Cucumber DWC grow

aww, thank you very much! I must have some great luck, because those roots are just sitting in brita filtered tap water No nutes yet at all.

looks like you've found the key. good luck with pollinating. just curious, do you think that dwc can support the massive amount of water those cukes are going to need? dumb question i guess. good luck ill be watching

Ya... I have a feeling I'll be topping up the water almost daily.

Day 56

These are pics taken from the night after pollinating. Today I went in to look and the flowers on the cukes are starting to wilt and die. Apparently this is a sign that the pollination worked I'm sure crossing my fingers.

I'm planning on cleaning out my reservoir tonight and filling it with fresh filtered water.. give my cukes some fresh water to soak up






another female flower starting on the vine that I didn't prune. Hmm.. maybe it was just waiting for their time to come to start flowering, and not the pruning at all?

sweet!!! hydro cukes! they look awesome. you gonna share the wealth when they are done?

Did you build everything yourself, Beautiful ??

why of course! Bella's cucumbers for sale... lol

and yes I did. Used twine for the trellis, and just a regular dwc/rubbermaid set up.

Now I'm really a FAN.
Nothing like a "DIY girl".

Awesome work. Can't wait to see more pix.

oo, updates?

Well guys I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but my cucumber plant is headed very down hill ... my newly formed and pollinated female flowers turned black and shriveled up. The leaves of the plant have started to turn yellow with some brown areas.

I believe due to the plant finally producing female flowers, it was in need of much more nitrogen. Like I said in the beginning of this grow, I wasn't planning on putting money into it. So.. I have let my cucumber plant go

It was a great experience, and I will be trying to grow something else in my dwc soon. Thanks for all the thread subscribers!! You guys are all amazing!!!

<3 bella

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you have to grow bell peppers. PLEASE!!!

that sucks bro well i dont have a dought that youll be able to grow something else full term. ill keep an eye out for you posts

Well Bella, whats next for your DWC unit ?? Bell Peppers ??

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to attempt. I have seeds for green onions, dill, peas, carrots... maybe carrots? Could be interesting. lol

Can you grow a root crop or bulb hydro ??

I would go with carrots, they seem kinda interesting for hydro

Tom

im thinking about doing the carrots but i still need afew more parts for my set up so bella if you end up doing them ill be waching so i can see what ill have to do