The demands that the agro-industrial market dictates today are gradually being taken into consideration by ordinary summer residents. This also applies to the cultivation of cucumbers on the trellis - energy and resource-saving agrotechnology, which allows to obtain higher yields with minimal time and money. Tapestry is a supporting system with which you can grow cucumbers in a vertical plane. Simply put, your bushes will grow up, and not spread along the ground.
Technology advantages
Obviously, with an equal amount of planting material, planting cucumbers on the trellis allows to significantly save the area of the site. In addition, such technology of growing crops allows to organize a system of drip irrigation. This method of irrigation is the most promising and effective, because water is dosed and "directly to the target" - to the root layer of each individual bush. This makes it possible to spend 3-5 times less water, improve the quality of cucumbers and, as a result, increase the yield.
Important is the fact that growing cucumbers on trellises (both on farmer fields and in suburban areas) is economically profitable, as the fruiting surface increases, the lighting improves, and pests and diseases attack the culture several times less. In addition, the features of the scheme of planting cucumbers on the trellis make it easy to deal with weeds.
Optimal conditions
Before you make trellis for cucumbers, you need to prepare the soil. It is better to allocate for this plant a site where before potatoes, tomatoes or cabbage were grown. In autumn, the soil should be fertilized with humus (10 kilograms per hundred parts), which improves its structure and creates a favorable environment for the root system of cucumbers.
It is more rational to plant cucumbers in prepared ridges. They are well warmed up, characterized by high air exchange. This technology provides for the installation of mobile trellis for cucumbers, which should be at a distance of 5 meters from each other. From the bottom, in the middle and above, pull the wire, and fix the netlon grid (the size of the cage (15x18 centimeters).) The plants will be twisted along this grid .The optimum height of the cucumber trellis is 180 centimeters.
As a mulch , a polyethylene film can be used that protects the soil from weeds, evaporation of moisture. It must be pulled along the ridges, sprinkling the edges of the earth.
Landing
If the soil at a depth of 15 centimeters warmed up to 14 degrees Celsius, you can start planting cucumbers. For this, cuts are made in the film and 2-3 seeds are planted in each or 2-3 seedlings are planted. The most suitable varieties of cucumbers for growing on trellises are Focus, Regal F1, Libelle, Vocals F1, Asterix F1, Motiva F1 and Opera F1.
After the emergence of sprouts, follow the flowering. The first ovaries should be removed to 6 leaves so that the plant does not consume the force
When the cucumbers grow to 6 centimeters, you can start harvesting. Take into account, the cucumbers must be collected daily, so that the plant is not affected by mineral starvation. Noticing the slowing of growth, the fall of buds, the clarification of leaves and fruits, immediately fertilize cucumbers with nitric-potassium solutions.
At the end of the vegetation period, shoots with roots should be removed, and trellises for winter should be transferred to the premise, after removing the netlon mesh and wire.
Like growing trellises, cucumbers can be grown in barrels , but this method is slightly different.