Often, farmers are interested in such a popular issue as planting cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse, because greenhouse vegetables are an early and long-awaited product. To grow them easily in a closed structure, where polycarbonate helps to equip the microclimate for the rapid growth of the bush. The method has its own specific secrets for obtaining a decent harvest.
Planting cucumbers in the greenhouse - preparation
An ideal place for the arrangement of beds can be a flat area, preferably a site with a southern slope. Planting seedlings of cucumbers in a greenhouse made of synthetic polycarbonate is carried out in a loose, enriched organic soil, fertile soil. First, quality material is selected. Varieties of vegetables are suitable for self-pollinating, for example - "Caprice", "Halle", "Marinda". It is best to purchase seeds adapted to the local temperature regime. Then it is necessary to start preparing the greenhouse, soil and seed.
Land for planting cucumbers in the greenhouse
Soil for planting cucumbers in a greenhouse made of synthetic polycarbonate is first fertilized and disinfected. For this purpose, it is expedient to take the following steps:
- In autumn, all plant waste is removed at the site. In the soil during digging, fresh manure is introduced - 10-15 kg / m 2 .
- Planting cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse is accompanied by the treatment of the substrate with fungicides - Phytosporin, Phytocide.
- In spring the soil is loosened in depth by 20 cm, 2 tbsp. l ash, plus 2 tsp conventional superphosphate per 1 m 2 . The site is poured with the biostimulator Energen - 1 capsule is dissolved in a bucket of water heated to 50 ° C, then 2-3 liters of the composition is distributed per 1 m 2 .
- Culture does not like cold weather, "warm" beds are perfect for it. The soil is enriched with organic - liquid manure, fallen leaves, by covering them deep by 30 cm. In the process of rotting the material, the bed will be warmed from below.
Preparing the greenhouse for cucumber planting
The rules for planting cucumbers in a greenhouse made of cellular polycarbonate call for an early disinfection of the structure itself at the beginning of the season. The construction is disinfected with a bleach bolt of bleach. It is necessary to dilute 400 grams of the drug in a full bucket of water, whiten the entire interior of the greenhouse - frame, joists, supports. This method allows you to kill pathogens and parasites.
Preparation of seeds of cucumbers for planting in a greenhouse
Before planting cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse, the seed must be prepared: disinfect seeds and germinate. This is necessary so that the future harvest does not suddenly fall ill. Planting cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse - seed preparation:
- seeds for disinfection soak for half an hour in manganese. For disinfection, hydrogen peroxide is also suitable - it is heated to + 40 ° C and seeds are allowed to stand in a liquid for 8 minutes;
- after the inoculum is washed with running water;
- seeds are placed on moistened cheesecloth, the next day they are pecked with sprouts.
How to plant cucumbers in a greenhouse?
Before planting cucumbers in a glasshouse made of polycarbonate, they study the rules of agricultural technology, the timing and the sowing scheme. Cultivation is done with the help of pre-seeded seedlings or seeds sprouted into the ground. In the first case, the sprouts are already powerful and healthy, in the second one the caring for the tender shoots is carried out right in the ground. The ridges are additionally equipped with rope trellises of 2 m in size so that future stems can curl.
Planting cucumbers in a greenhouse with seeds
When the time comes and the land is warmed up, planting seeds are sown. How to plant cucumbers in a greenhouse with seeds:
- the ground on the bed is podpushivaetsya, leveled, generously moistened;
- according to the plan of landing, holes are made to a depth of 25 cm;
- in a hole put a handful of compost , mixed with the ground, and a pinch of charcoal;
- in each hole two seeds are planted, the strongest germ is subsequently left;
- The beds are covered with earth (they are not compacted) and are generously moistened with warm water.
How to plant cucumber seedlings in a greenhouse?
The common planting of cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse is done by seedling, it is more likely to see the crop earlier. For the necessary forcing of shoots, three weeks are enough. Cultivate them is convenient in small containers, peat pots or disposable plastic cups. How to properly plant cucumbers in a greenhouse of cellular polycarbonate through seedlings:
- shoots will well germinate in the substrate from equal portions of peat, sawdust, turf enriched soil and humus;
- seeds are planted in a container, deepening by 2.5 cm, watered by constant heated water;
- planting cover with cellophane and put in a sunny warm place;
- favorable temperature conditions for germination - + 26-28 ° C;
- when the germs are sliced, the cellophane is removed, the regime is set to within + 20 ° C. So you can avoid stretching the shoots;
- care is in moderate watering, you can apply the fertilizer "Agricola for seedlings";
- after 14 days shoots are quenched - for a week they organize a regime during the day + 16-18 ° C, + 13-15 ° C at night;
- when 3-4 present leaflets are formed at the age of 20-25 days, shoots are planted in the ground;
- in the holes excavated in accordance with the scheme, mixed with earth compost, then pour in "Effeton", taking 3 tbsp. l per full bucket of heated water with consumption per liter per pit;
- seedlings are placed vertically to the cotyledon leaves, not strongly deepening the stems;
- seedlings watered and sprinkled with sawdust or grass.
Distance between cucumbers in a greenhouse when planting
A common scheme for planting cucumbers in a greenhouse made of cellular polycarbonate: 100 cm wide row, 50 cm pass and 40 cm - the distance between the specimens. At 1 m 2 of the site should be located no more than 5 bushes. In a greenhouse with a width of 2 m the best is the layout of two rows with a path between them. It is best to make "warm" beds 35 cm high with manure or compost inside. 7 days before the proposed planting, they are covered with polyethylene, which retains heat and moisture in the soil.
What can I put cucumbers in a greenhouse?
Planting seedlings of cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse can be produced next to other crops. Excellent neighbors will be: Peking cabbage, mustard, early beet. Planted close fennel will protect against parasites. Well grow vegetables in the aisles of spinach, salad. They awaken root growth. Onions and garlic will also become good neighbors and protect the culture from bacterial diseases. Particular attention can be paid to asparagus beans. It yields a crop of legumes and supplies the soil with nitrogen. The beans are placed between the rows or along the perimeter of the landing.
How to water cucumbers in the greenhouse after planting?
Zelents like a moist environment, they need to provide competent irrigation. To raise dampness and to overdry the earth it is not necessary. Watering rules:
- it is carried out by warm water - the cold tightens the growth of plants and leads to diseases of the rhizome;
- watering time - morning or evening;
- on the foliage the stream should not fall, so as not to push the greens to infirmities;
- watering the seedlings of cucumbers in the greenhouse after planting until flowering should be moderate: 4 liters of water / m 2 . In this mode, the bush will not grow much foliage and will actively form the ovary;
- with the beginning of flowering and the entire period of fruiting watering is intensified: after a day in a volume of 9-12 liters of water / m 2 .
Fertilizers when planting cucumbers in the greenhouse
Timely and competent feeding after planting cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse determines their productivity. When performing alternate root and external fertilizers, the vegetables grow large and tasty. Addition of cucumbers when planting in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate:
- The primary is produced when several shoots appear on the shoots (a couple of weeks after sowing). Make the composition: 20 g of superphosphate double, 15 g of potassium sulfate, 10-15 g of ammonium nitrate per 10 liters of water. The volume is enough for 10-15 bushes.
- After 20 days in the stage of mass flowering and decoration ovaries use organic: half a liter of liquid mullein and 1 tbsp. l nitrofoski to a full bucket of water. 0.5 g of boric acid, 200 g of ash and 0.4 g of manganese sulphate can be added to the formed solution. The consumption rate is 3 l / m 2 .
- After 15 days, a third replenishment is needed. For this purpose, organic material: 2.5 tbsp. l Mullein on a full bucket of water. The norm is 8 l / m 2 .
- After a couple of weeks, the third feed is repeated.
- Foliar top dressing is useful for culture. If the shoot grows poorly, then the composition of 150 g of urea plus a bucket of water, which is irrigated by the ground part of the plant, will come in handy. To saturate the bush with trace elements before fruiting (especially if the leaves turn yellow), you can make an external irrigation of the bush with the composition: 60 g of simple superphosphate, 1 g of boric acid, 30 g of potassium nitrate on a full bucket of water.
Terms of planting cucumbers in the greenhouse
The optimum temperature for cultivation of cucumbers in the greenhouse is + 20-25 ° C. At + 15 ° C, the plant grows poorly and stops forming the ovary. Terms of planting cucumbers in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate:
- in a winter greenhouse with heating, the seeds for seedlings should be planted in the middle of February;
- planting of cucumbers in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate with typical "warm" beds is performed in early April;
- in a greenhouse without heating and "warm" beds, which is heated only at the expense of the sun, the planting is planned for the beginning of May.