No matter how you plant them cukes need extra water and fertilizer once they get some size and start producing. During hot days they usually will wilt at least some even when well maintained. I grow mine in raised beds so they are definitely planted on a hill or mound but I use a very thick heavy cypress mulch and still water them frequently especially on hot mornings. I also feed them weekly with Texas Tomato Food or one of the other liquid ferts that Urban Farms sells and they do great until the nematodes get them eventually. Once that happens there is no help for the wilting.
Bill
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