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Re: What happened to my cucumber plants?

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I had some vanishing cucumber plants about a month ago also.  No traces
whatsoever of the plant and no marks of any kind in the dirt.  Many replies
to my post about this suggested birds pulling the plant out thinking it was
a worm or even a snake.  I never did find out what happened to them and
lost 2 cucumber plants on different days.  After the second plant, I placed
some decorative small birdhouse wind chimes (I bought at a CVS Pharmacy for
$2 a piece) on tree limbs that I broke off and pushed into the dirt in
various places in my sq ft beds.  The birdhouses had silver tim roofs and
silver decorations and when the wind blew, they served the same purpose as
the old style aluminum pie plates my grandma always used.  They seem to
work and added a personal touch to my garden.

Good luck.

Kristine
Zone 5b, SE Ohio

At 12:42 PM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>I live in zone 9 and decided to start to plant early to see
>what would happen. I only planted a square of cucumbers, a
>square of squash, and a square of peppers. It seems like so
>many times, nothing even comes up :&  Well, I noticed the
>cucumbers and squash germinated. I went to check on the baby
>plants this morning and noticed that the cucumbers were gone.
>It didn't look like the dirt was messed with. I wonder what
>kind of animal would have eaten it. We have a problem with
>squirrels, but I haven't seen them around for a while. I bet
>this is what happens to so many of my plants. Thats why it
>looks like they never germinate, because something gets to them
>before they can grow up. Any help on this will be appreciated.
>
>    Susan Seifert in Sad Sunny Florida
>
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