Sounds interesting and worth a try. Don’t give up on cukes etc. You could try growing them next year in a pot with a trellis to climb, using some all purpose potting mix.
That way if you have some sort of soil borne fungus it won’t be as likely to hurt the plants.
We had a big crop of cukes and squash in 2010, and lousy luck in 2011, and 2012, but this year they are all doing great.
I just plant a few of all the stuff I like, and see what develops. Something almost always produces.
This was a brand new garden, put in a pasture .... all the soil was brand new as well - mix of garden soil, potting soil and compost (all purchased). I’m sure there could be fungus in some of this, but would hope not. My brother’s partner claims he has a fungus problem - he’s found if he puts black plastic over his garden and lets the heat ‘sterilize’ the soil, his garden does much better. I will definitely be doing this for next year. Not giving up on cukes ... might on the squash .... but when spring comes around, I probably won’t be able to resist planting at least one zucch & one yellow squash ... with a zuchetta backup.
“You could try growing them next year in a pot with a trellis to climb, using some all purpose potting mix.”
I told myself to buy one tomato barrel with that support in the middle, each month. One is in the 20 dollar range. You can grow any plant in it because it’s deep enough and you have the support in the middle if you need it.