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Gardening question for container gardeners

I know this isn't an indoor gardening question necessarily, but thought I'd throw it in here anyhow, because I have a real
problem.  It's with my cucumbers.  I have three very vigorous cucumber plants in a large, deep pot on my patio outside.  They
get plenty of sun and water and for most reasons, appear to be doing fine.  However, each time a cucumber gets a little more
than an inch long or so, they start turning yellow and shriveling, eventually falling off the plant.  I had a problem similar to
this with pumpkins once, the pumpkin problem of the flowers falling off before they set fruit, which is known as blossom end
rot, but the cucumbers are producing fruit...the cucumbers just aren't staying alive long enough to mature.  The plants
themselves seem healthy, a little bit of yellowing going on from the excessive sun and no rain, I think...I even checked for
something called bacterial wilt, which is something cucumbers get, but it doesn't appear as if that's the problem either.  Any
ideas, anyone?
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