In the garden business there are no trifles: the future of the crop depends equally on the quality of the seed, and on the number of irrigation, and on the timing of fertilizer application. Competently spent feeding of cucumbers in the open ground helps plants form a full ovary and fully resist diseases and pests.
Top dressing of cucumbers in the open - rules
With regard to fertilizers, cucumber culture shows itself to be a real capricious perfume - it's just that it does not please how instead of even crisp cucumbers, "mutants" curved in all directions appear in the garden. Therefore, the fertilization of seedlings of cucumbers must begin in the phase of two leaves. In the future, cuddling cucumbers with increased nutrition will have at least four more times: 15 days after moving to the open ground, after the appearance of the first peduncles and twice in the period of fruiting.
Each cucumber has its own coveted recipe for feeding cucumbers in the open ground, from which the cucumbers grow as a yeast and become the most-most delicious and crunchy. Do not get confused and choose the right option will help a simple rule: the type of fertilizer directly depends on how warm the summer was. The fact is that the roots of cucumbers only in warm weather are able to fully absorb all the nutrients from the soil. In the cold summer it is worth giving preference to foliar top dressing of cucumbers in the open ground.
Whichever way to feed cucumbers (root or foliar) would not be chosen, for its implementation it is better to choose the evening time or a cloudy warm day. Apply fertilizer to the ground after a lot of watering or a good rain. When spraying top dressing, make sure that the solution falls on the leaves with fine drops in a uniform layer. On how long it will stay on the surface depends on how many useful things cucumber lashes will get. Another cunning - the warmer the nutrient solution, the faster it will be absorbed.
First dressing of cucumbers
Cucumber seedlings successfully migrated from the seedling boxes or pots to the open ground, began and even gradually began to grow. And then, in all its glory before the vegetable marketer, the question arises - how to feed cucumbers after landing? As already mentioned above, the first fertilizing takes place 14-15 days after moving to the open ground, and for its conduct it is better to use organic fertilizers: mullein infusion or chicken manure, diluted in a 1:10 ratio. Use these tools should be extremely careful, because they can damage the fragile roots.
Addition of cucumbers during flowering
A proven way to get even "one-to-one" cucumbers is top dressing during flowering. It is recommended to use a green manure prepared from freshly mown grass. Collected after mowing the grass should be filled with the same amount of water and let it infuse for at least a week. The resulting liquid must be diluted five times with warm water. It is not superfluous to make up for the lack of minerals by feeding cucumbers with a mixture of superphosphate, ammonium and potassium nitrate (40 + 30 + 20 g).
Foliar top dressing of cucumbers in the open ground attracts insects that are so important for pollination, contributing to better ovary formation. To conduct it, you can use a mixture of boric acid (2 g) and sugar (100 g), diluting them in 1 liter of warm water. Another way to strengthen cucumbers is to sprinkle them with a solution of superphosphate (35 g per 1 bucket of warm water).
How to feed cucumbers at the beginning of growth?
In the period of active growth to any plant, nitrogen is vital. If cucumber seedlings develop sluggishly, do not rush to blossom, the question arises: "How to feed cucumbers for growth?" Green fertilizer in combination with a solution of minerals will solve the problem. As a foliar top dressing, a urea solution can be used. It should be remembered that this substance is aggressive and can harm the tender bush cucumber. Therefore, top dressing of cucumbers in the open ground by urea should be carried out with a very weak solution - no more than 40 g per 1 bucket of water.
How to feed cucumbers during fruiting?
Actively spending their energy on the formation of the ovary and growth of fruits, cucumber whips under a clean pull out all the nutrients from the ground. Proper feeding of cucumbers during fruiting not only restores the balance of substances in the soil, but also significantly prolongs the period of fruiting. The feeding of cucumbers in the open ground during this period should be complex and include organic (infusion of green grass or thinned hay diluted 5 times), minerals (1 cup of ash, 25 g of potassium nitrate and 50 g of urea per 10 liters of water) and foliar treatment (10-12 g urea per bucket of water).
Cucumbers grow poorly - how to feed?
The situation when cucumber shoots withers, withers, and instead of smooth cucumbers it appears differently ugly freaks, says that the soil is sorely lacking nutritional. And to understand how to feed seedlings of cucumbers in the open ground gardener will help themselves cucumbers:
- fruit-bulb, narrowed at the base and extending to the tail, speak of potassium starvation, which can be eliminated by spraying with ash or potassium phosphate solution;
- thick at the stems, but quickly fading fruit, light coloring of fruits and lashes, poorly developing leaves and whips signal about a shortage of nitrogen, which will be supplemented by organic nutritional supplements;
- dark green with purple ebb and leaves, darkening with dying evidence of phosphorus deficiency, and yellow or pale spots on the leaves are a manifestation of a lack of magnesium, for the elimination of which it is best to use ready-made mineral complexes.
The better to feed cucumbers?
How many years a person is friends with a cucumber culture, so many disputes do not cease, how to properly feed cucumbers in the open ground and a greenhouse. What is better, foliar top dressing of cucumbers or sealing of food in the ground, ready-made complex fertilizers or more ecological folk methods - there is no definite answer. But when you cultivate cucumbers on your own bed, in a far from industrial scale, it is worth not forgetting about their safety for humans. After all, all the substances that are used to feed cucumbers in the open ground, more or less fall into the fruit and into our body.
Adding cucumber to yeast
The common expression of growth as a yeast is also true for cucumber lashes. Yeast fertilizing for cucumbers is an excellent stimulator of growth and fruiting. Yeast fungi activate the process of decomposition of organic matter in the soil, which helps the roots to obtain at times more nitrogen and potassium. Cultivated on such fertilizer, cucumbers are better against diseases, weather and pest infestations.
For the preparation of yeast fertilizer, you can use both classic briquetted yeast and their dry variant. The classic recipe for feeding is as follows: for 5 liters of water take 1 kilogram of fresh (briquetted) or 5 grams of dry yeast, add a little sugar and leave in a warm place for 1 day. The resulting liquid is diluted in 50 liters of water and this solution is watered in the open ground by bushes under the root.
Top dressing of cucumbers with ashes
The remaining ash after burning wood waste ash is an excellent way to kill two birds with one stone: clean the site of unnecessary branches and strengthen the plants. It should be remembered that only plant products can be used as fertilizers, but not building materials and household garbage. The composition of wood or stove ash contains calcium, magnesium, lime and magnesium. Adding cucumbers in the open ground with ash can protect them from fungal diseases and some pests, improves soil composition.
How to feed cucumbers with ashes? You can use it both in dry form and preparing a solution. Powdered ash is produced in the morning, until the dew has dried out or immediately after the rain. To prepare a solution, 100 grams of raw material is diluted in 1 bucket of water, soaked for a week. The resulting whip is sprinkled with cucumber whips, watching for a uniform distribution of it along the plant. Especially important is the additional fertilizing during the flowering and ovary formation.
Addition of cucumbers with iodine
One way to grow healthy cucumbers is iodine supplementation. This micronutrient not only has a beneficial effect on the growth and formation of the ovary, but also copes well with the main scourge of cucumber beds - radical decay. For spraying, prepare a nutrient solution, dissolving in 10 liters of water 30 drops of iodine tincture. To enhance the effect, add milk and a little soap to the solution. Primary processing of cucumbers is carried out immediately after transplantation, and then repeated every 15-20 days.
Bread feeding for cucumbers
A very simple and inexpensive way to feed cucumbers in the soil is fertilizer, cooked on ordinary rye bread. It can be used as part of the yeast supplement, adding bread crusts to a bucket with fermenting yeast. And you can simply lodge a closed barrel on the site, fill it with water and dispose of all the bread waste there. As you use the tank will be filled with clean water. In this simple way, plants will receive a useful additional fertilizer, and nothing will disappear in the farm.
Feeding of cucumbers with boric acid
Boron refers to substances without which it is simply not conceivable to fructify, nor to harmoniously develop any plants. However, the amount of this element in the soil throughout the season should be on the same level. The lack of boron affects the coloring of plants and their ability to bear fruit. Top dressing of cucumbers with folk remedies, such as boron, gives the whips the strength to actively grow, making the fruit juicy and sweeter.
To prepare a nutritious solution of 10 grams of acid dissolve in a liter of warm water, and then bring the volume of water to 10 liters. The resulting mixture is sprayed with leaves and ovary cucumbers, choosing for this procedure an early morning or a cloudy, non-humid day. The treatment is carried out twice a season: the first time after the planting on the bed, and the second during the formation of the fruit.
Feeding of cucumbers with milk
Another option, than you can feed cucumbers - milk. This delicious and nutritious product will bring considerable benefit and cucumber beds:
- contained in milk potassium and calcium will serve as a growth stimulant for the plant;
- Milk film, formed on the surface of leaves will become an insurmountable barrier to pests and pathogens;
- nutrients and lactic acid activate the decomposition of organic matter in the soil.
To prepare milk cucumbers in the open ground, a liter of milk must be diluted in five liters of water and gently poured each plant under the root. You can also do milk spraying, to strengthen the therapeutic-protective effect of which it is recommended to add 30 drops of iodine to the solution. In this case, cucumbers will receive the necessary dose of potassium and calcium, and protection from fungal diseases.
Addition of cucumbers in saltpeter
Cucumbers, fertilizers for which were not made on time or incorrectly, are not able to form a full crop. In conditions of small beds, calcium nitrate is a real panacea for cucumbers. It not only stimulates the rapid build-up of green mass, but also strengthens the plant's immunity. Unlike ammonium, calcium nitrate can be used safely, as it minimally damages cucumbers. Foliar top dressing of cucumbers in the open ground with nitrate can be done every 10 days, preparing a solution at the rate of 10 grams of fertilizer per 5 liters of water.