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NY 986 · Jun 19, 2014

Looking at my cukes they are more yellowish than I would like to see. I put wood ash down early in the spring while the snow was still on the ground. I have a small jar of urea but am wondering if it will burn the plants even at a small distance away from the plant. Rain has been plentiful since they went in.

Spudm · Jun 19, 2014

Usually that is a nitrogen deficiency. Put about a handful around each plant, and then hoe & water it in. Just make sure you don't get it on the plant, because it will burn it.

Bret4207 · Jun 20, 2014

We use manure tea as a fix for most things like that. Take a bucket, black preferably and put some fresh poop in there, chicken or poultry would work good for yellowish plants. Add some water, enough to make it a wet slurry, let it sit in the sun a bit. Give it a couple hours at least and add some more water so it's like watery soup. Then pour a couple cups around the base of each plant. Always worked for us. As a general garden tonic manure tea is unsurpassed IME. Mixing cow, sheep, poultry, horse, etc., together works fine. And you aren't going to overdose any plants, unlike the possibilities with Miracle Grow or other harsh chems.

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