Do not transplant until all danger of frost has passed. With decreased row spacings fertilizer rates should be increased. When available, apply 10 Tons of manure per acre. Exercise care in N fertilization. Excess N may result in viney plant growth which interferes with bee pollination and harvest, and promotes foliar and fruit diseases, resulting in reduced fruit set.
Cucumbers are sensitive to fertilizer burn.
There is less danger if the band application is split into two bands. The danger is aggravated as the band comes closer to the seed, and is greater with sandy than with finer textured soil. Immediate irrigation at the first sign of burn should reduce further injury. There is more possibility of damage to seedlings on acid soils where the pH is below 5.5. Apply two-thirds of this during the last half of the crops growth, with the first sidedress at the time the vines begin to runner.