My mother tells me that the earliest she has seen frost here is September twenty third, but the real danger of frost starts in mid October. There were a lot more flowers today while I was watering, so I am hopeful for some beans this fall.
Thanks for the tip, I'll have to give these a try next year. I've heard of Sumter and see it commonly on seed racks at the big box stores. I also do the methods you mention, trellising vertically/pruning to a limited number of shoots/succession planting, but I think I've just got an unusually tough year on my hands with cukes. My late-July direct seeded planting had above average seedling die off, followed by downy mildew wipeout and some type of wilt death (maybe bacterial) of the young vines soon after flowering and prior to fruiting. Even my surviving Citadel plants, one of the most highly lauded varieties for DM resistance, appear to be circling the bowl 😬. It's a head scratcher. I think it could just be an unusually tough year combined possibly with a build up of overwintering disease presence. I do rotate all my crops but my plot is small so 20-30 ft of separation is usually about all I can get from one year to the next. I'm currently breaking ground on a new plot about 300 feet away from my main garden, so I might try the cukes over there next year and see if there's less overall disease pressure. On a positive note I'm having one of my best tomato years ever, and I'm hearing the opposite from many gardeners in my area who are covered up in cukes but are having a terrible tomato year. Go figure🤔
Sorry to hear that you are having a rough summer, Dan. Hope this clears up soon.
