Cucumber Wisdom

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Such a simple vegetable like a cucumber still has many subtleties when growing. With knowledge of such garden wisdom, you can significantly increase the yield of beautiful, juicy and healthy green beauties

What you need to know about watering and female flowers

When the cucumbers in the beds grow even, elastic, when they taste juicy, it means that they have enough of everything and are satisfied with everything. And how to understand what is lacking for those poor fellows who become lopsided? As a rule, this indicates irregular watering. What if there is no way to ride to the country house every day to take care of your beds? Sphagnum moss will help you. Cover the beds with it on both sides - this natural material not only retains, but also attracts moisture.

But here's the paradox - in order to enhance the formation of female flowers on cucumber vines, it is recommended to dry the ground a little before that. Therefore, watering at this moment is stopped for a short time.

Another technique that helps to increase the number of female flowers is the ringing of plant stems. For this purpose, a ring cut in the skin around the stem is made slightly below the first two leaves. Prerequisites - the tool must be sharp and clean, and the weather outside the window is dry.

In general, cucumbers are quite sensitive to the weather and can not tolerate its changes. Therefore, in case of sudden cold snaps, it is better not to open the greenhouses. It was also noticed that in the dark, plants tolerate short-term cold snaps somewhat better than when they are in the light.

Large temperature differences can also affect the shape of the fruit. From this, the so-called "waist" appears on the cucumber. Another reason a cucumber can give the impression of being "tied with a strap" is poor pollination. Therefore, experienced gardeners know that stimulating the appearance of female flowers is half the battle. It is also advisable to attract beneficial insects to help. To do this, you can use such a trick as installing small containers with honey water on the beds.

Water will help not only grow, but also keep fresh crops for longer. To do this, the cucumbers are placed vertically in the basin, with the stalks down, and kept three-quarters in liquid. To keep the cucumbers crisp longer, the water needs to be changed every day.

For a rich harvest - additional roots and feeding

One of the features of pumpkin seeds is their ability to grow a large number of additional roots. This helps the plant to fight for survival in hot climates - to extract water, nutrients to increase the yield. The gardener can also help his pets with this process. To do this, when the lashes begin to grow, they should be guided and pinned in the right places. For reliability, it is also worth sprinkling this section of cucumber liana with earth. And, of course, you should not disturb the whips in the process of loosening, harvesting, so as not to damage the additional roots formed. For the same reason, it is undesirable to move the whips from place to place.

Additional roots are important, but when the soil lacks certain nutrients, there will be little help from even the most developed root system. And such a deficit often becomes the reason that the fruits take on a bizarre and not the most attractive shape.

If the cucumber looks more like a pear, such a thickening becomes a signal of a lack of potassium in the soil. An infusion of wood ash helps to cope with this problem. You can also apply a solution of potassium sulfate - 1 table. l. in a 10 liter bucket of water. Top dressing is applied after watering, about 3 liters for each vine.

If the bottom of the fruit becomes sharp, stunted, wrinkles and curls, this indicates a lack of nitrogen. In this case, urea will help out - 1 table. l. 10 liters of water. Top dressing is also carried out after watering the garden.