cucumbers grow well on fertile soil. On soddy-podzolic soils, they should be planted in the second year after abundant application of organic fertilizers to the soil. During the short growing season, the crop needs to form a powerful leaf apparatus and a large number of fruits
It is not recommended to plant cucumbers in fresh manure due to strong vegetation to the detriment of fruiting. Although fresh manure in a volume of 5-10 kg per 1 m2 can be applied under the predecessor or in the fall when digging the soil. Carbon dioxide, which is released during the decomposition of fresh manure, significantly improves physical properties soil.
The main organic fertilizer for cucumbers can be considered semi-rotted manure, which is applied during spring digging of the soil, in rows when sowing seeds or in holes when planting seedlings. For these purposes, you can also use waste greenhouse soil, compost mixture, humus soil or well-decomposed peat.
Of the entire norm of fertilizers prescribed for cucumbers, two-thirds should be applied for digging, and the rest - along with pre-sowing loosening of the soil, in rows when sowing or in holes when planting seedlings, as well as in fertilizing. In all cases to organic fertilizer add complete mineral fertilizer: 90 g of nitrophoska or 50 g of nitroammophoska.
Complete mineral fertilizer can be replaced with a mixture of simple fertilizers, taking 20 g of urea, double superphosphate or ammophos, 20 g of potassium sulfate or 30 g of potassium magnesium per 1 m2. On acidic soils liming should be carried out (preferably under the previous crop) by adding 300-500 g dolomite flour per 1 m 2 plot.
You can apply the following set of fertilizers to the crop: 3 kg of humus and peat, 2 kg sawdust to loosen the soil, 30-40 g of superphosphate and 10-15 g of potassium salt per 1 m 2 of area. Fertilizers must be evenly distributed over the area and embedded in the soil to a depth of 20 cm by digging.
If you add granular superphosphate (5 g per 1 m2) to the rows when sowing, you can quickly get an early harvest of cucumbers. Powdered superphosphate must first be mixed with humus. Potassium fertilizers during spring tillage can be replaced with wood ash at the rate of 150-200 g per 1 m2.
Cucumbers in middle lane Russia is usually grown through seedlings, which are fed twice with mullein (1:8) or chicken droppings(1:10). The first time fertilizing with a liquid solution is carried out 2 weeks after emergence.
The second feeding is given 2 days before planting seedlings, adding 15 g of ammonium nitrate and potassium sulfate and 20 g of superphosphate per 10 liters of mullein or bird droppings solution. The solution consumption is 1 cup per 2 plants.
After planting cucumbers on permanent place The soil needs to be fertilized every 10-15 days, combining it with watering. Before flowering, cucumbers primarily need nitrogen to promote stem growth and leaf formation. For nitrogen fertilizing, 1 liter of mullein or 10 g of urea is dissolved in 10 liters of water.
At the beginning of flowering, when applying liquid fertilizer based on mullein, microfertilizers are added to the solution (1 tablet per 1 liter of solution). You can also prepare an aqueous solution consisting of 10 liters of water, 0.5 g boric acid, 0.4 g manganese sulfate and 0.1 g zinc sulfate.
During the period of mass flowering, the need for phosphorus and potassium in cucumbers increases, and sandy loam soils they are often deficient in magnesium. Therefore, from the moment the buds form and throughout the entire flowering period, it is necessary to increase the feeding of the plants, using complete fertilizer. To do this, add 40 g of superphosphate, 10 g of potassium sulfate or 20 g of potassium magnesium to 10 liters of mullein solution. The solution consumption is 200-250 ml per plant.
For fertilizing, you can also use the following complex fertilizers: 25 g of nitroammophoska, “Stimul-1” or 30 g of garden fertilizer mixture with microelements, but without chlorine, per 10 liters of mullein solution. The solution consumption is 1 liter for 4-5 plants. If it is not possible to prepare a fertilizer solution based on mullein, the dose mineral fertilizers should be increased by 1.5 times.
During the period of active fruiting and when it subsides, cucumbers need nitrogen-potassium fertilizers. Fertilizing with soluble complex fertilizer (20 g per 1 m2) has a good effect, especially useful on light soils where plants may lack magnesium.
If cloudy weather sets in for a long period of time during the cucumber growing season, you need to carry out foliar feeding with urea (20 g per 10 liters of water).
To extend the fruiting period, fertilizing with phosphorus will be required. Superphosphate can be applied before watering or rain, but it is best with irrigation water. If there is sufficient phosphorus supply, cucumbers benefit from fertilizing with potassium nitrate, which does not contain chlorine, which is bad for cucumbers. With absence complex fertilizer You can apply a mixture of simple fertilizers by diluting 10 g of urea and 10 g of potassium sulfate or 20 g of potassium magnesia in 10 liters of water and using the resulting amount of fertilizer per 1 m 2 of soil.
All watering of cucumbers can be combined with the addition of wood ash, a supplier of potassium and calcium (from 40 to 100 g of ash per 10 liters of water). Fertilizing with ash can also be done after rain.
Fertilizing with a week-old nettle infusion has a beneficial effect on cucumbers. The infusion should be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 7 and the plants should be watered every other day.
When planting, fertilizer for cucumbers must be selected correctly and applied in the required quantity. This culture does not like an excess of organic and mineral fertilizers, so their quantity should be moderate. Cucumber is grown in open ground, greenhouses, from seedlings and seeds. With each option, fertilizing is applied differently.
Cucumber loves wet soil with good air access. Therefore, the beds are pre-dug in the fall. At the same time, manure is added at the rate of 6-8 kg per square meter bed area. In spring, fresh manure cannot be applied; it is better to use humus. Apply it to the soil at a rate of 4-6 kg per square meter. Instead of humus, peat (8-10 kg/m²) is used.
In addition to organic fertilizers, mineral fertilizers are added to the soil for cucumbers. When preparing the soil, it is important to add phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and calcium. Prepare the following mixture:
Dilute all the ingredients in ten liters of water and fertilize a garden bed with an area of one meter square with this amount. To prepare the soil, use ordinary ash and a glass of 10 liters of water. A mixture of potassium salt (half a glass) and superphosphate (a third of a glass) gives good results when growing cucumbers. Fertilizers are applied at the end of April or at the beginning of May, 2-3 weeks before planting the cucumbers in the ground. When growing a crop in a greenhouse, the concentration of fertilizing is made half as much so that the cucumber does not stop growing due to an excess of fertilizers.
Cucumber seedlings are planted 30-40 days before they are transferred to a greenhouse or an open bed. To get a good harvest, you should choose the right soil for planting seeds. It should be fluffy, nutritious, with good drainage. Peat, humus, turf or leaf soil, river sand, and fertilizers are used to prepare the soil. Cucumber grows well in this mixture:
Nutrient soil for cucumbers is prepared with the following ingredients:
The soil is prepared in the fall, and by spring it will be settled and compacted. All components are thoroughly mixed and packaged in plastic bags. Before planting, cucumber seeds are soaked for 12-14 hours in a weak solution of potassium permanganate to kill bacteria and fungi. Then they are germinated on a damp cloth. Add a couple of drops of honey to the water, it stimulates growth well, and the cucumber sprouts faster.
After planting cucumber seeds, fertilizers are not applied to the soil until the first leaves appear. It is better not to use manure fertilizers; cucumber does not like an overdose of organic matter. Use ready-made mineral complex fertilizers. They are added at the rate of 0.5 g per liter of water. For self-cooking mixture, you can use the following recipe:
All components are diluted in 10 liters of water, and the plants are watered before adding to the soil. A cucumber produces a good harvest after applying the following fertilizer:
This mixture is also diluted in 10 liters of water. The second feeding is carried out after the appearance of several leaves on the cucumber seedlings, about a week after the first. The same mixtures are used, only the concentration of minerals in them should be twice as high. The third time, fertilizers for cucumbers are applied two weeks after the first feeding. The following mixture is used:
Cucumber does not like too much fertilizer. Therefore, you need to carefully monitor the condition of the seedlings in order to apply fertilizing correctly. The slightest change in growth or leaf color should be a reason to change the approach to adding nutrient mixtures.
There are different opinions about whether it is worth applying fertilizer when planting cucumbers directly in the ground. Some gardeners argue that to get a good harvest, the soil should be fertilized with mineral mixtures. Others believe that the first fertilizing should be applied only two weeks after the cucumber is planted in the garden. With an excess of organic matter and minerals, the crop grows poorly. In the first case, before planting, it is recommended to add the following mixture:
For the second feeding (or the first, if you did not apply fertilizer during planting), use organic matter. Prepare the following mixture:
Mineral fertilizers are also added to organic fertilizers. For example, mix 10 g of potassium chloride, superphosphate and ammonium nitrate. A tablespoon of urea is mixed with 60 grams of superphosphate. You can use ready-made mineral fertilizers. If the summer is warm and root system cucumbers are well developed, fertilizers are applied directly to the soil ( root feeding). In damp and cold weather, spray the leaves with low concentration nutrient solutions.
If the cucumber grows in a greenhouse, fertilizers are applied in small portions, in low concentrations. An excess of organic and mineral substances slows down the growth of this crop. In greenhouse conditions, more attention is paid to watering than fertilizing. Used as fertilizer for cucumbers chicken droppings, manure, superphosphate, potassium salts, urea nitrate. You can use the above recipes, just reduce the concentration by 1.5-2 times. It is important to monitor the condition of the cucumbers and fertilize only when necessary.
Compared to the “second bread”, cucumbers, of course, are not so important in the diet. But they enjoy no less love. I offer the easiest way to grow cucumbers. Before sowing
In the fall, we prepare the soil: after harvesting, we cultivate the beds, spraying them with a solution copper sulfate(1 tbsp per 10 liters of water), consumption - 1 liter per 1 sq. m beds. Before digging 1 sq. m of beds, add 1 cup of wood ash and 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate.
Then we dig up the bed using a spade and leave it until spring. In spring, 10 days before sowing seeds, per 1 sq. m add 3 kg of rotted manure and dig up the soil onto the bayonet of a shovel.
Before sowing seeds, we make furrows about 2 cm deep at a distance of about 15 cm from each other and water warm water(50°) with the addition of potassium permanganate (2 g per 10 liters of water) at the rate of 2 liters per 1 sq. m. Then after 20 minutes. water the furrows with a hot solution of sodium humate fertilizer (1 tbsp per 10 liters of water).
Before planting, we treat the seeds in a pale solution of potassium permanganate, remove the floating empty seeds, then, after rinsing the seeds, dry them. Sowing We sow dry seeds at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other and cover them with a small layer of soil (1-1.5 cm), lightly tamp the soil with our hands and do not water it, since the grooves are well saturated with liquid.
We spread double cellophane on top and secure it on all sides with heavy slats, you can cover window frames with glass or cut in half plastic bottles(like glasses) and cover the seeds with them. For 25-30 days, while the seedlings are growing, we do not remove the covering material.
Greenhouses
During this period, we water (1-2 times) with warm water (as the soil dries). 10 days before transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place, we feed (sodium humate - 1 tbsp per 10 liters of water), consumption - 3 liters per 1 sq. m. Before fertilizing, be sure to slightly loosen the soil between the rows.
We fertilize and water on a warm day, then after fertilizing we cover the bed again. During the last 10 days before transplanting, we harden the seedlings, removing the cover first for 40 minutes, then increasing the hardening time. After sowing
25-30 days after germination, we prepare the seedlings for planting in a permanent place. Before planting, we dig up the bed using a spade, make deep holes at a distance of about 30-40 cm from each other, add 1 kg of rotted manure to the hole, fill 6-8 cm with soil, water the holes generously with warm water, then We plant a plant in each hole.
We water the seedlings abundantly several hours before transplanting. Then, with a small shovel, we dig up a plant with a large, damp lump of earth and lower it into the hole. At the same time, you cannot squeeze the earthen lump with your hands.
It is better to replant seedlings in the evening or on a cloudy day. We water the cucumbers 2 times a week in the evening. We fertilize 3-4 times during the summer.
Put 1 bucket of mullein and 1 glass of urea into a 100-liter barrel of water, mix well, and repeat the procedure after 3-5 days. We water the plants at the rate of 5 liters per 1 square meter. m. For good yield, you need to ensure that there are no barren flowers.
To do this, after the 5-6th leaf, pinch the main stem. This stimulates branching of the plant and the development of shoots with female flowers
Lorelei 2 years ago Elena-Lilia more than a month ago
Cucumbers are the most active of all vegetables (together with cabbage) in drawing out free nitrogen. But we don’t need nitrate cucumbers. Therefore, I am categorically against manure for cucumbers.
Of course, they will grow big and a lot, but then don’t be surprised why jars of pickled cucumbers explode, or the cucumbers in the jar turn out soft. I don’t put anything other than humus (about 5 liters) and complex fertilizer (a tablespoon) in the hole. The main thing is what to put under the hole!
To ensure that the ground under the cucumbers is always warm, we dig a hole (60-70 cm), put a bucket of rotten autumn leaves there, and then cover it with earth again. And cucumbers need to be planted in very moist soil, almost mud. This way they will take root better. It will be useful to slip three tablets of glioclodin into the hole under the seedlings as a preventive measure for root rot.
commentonion peel, dacha advice , vegetable garden and beds April 29, 2014, 15:45 When drying and peeling onions, a lot of peel remains.
I always collect it... even in winter, when I peel onions for food, I put the dry husks in a box. When planting tomato and pepper seedlings, I put a good handful of husks and humus in each hole, mix it, put a small layer of soil on top, then put the seedlings taken out of the cup with a lump of earth into the hole. Onion peels prevent the development of many diseases of nightshade crops.
It turns out that onion peels are universal and can be used more than once. After preparing a decoction, infusion or dye, do not throw away the husks, but use them as organic fertilizer and you will definitely get a good harvest of vegetables.
The husk is not only a fertility stimulant, but also an antiseptic that helps in pest control. Used husks can be composted.
It is also known from popular experience that to combat the Colorado potato beetle, which destroys potato plantings, they bury onion skins— beetles cannot stand its smell. I soak onion peels and then put them under the eggplant bushes... the bushes are clean, no Colorado potato beetles)) Place a handful of peels in the hole when planting tomatoes, cabbage, and potatoes.
Many of us throw away onion peels, but in vain... because they are a very valuable thing. Here's to destruction spider mite many have tried everything... but all you need is 10 g of onion peel, add warm water, leave for five days and sprinkle the necessary plants.
It is known that three liters of infusion is enough to replace dozens of pesticides. I once tried adding onion peels to the soil in which I planted seedlings, some summer residents claim that this saves the seedlings from the “black leg” disease.
Onion infusion is also good for watering cucumbers. Especially when the leaves begin to turn yellow, you need to add two large handfuls of husks to a bucket of warm water, bring to a boil and leave until it cools.
When the infusion has cooled, take 2 liters of this infusion into a bucket of water and water the cucumbers and zucchini from a watering can. Last year I conducted an experiment... I put a lot of onion peels in a bucket and filled it with water (regular, not boiling water) and put it in a greenhouse.
I noticed that there are no aphids on the plants and other various midges. Sometimes I dip a broom into this explosive mixture and sprinkle cucumbers and peppers on the leaves. Tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots, watered with infusion of the husks, respond well.
The yield increases noticeably.
| Loading... Cucumbers - growing, care, fertilization. Secrets of planting cucumbers, secrets of productivity. We choose seeds, it is better to buy them in large specialized stores for summer residents, and if you are completely satisfied with the variety after growing it, then keep a bag for yourself so that you know which company produces it. Decide which seeds exactly, because there are seeds for pickling, late, early varieties, varieties for open ground or growing on a windowsill. Of course, over time you will decide which variety will please you, but you can’t do without experimentation, so plant several different beds cucumbers Hybrids are easier to grow, pollinate better and yield more. Although the old traditional varieties are more aromatic and tastier, they usually cause more hassle. begin with proper preparation seeds for planting. Planting cucumbers is designed for the type of cultivation, and there are two of them: horizontal and vertical. In the first case, cucumbers spread like vines along the ground. In the second, they are woven along special ropes or nets tied to trellises (frame), the top, and you need to think so that most of the day this entire net is illuminated by the sun, and if there are several ridges, then so that the nets with weaving cucumbers do not block each other friend, since cucumbers are very demanding of heat. A selection of recipes for preparing cucumbers (and other vegetables) for the winter at the link. In cold soil, cucumber seeds will take a very long time to germinate, so they need to be soaked 2-3 days before planting: take a cloth or cotton wool, moisten it with warm water, wrap the seeds in it and in a jar or bag (this is called soaking or germination). To increase it, you can soak cucumber seeds in a regular growth stimulant, having first bought it in the store. If the moisture has evaporated, add not much, drying out is not permissible. Keep in a warm place until sprouts appear. As soon as half of the seeds have sprouts, they are planted. Secrets of planting and features of cucumbersIN open ground seeds are sown when the soil warms up to +15...+17°C. For sowing, holes are prepared every 50-60 cm, which are placed in one or two rows. When growing cucumbers on a trellis, holes are made every 20 cm, the row spacing is 30-40 cm. 4-5 seeds are placed in each hole. Sowing depth - up to 2 cm. When seedlings appear, the plants must be thinned out. To do this, excess seedlings are not pulled out, but carefully cut off so as not to injure the roots of the remaining plants. In cucumbers late varieties When 4-5 leaves appear, it is recommended to pinch the apical bud. This will speed up the appearance of female flowers and the formation of the ovary. If you plant cucumbers in long beds then in the row the distance between the bushes is 17 - 25 cm, between the rows about 40 cm. high place Pre-dig and apply complex fertilizer, can be purchased at garden stores. We plant the cucumber seeds in the soil, not deep. We mulch the top with humus. Choose a sunny place for planting cucumbers. Planting cucumber seeds in nests is the most convenient. Place 4-5 seeds in each nest. The distance between nests can be 30-40 cm. Cucumbers do not tolerate weeds, remove them on time. Initial careThe whole month of May is quite cold, and cucumbers love warmth, so it’s worth covering them, and they also grow faster. Until they sprout, we water a little at a time in the places above the planting with warm (not lower than 20 degrees) water, after germination we make sure that the ground is slightly moist. Due to the characteristics of the root system, the roots protrude to the surface, they need to be sprinkled with humus. Watering is moderate, warm, settled water. Fertilizer can be used with brown compost mash, or a greenish solution of herbal fertilizer. Feed once a week at the rate of a bucket of fertilizer per square meter. You can also use a mash of ash - 0.5-1 glass per bucket of water per 2 square meters. Cucumbers can be planted in several stages, so that you have cucumbers all summer long. Cucumbers do not tolerate frost and immediately react to changes in temperature: when it drops to +15°C, the growth of plants sharply slows down, and at a temperature of +10°C and below - it stops completely. The most suitable for cucumber are following conditions:
Lack of moisture makes cucumbers bitter. Water the plants only with warm water (temperature not lower than +25°C). Best time for watering cucumbers in open ground - in the evening, in a greenhouse - in the morning.
In total for the season - 6-8 root dressings. Before fertilizing, it is necessary to water the soil well. As an organic fertilizer, it is recommended to use a solution of bird droppings in water (1:25) or mullein (1:10). The solution is used at a rate of approximately 4-6 liters per 1 m². Another secret to increasing the yield of cucumbers is to be sure to pick cucumbers every day, because overgrown cucumbers on the stems cause the new ovaries to dry out. Caring for cucumbers involves timely watering, fertilizing, and harvesting. You liked the article, share it with your friends in your social network by clicking the button: |
cucumbers grow well in fertile soil. On soddy-podzolic soils, they should be planted in the second year after abundant application of organic fertilizers to the soil.
During the short growing season, the crop needs to form a powerful leaf apparatus and a large number of fruits. It is not recommended to plant cucumbers in fresh manure due to strong vegetation to the detriment of fruiting. Although fresh manure in a volume of 5-10 kg per 1 m2 can be applied under the predecessor or in the fall when digging the soil.
Carbon dioxide, which is released during the decomposition of fresh manure, significantly improves the physical properties of the soil. The main organic fertilizer for cucumbers can be considered semi-rotted manure, which is applied during spring digging of the soil, in rows when sowing seeds or in holes when planting seedlings. For these purposes, you can also use spent greenhouse soil, a compost mixture, humus soil or well-decomposed peat. Of the entire norm of fertilizers prescribed for cucumbers, two-thirds should be applied for digging, and the rest - along with pre-sowing loosening of the soil, in rows at sowing or in holes when planting seedlings, as well as in fertilizing.
In all cases, complete mineral fertilizer is added to the organic fertilizer: 90 g of nitrophoska or 50 g of nitroammophoska. Complete mineral fertilizer can be replaced with a mixture of simple fertilizers, taking 20 g of urea, double superphosphate or ammophos, 20 g of potassium sulfate or 30 g of potassium magnesia per 1 m2 . On acidic soils, liming should be carried out (preferably under the previous crop) by adding 300-500 g of dolomite flour per 1 m2 of land. The following set of fertilizers can be applied to the crop: 3 kg of humus and peat, 2 kg of sawdust to loosen the soil, 30- 40 g of superphosphate and 10-15 g of potassium salt per 1 m2 of area.
Fertilizers need to be evenly distributed over the area and incorporated into the soil to a depth of 20 cm by digging. If granulated superphosphate (5 g per 1 m2) is added to the rows during sowing, you can quickly get an early harvest of cucumbers. Powdered superphosphate must first be mixed with humus.
Potassium fertilizers during spring tillage can be replaced with wood ash at the rate of 150-200 g per 1 m2. Cucumbers in central Russia are usually grown through seedlings, which are fed twice with mullein (1:8) or chicken manure (1:10). The first feeding with a liquid solution is carried out 2 weeks after emergence. The second feeding is given 2 days before planting seedlings, adding 15 g of ammonium nitrate and potassium sulfate and 20 g of superphosphate per 10 liters of mullein or bird droppings solution.
The solution consumption is 1 cup per 2 plants. After planting cucumbers in a permanent place in the ground, you need to fertilize every 10-15 days, combining them with watering. Before flowering, cucumbers primarily need nitrogen to promote stem growth and leaf formation.
For nitrogen fertilizing, 1 liter of mullein or 10 g of urea is dissolved in 10 liters of water. At the beginning of flowering, when adding liquid fertilizer based on mullein, microfertilizers are added to the solution (1 tablet per 1 liter of solution). You can also prepare an aqueous solution consisting of 10 liters of water, 0.5 g of boric acid, 0.4 g of manganese sulfate and 0.1 g of zinc sulfate. During the period of mass flowering, the need for phosphorus and potassium in cucumbers increases, and on sandy loam soils they are often deficient in magnesium.
Therefore, from the moment the buds form and throughout the entire flowering period, it is necessary to increase the feeding of the plants, using complete fertilizer. To do this, add 40 g of superphosphate, 10 g of potassium sulfate or 20 g of potassium magnesium to 10 liters of mullein solution.
The solution consumption is 200-250 ml per plant. The following complex fertilizers can also be used for fertilizing: 25 g of nitroammophoska, Stimul-1 or 30 g of garden fertilizer mixture with microelements, but without chlorine, per 10 liters of mullein solution. The solution consumption is 1 liter for 4-5 plants.
If it is not possible to prepare a fertilizer solution based on mullein, the dose of mineral fertilizers should be increased by 1.5 times. During the period of active fruiting and when it subsides, cucumbers need nitrogen-potassium fertilizers. A good effect is obtained by fertilizing with a soluble complex fertilizer (20 g per 1 m2), especially useful on light soils where plants may lack magnesium. If cloudy weather sets in for a long time during the cucumber growing season, you need to carry out foliar fertilizing with urea (20 g per 10 l of water).To extend the fruiting period, phosphorus feeding will be required.
Superphosphate can be applied before watering or rain, but it is best with irrigation water. If there is sufficient phosphorus supply, cucumbers benefit from fertilizing with potassium nitrate, which does not contain chlorine, which is bad for cucumbers.
In the absence of complex fertilizer, you can use a mixture of simple fertilizers, diluting 10 g of urea and 10 g of potassium sulfate or 20 g of potassium magnesia in 10 liters of water and using the resulting amount of fertilizer per 1 m2 of soil. All watering of cucumbers can be combined with the addition of wood ash - a supplier of potassium and calcium (from 40 to 100 g of ash per 10 liters of water). Fertilizing with ash can also be done after rain. Fertilizing with a week-old nettle infusion has a beneficial effect on cucumbers. The infusion should be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 7 and the plants should be watered every other day.
Before planting cucumbers in the soil, it is necessary to apply fertilizers, which is the key to the fruiting of the crop. This should be given some attention Special attention, having previously prepared the soil in the bed intended for planting cucumbers.
Among gardeners, there are different opinions and views on how to prepare the land before planting seeds. Each summer resident chooses for himself which fertilizer to prefer for feeding cucumbers. Most people are convinced that it is necessary to fertilize the soil in the fall. Mineral mixture, used to saturate the soil, is impregnated nutrients, and this requires several months and plenty of moisture.
Preparing the soil in the fall: after harvesting, the beds are treated by sprinkling them with a solution of copper sulfate (1 tbsp per 10 liters of water), consumption - 1 liter per 1 sq. m. m beds. Before digging 1 sq. m of beds add 1 cup of wood ash and 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate. Then the bed is dug up using a spade and left until spring. In spring, 10 days before sowing seeds, per 1 sq. m add 3 kg of rotted manure and dig up the soil onto the bayonet of a shovel.
Before sowing seeds, it is necessary to make furrows about 2 cm deep at a distance of about 15 cm from each other and water with warm water (50°) with the addition of potassium permanganate (2 g per 10 liters of water) at the rate of 2 liters per 1 sq.m. . m. Then after 20 minutes. water the grooves with a hot solution of sodium humate fertilizer (1 tbsp per 10 liters of water). Before planting, seeds should be pickled in a pale solution of potassium permanganate, any floating empty seeds should be removed, then the seeds should be rinsed and dried.
Dry seeds should be sown at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other and covered with a small layer of soil (1-1.5 cm), lightly compact the soil by hand and do not water, as the grooves are well saturated with liquid. Spread double cellophane on top and secure it on all sides with heavy slats, you can cover it with window frames with glass or cut it in half plastic bottles and cover the seeds with them.
For 25-30 days, while the seedlings are growing, the covering material cannot be removed. During this period, watering should be done (1-2 times) with warm water (as the soil dries out). 10 days before transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place, you need to fertilize (sodium humate - 1 tbsp per 10 liters of water), consumption - 3 liters per 1 sq. m. Before fertilizing, be sure to slightly loosen the soil between the rows. Fertilizing and watering should be done on a warm day, then after fertilizing, cover the bed again. During the last 10 days before transplanting, the seedlings should be hardened, removing the cover first for 40 minutes, then the hardening time should be increased.
25-30 days after germination, the seedlings need to be prepared for planting in a permanent place. Before planting, you need to dig the bed with a spade, make deep holes at a distance of about 30-40 cm from each other, add 1 kg of rotted manure to the hole, cover it with 6-8 cm of soil, water the holes generously with warm water, then plant a plant in each hole. Water the seedlings abundantly several hours before transplanting. Then, with a small shovel, dig up a plant with a large, damp lump of earth and lower it into the hole.
It is better to transplant seedlings in the evening or on a cloudy day. Watering cucumbers should be done 2 times a week in the evening hours. Fertilize 3-4 times during the summer. To do this, place 1 bucket of mullein and 1 glass of urea in a 100-liter barrel of water, mix well, and repeat the procedure after 3-5 days. Plants should be watered at the rate of 5 liters per 1 square meter. m.
Everyone knows how good cucumbers are, both fresh and canned. But to get a rich harvest, you will have to work hard. Cucumbers are a very fastidious crop. They react to everything: temperature changes, frost, heat, lack and excess of humidity and, of course, to a lack of batteries.
In order for the cucumber to grow healthy, strong, tasty and beautiful, you need to think about where it will grow in the fall. This place should be well lit without shading. The ideal predecessors for them are:
First you need to decide how to cook and what to put in the hole when planting cucumbers. You can prepare a garden bed both in the fall and in the spring.
If the bed is prepared in the fall, then after harvesting it must be cleared of remaining leaves and roots and treated with a solution of copper sulfate (a tablespoon per 10 liters of water, a liter of solution is used per square meter). Then you can add cow or horse dung and dig up. Over the winter it will rot and turn into humus.
Phosphorus fertilizers
If there is a shortage of manure, you can apply various fertilizers to the garden bed. Behind winter period they will “ripen” and take on the form that plants need. For quality growth, a cucumber simply needs the following substances:
In the fall, it is necessary to add potassium salts from 10 to 25 grams per square meter and ammonium sulfate - approximately 15-20 g. Potassium salts can be replaced with ash.
There are many ways to get an excellent harvest of cucumbers if it was not possible to fertilize the soil in the fall:
Important! When feeding cucumbers, the rule applies: “Less is better, but more often.” This suggests that there will be more benefits if you treat with a weaker solution more often than with a concentrated solution 3 times per season.
It is very useful to plant green manure. They are needed to improve soil health in greenhouses and on small areas. Green manure replenishes the stock useful substances in the soil, loosen it and destroy the toxic secretions of cucumbers. Green manure should be planted in early spring. It is advisable to cover the plantings with film for rapid seed germination. When the greenery reaches 10-15 centimeters, without mowing it or digging it up, make holes, fill them as usual and plant them planting material, don't forget to water.
Green manure
The grown green manure grass protects the seedlings from the winds. As soon as the cucumber plants get stronger, the green manure is carefully mowed or cut and used as mulch.
Attention! It is also useful to plant green manure in the fall after harvesting. They will grow before frost, and during the winter they will decompose and enrich the soil.
In regions with colder climates and short summer cucumbers are grown seedling method. To feed seedlings, use a solution of mullein (1 to 8) or chicken manure (1 to 10). The plant is fed for the first time two weeks after the first leaves appear. The second time they fertilize a couple of days before planting in the ground, in this case it is necessary to add mullein or bird droppings for every 10 liters of solution, and also put ammonium nitrate and potassium sulfate in the amount of 15 g and superphosphate - 20 g. A glass of solution is enough for every two plants.
After the cucumber seedlings are planted in a permanent place, they need to be fed every two weeks. It is better to do this while watering. Nitrogen is needed for stem growth and leaf formation. For such feeding, a liter of mullein and 10 g of urea are diluted in ten liters of water.
When the first flowers appear, you should again fertilize with mullein with the addition of microfertilizer (one tablet per liter of solution). If there is no mullein, then the solution can be prepared using water. To do this you will need:
During abundant flowering cucumbers are deficient in phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. During this period, you need to apply complete fertilizer:
One bush will need about a glass of this solution.
Attention! During fruit formation, cucumbers must be fed with nitrogen-potassium fertilizers (20 g per square meter).
To extend the fruiting period, it is necessary to feed the cucumbers with phosphorus. Superphosphate is best applied during watering.
Many gardeners do not like the use of chemicals in their garden. They believe that it is better to put organic matter in the hole when planting cucumbers, which acts no worse on them:
Only when proper care can be achieved good harvest. The selection and proper use of fertilizers largely determines what kind of harvest a gardener will reap in the fall.
