Anyone know what would cause this to happen to a cucumber?
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Interested to know more from someone with knowledge myself - only got growing myself in the last 2 years and know almost nothing so always keen to learn
Looks like fusarium crown rot to me. It's a fungal disease.
What variety of cucumber was this?
Early Russian. It happened to all that I put into the greenhouse.
Definitely a fungal problem in the soil. Probably fusarium from the looks of that stem, but there are other similar diseases, too.
You can look for cucumber varieties that are specifically mentioned as resistant to fusarium and other fungal disease and try those. Another technique (I haven't tried because it gets too hot to grow it where I am) is to companion plant celery with the cucumbers. Apparently the celery produces chemicals in its roots that help control some fungal diseases, including fusarium.
Thanks. I'm doing a lot of soil work this year. I expect some poor results all the way around.