It’s not likely to be the straw; we can find nothing to support the idea. It could be failure to rotate crops and/or nitrogen deficiency. It may also be a soil-borne disease such as fulsarium wilt (there are others), brought on by failure to rotate crops. The cuke is also vulnerable to soil-borne diseases…so it could be that or cold weather (below 50°F), cold soil (below 62°F), or blight, or squash bug.
It’s not likely to be the straw; we can find nothing to support the idea. It could be failure to rotate crops and/or nitrogen deficiency. It may also be a soil-borne disease such as fulsarium wilt (there are others), brought on by failure to rotate crops. The cuke is also vulnerable to soil-borne diseases…so it could be that or cold weather (below 50°F), cold soil (below 62°F), or blight, or squash bug.