Cultivation of cucumbers - how to get a good harvest?

Many summer residents believe that growing cucumbers is a difficult task, but this is not so. If you competently select varieties, prepare seedlings, root the sprouts in a successful place and take care of them carefully, then an abundant harvest is provided. And to use green vegetable it is expedient in a raw kind, in structure of salads, for salting and conservation.

Cultivation of cucumbers in a greenhouse

Greenhouse conditions are favorable for the cultivation of cucumbers. In a transparent building with an abundance of sunlight for a vegetable, it is easy to create an acceptable microclimate. How to grow cucumbers in a greenhouse - arrangement of a greenhouse:

1. The building must be kept at a temperature of at least + 13 ° C. Well, if the greenhouse is heated, then it is advisable to cultivate the vegetable year-round.
2. As a frame, plastic is preferred - it does not rust and does not rot.
3. Cover the supports with glass, cellophane, polycarbonate - they will allow you to take sunbathing vegetables in the right amount.
4. Soil mixture is easy to prepare by own strength - in the autumn to spread out on the bottom of the site the fallen leaves and needles, which after winter will settle.

Grade of cucumbers for the greenhouse

Growing in greenhouses of cucumbers always begin with a choice of a grade. For greenhouse breeding, subspecies are required, which without pollination can become a full-fledged fruit. To rejoice in the fresh harvest in winter, varieties that tolerate temperature fluctuations are needed. For spring and summer plantations, any parthenocarpic (not requiring pollinating) varieties will do. Popular types of cucumbers, cultivation and care of which are produced in greenhouses:

• Cartoon - gives a harvest for 40 days;
• Barcelona - early-ripening vegetable;
• Courage - an elongated cucumber, gives fruit for 45 days;
• Bobrik - is not afraid of coolness, it is actual for reception of vegetables in the winter;
• Matrix - especially resistant to diseases;
• Schedrik - quickly sings, gives a wonderful harvest, used all year round.

When can I plant cucumbers?

The technology of growing cucumbers in a greenhouse suggests two options:

1. Seeds are a labor-consuming method, but there is a high probability of getting a lot of bloom. They are landed in April or May, with the onset of stable warming.
2. Seedlings - sprouted seeds are stuck in peat pots in April. Plant them appropriately at home or in a heated greenhouse. They germinate at a mode of + 23-25 ​​° C for three days. After 3-4 buds on the sprout, it means it's time to move them to the ground. This is produced on 20-23 day life of seedlings - May 10-15.

How to plant cucumbers in a greenhouse?

Planting vegetables in the greenhouse is a serious stage. Fundamental moments of cultivation:

1. Seedlings on the threshold of the process are not moistened for several days, the soil is scrupulously swollen and saturated with water, etched with manganese composition.
2. Form crests at a height of 20 cm with an approach between the rows of 70 cm. Pits are formed with intervals of 30-35 cm.
3. Over the rows are arranged trellises of wire, on them as the branches grow.
4. Seedlings from the tanks are placed in the hole, the top of the coma should remain 1-2 cm above the ground.
5. It is important to know how to plant cucumber seeds: they are pre-germinated on constantly moisturized gauze. Then a seed is introduced into the hole, and not a sprout sprout.

Soil for cucumbers

Before planting seeds it is important to know how best to grow cucumbers and enrich the soil for them:

1. Organization of the greenhouse begins in the autumn. Remove the post-harvest residues and the tier of the soil from the top by 4-5 cm.
2. Fertilizers are placed on the site: one square meter - manure 25 kg, and hydrated lime 200 g.
3. The earth is being dug.
4. In spring, the substrate is again swollen with mineral additives:

• 30 grams of ammonium nitrate ;
• 20 g of potassium sulfate ;
• 30 g of superphosphate ;

How to water cucumbers in a greenhouse?

To obtain a crop, it is important to get acquainted with how often to water cucumbers in a greenhouse. Soil for them should always be wet, not wet. Prior to flowering, watering events are held every five days, then - every other day. Water for moistening needs to be heated, otherwise there is a risk of mass death of the roots. Water the soil, not the tops. After moistening, the soil loosens a little, so as not to disturb the root system.

Fertilizers for cucumbers

The plant in the greenhouse for a season is enriched at the root four times. Addition of cucumbers when growing and caring for them in a greenhouse:

1. An early fertilizer is produced after the shoots have 3-4 leaflets. In ten liters of water they bred:

• 25 g of superphosphate;
• 15 g. Of sulphate or potassium chloride;
• 10 g of ammonium nitrate;

How to grow cucumbers in the garden?

Vegetables grow cucumbers at the best place of the site, culture is given special attention. Such work should be approached in a comprehensive manner. The most popular varieties for open vegetable growing are Phoenix, Competitor, April, and the Paris Gherkin is convenient for canning. To collect a good harvest, it is important to know where the cucumbers are grown and the characteristics of this crop:

1. This plant prefers warmth, it is necessary to sow it on a warmed-up bed, the top layer of the soil should have a stable temperature of + 13-15 ° C. Landing is carried out from the end of May to the middle of June.
2. Cucumber - a culture with a superficial measles system, loves high humidity. Good air permeability for the soil is provided at the expense of plants - predmestnikov: cabbage, peas, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes. Beans, carrots and zucchini do not fit, because they have common cucumber diseases.
3. It is worth knowing that the culture needs 10-12 hours of sun, grows well in open areas, or in light shade. In order not to damage the tops of the excess burns of the parasol, you can cover the area with polyethylene material at a height of two meters - place it directly on the trellis to which the shoots are fixed.

How to plant cucumbers in the open ground?

Harvest depends on the enrichment of the soil. It fertilizes and digs in the spring and autumn. Then the seeds are prepared - this should be done 30 days before their landing in a permanent place. Seeds are laid out on gauze, they soak 1% solution of potassium permanganate, rinse. After dilute the wood ash (1 tablespoon per glass of water) and put the seeds into the solution for 8 hours. After washing and placed in the refrigerator for a day for hardening.

After such procedures, the seeds are put on gauze for germination, without forgetting to constantly moisturize. As soon as the white points of the roots are pierced - they can be sown. It is important to know at what distance to plant cucumbers, so that they fully developed. The standard pattern of cultivation is 2-3 cm deep, the gap between the bushes is 20 cm. The seeds are put in wells, sprinkled with a substrate, and watered with warm water. It is better to cover the bed with polyethylene for the first time.

Growing cucumber seedlings

An interesting fact - the cultivation of cucumbers through seedlings speeds up the ripening of fruits for two weeks. Placing the seeds in pots is planned for May to plant the plants on the garden June 7-10. How to grow cucumbers at home for seedlings:

1. Individual peat pots with a diameter of 8 cm are suitable for this, seeds do not like transplants, they should be immediately placed in a constant container.
2. Seeds are prepared in the same way as for sowing on an open plot, planted in a pot with a spinned root down 2 cm deep, covered with soil;
3. Seedlings covered with polyethylene, put in a light area without drafts.
4. Water the surrounding temperature with water as the earth coma dries out. It is not allowed to allow neither overmoistening nor drying of the substrate.
5. The optimal age of seedlings is 20-25 days. It should have 3-4 whole leaves.

Cucumber beds

First-class fertilizer for cucumber is cow dung, it is introduced in autumn at a rate of 4-6 kg. on sq.m. In the spring, after the soil has dried, it is dug to a depth of 15 cm, at the same time you can add humus, sawdust, peat. How best to grow cucumbers:

1. The most successful planting project is considered to be beds in height of 25 cm, a width of 50 cm, between them you need to leave a pass. Having an organic pillow inside, they saturate the plant with the necessary nutrients, and the roots with carbon dioxide.
2. If possible, cultivation of cucumbers is better organized in beds, arranged from the south to the north - so the tops are better illuminated.
3. On the rows, vertical supports are set up, to which the branches begin to tie, after they reach a height of 15-20 cm.

How often to water cucumbers?

Regular moisturizing is a guarantee of a rich harvest, because the fruits are 95% water. How to water cucumbers:

• culture is advised to be moistened in the evening or in the morning before the heat begins;
• for moistening, warm water is prepared (22-25 ° C);
• Watering is carried out in the interstitial holes, without getting liquid on the leaves;
• first you can moisturize the plant every two days;
• after the fruits begin to ripen, one must perform daily watering, otherwise cucumbers can acquire bitterness, which then can not be freed;
• to save moisture, the soil can be mulched - covered with grass, hay, sawdust;
• During the season, it is possible to enrich the soil 2-3 times with ammophos (10 g / m2) and with diluted mullein.