Nicole Johnsey Burke shares three fixes for low cucumber yields: wait 60 days before expecting fruit since early flowers are male, hand-pollinate with a paintbrush if bees are scarce, and add compost for phosphorus if your plants are all leaves and no fruit.
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If your cucumber plant looks like this one. So beautiful and healthy, but zero cucumbers, I've got three questions for you. Number one, how old is your plant? If your plant is less than 60 days old, then be patient. Likely your plant is just covered in male flowers and the females haven't shown up yet. Number two, how many bees do you have around your cucumbers? If there's not a lot, you're going to have to be one yourself. Grab a paintbrush and move the pollen from male flowers to female flowers every single morning. Number three, when was the last time you added compost to your garden? These plants are looking healthy. They've got plenty of nitrogen and potassium, but to fruit they're going to need some phosphorus. So you might want to add a little bit of compost to the base of your plant. Oh, and one more question for you. Do you have your easy garden kit yet.