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Cucumber seedlings

balloo_2
balloo_2 Posts: 876 Forumite
in Gardening
Now a question from me I have cucumber plants in 2" plugs how long will they be in them before they become rootbound? or how high before i can transplant them any tips about transplanting.
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Don't ever leave cucumber seedlings too long in a plug, pot them up as soon as you can and be very gentle with them.
    I always put the seeds in a seed tray and pot them up on the 6-7th day and no later, the longer they are left the more chance of failure.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • balloo_2
    balloo_2 Posts: 876 Forumite
    Plant is standing about 1" high seems to have stopped growing now but looks a strong plant.
    The solving of a problem lies in finding the solvers.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Quite large enough. Use a 3" pot and you'll be fine.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • balloo_2
    balloo_2 Posts: 876 Forumite
    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    Quite large enough. Use a 3" pot and you'll be fine.

    Anything I can add to the compost to help them.
    The solving of a problem lies in finding the solvers.
  • cooking-mama
    cooking-mama Posts: 2,069 Forumite
    sorry to Butt in,but can I ask for advice on my cucumber seedling plants too please,mine are averaging between 2 and 3 inches tall,in a 3inch pot with seedling compost,but some have whitish mottling to thier leaves and others have little yellow leaves(mainly the small lower leaves),what have i done wrong?,do i need to feed them?..I did scatter some growmore on top of the compost before watering,thanks for any advice.
    PS,they are indoors in those little peat pots from poundland.
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