Extreme heat is causing cucumber vines to wilt. NDSU photo
Extreme heat is causing cucumber vines to wilt. NDSU photo
Yikes! It is hot – dangerously hot. Our plants in the garden are wilting, and we are soaked in sweat trying to care for them.
My cucumber and zucchini vines droop every afternoon. The initial harvest was great, but production is slowing down due to the extreme heat. The vines are producing fewer female (fruit-bearing) flowers. The pollen from the male flowers is less effective in this heat, too.
Bee…