I got some cukes last summer in spite of the heat and drought. Made a whole batch of dill burger slices. I’m out of butter pickles so those are first on my list soon as I have enough cukes to make the mess!
We think that we got some cucumber beetles and that led to fungus in the soil. In 2012 we planted some cukes, but that was in the garden that we just let burn up.
The extra hot solar days with out rain, we are thinking could be why they are doing good this year. So far-less bugs than usual everywhere.