Maybe it's the wilt that is spread by cucumber beetles? If so, it's nothing to do with the soil, but a disease spread by insects.....

Linda

Yes, I think it is that type of wilt, although I really haven't seen any cucumber beetles. The leaves haven't been eaten, they look full and healthy and then they wilt in the heat of the day. I thought they needed water, and since they recovered overnight I figured it just had to do with the heat but then even in the morning they were wilted and have started shriveling and turning yellow/brown.

I'm pretty sure I read that the bacteria effects the soil and you aren't supposed to plant in it until it has been treated.

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It's not bacterial wilt to me. Bacterial wilt is spreaded by cucumber beetles. Those little creatures like to feed on flowers and fall to the ground when you approach. And if it is bacterial wilt, leaves on the entire plant (including green leaves) wilt later of the day and recover in the morning. You just have some dead leaves and are totally fine. There is no cure once you have bacterial wilt. Removing wilting plants ASAP to prevent spreading to neighbouring plants.

Did not read very carefully. Sorry. Maybe it is bacterial wilt because you mentioned they wilt in the day and recover in the morning. But strange to me that you don't see beetles.

I ripped out all the straight eights yesterday. Hopefully the pickle barrel's will continue to live happily in spite of their former box mates.

I had a huge empty space on the other side of the city pickers box after tearing those out, so I put a couple of pickle barrel seeds over there. I don't know if they'll grow or if they'll even have a chance of survival living where the bacterial wilt straight eights were, but I had a half empty envelope of the seeds so why not?