertiliser, e.g DIgrow, maxiforce etc

thanks boss.
and how often do I spray

Psalmy2cute:
Ofcourse, they'll always come back as they follow the hamattan wind.... get yellow sticky traps for your farm next time .. and spray insecticides late in the evening, .. I already recommended fertiliser on my previous post

I have the trap on my farm sir

aquadude15:
thanks boss.
and how often do I spray

Spray every week if you can..

Liftitupo:
This was the same tough debate we had with pistotita. He smiled and told us to try them out on a small scale. I know you are not a cucumber or tomato farmer but just checking articles here and there. Maybe to discredit him. We went on pilot, farmers in Jos had entirely different result and flowering was better than in Ibadan and Enugu Read his answer in his link again. This is a topic we discussed very well. Check the pictures from technisem and eastwest he added. Did you read where caution on heat bringing out more males? Better you talk to East West technicians and ask if monalisa needs it. They will even tell you greengo does not really need it. How to mix is a complete different story to maximize profit. Please, use information on internet to your advantage because most of the articles you read do not weather like West Africa. I wish I know how to explain like pistotita. Can you read more people coming out to talk about him? Pisto is too straight forward. I hope you do the right thing he pointed to you because you are a mod. I wrote that you sound like a good guy, but it is looking like you are trying hard to discredit him. There are strong evidences he has posted but you are silent.

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I am trying to find out the truth and not to discredit anybody. I have farmed cukes like 3x. Mostly Cu 999.
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So are u trying to say that even with gynecious cukes, heat will make them produce more males than females?

aquadude15:
OK sir.
can you pls assist with a better fertiliser I can use sir
I spray my farm weekly because of white flues and they always come back

Which insecticide did u use for whiteflies? It matters a lot. Another thing that matters a lot is where u spray. U will get better result if u spray the under side of leaves.

aquadude15:
I had problem posting pics

Chief this is a clear issue of not enough pollens pollinating the female plants. Don’t worry some ones will come out straight. I guess you planted a pf. Don’t worry. Use your trellis they will stand don’t let anyone make you fell you’ve failed. Don’t be triad you’ve failed cause you have not. If it’s white fly and you’re flowering spray atara just after Wetting and wet three days after. If it’s fungi buy ridomil gold copper or buy ridomil gold and mix with Redford.

aquadude15:
I water them every morning
Tokyo
I mixed manure with the soil before planting
I have problem with white flies. I use yellow cardboard trap and I spray insecticide weekly

I’ll advice you to please don’t listen to most of the people on this forum I can only vouch for Okoroemeka and google image search. Ive read through the reasons they gave for bent fruit and even saw some post saying your farm is dead, please don’t listen to them. Nairaland is a crazy place. I’m just getting in had a busy day harvesting with a colleague and s/he harvested 2 bags of these bent fruit and we had already done research on this and knew it was because of lack of pollen, moving forward today a doc (phd) holder in agric came to inspect the farm while the harvest was going on and asked us what caused the fruits to Bend and his answer wasn’t different from our research. See farming isn’t that complex it isn’t rocket science continue your practice but stop spraying systemic insecticide move to atara it’s a contact insecticide and it tackles whiteflies and spray every ten or less days use more of the yellow board trap for whiteflies the insecticide reduces the population of whiteflies and also discourages Beene and insect pollinators from your farm. . Please I beg you don’t listen to most Nairalanders they’re really loco, some are Gardners not farmers. You’re good with your cukes come back and thank me later after you’ve confirmed the cause of the bent fruits. Shallom.
Haters please note I’ve two personalities a viper and a bunny chose wisely before you mention me with insults on my thread.

FMCASH:
This improper pollination

Prune off does poor fruits and bad leaves

Re fertilize

Spray insecticide late evening so it won't disturb pollinator

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aquadude15:
I tried getting my hand on 15.15.15, but I was told it has been ban.
pls which fertiliser can I use when they are fruiting

I got it from Ogun state ministry of agriculture for ten grand (151515)

Psalmy2cute:
Spray every week if you can..

thank you boss

FarmTech:
Which insecticide did u use for whiteflies? It matters a lot. Another thing that matters a lot is where u spray. U will get better result if u spray the under side of leaves.

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