Caught out by the weather :(

[GardenN00b]

Hello everyone

Well for the first time in the four years that I have been trying to grow them, I have got my cucumber seedlings to the two-true-leaf stage

With the gorgeous sun we had yesterday, I decided to put them outside to soak up the sunshine. I had to go out, and AS SOON as I got in the car, the Heavens opened - heavy rain, and more worrying, hail

As soon as I got home (20 minutes later), I rushed out into the garden, and rescued my little seedlings. The seed compost was saturated.

What do I do? I couldn't bare losing them, considering I have lost every single one in the past to damping-off disease. I was so careful this time to only water from the bottom.

Should I re-pot them? Oh dear, this cucumber lark isn't good for me

[zazen999]

Just sow some more, they grow pretty quickly.

Let them dry out for now. Plants are pretty ok with being rained on, and recovering. But any extremes that they are not used to can affect them - so if it had been really really hot, in a small pot, that might have had a worse effect on them. Perhaps try not to leave them outside when you aren't there no matter what the weather, until you have a cold frame or greenhouse to pop them into.

[GardenN00b]

Thanks
The seedlings are still looking OK, but I know how finicky - and suicidal - cucumber plants are. What are the chances that I've got away with it do you think?

[zazen999]

No idea. I can't actually see them from here.

[redser]

try sit them on some kitchen towel or newspaper to draw off some of the excess water.

[Two_Sheds]

Rain itself doesn't cause damping off.

Damping off / Royal Horticultural Society