2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
So that cucumber lashes do not upset you with crumbling ovaries, decay of roots and stems and other unpleasant surprises, simple operations should be performed to help cucumbers grow strong, persistent and fertile
Loosen the ground carefully
The roots of any plant, like all living things on Earth, need oxygen for successful development. If the surface of the soil becomes covered with an airtight crust, the plant begins to suffocate, as an asthmatic person suffocates. Therefore, there is a need to intervene in a situation requiring loosening of the soil.
Given the superficial location of the cucumber root system, help should be jewelry, affecting no more than 3-4 centimeters of soil. The operation should be carried out after each meeting of the soil with rain or irrigation water.
If the soil is peaty on your bed, then loosening is replaced by a simple piercing of the soil with a pitchfork or other handy sharp tools of gardening work. Such passages will provide access to the air necessary for the roots.
We huddle the cucumber
The base of the cucumber stalk does not tolerate the constant presence of moist soil around it. Constant humidity leads to stem rot and death of the entire plant.
It is very easy to avoid such a disastrous result. You just need to huddle the stem a little. Then the earthen cone will not allow water to linger at the surface, but will safely lower the moisture to a lower level in order to saturate the roots of the plant with it.
Such a simple operation is especially necessary in wet weather and when the beds are located in places with high humidity.
Hilling is done very carefully, keeping in mind the close occurrence of the roots. They begin to resort to a similar operation after the appearance of the third true leaf on the stem.
If the soil on the bed is heavy, then hilling can be replaced by pouring loose fertile soil to the base of the plant.
Cold water banned
To better understand the needs of plants, you need to listen to your own body. After all, the principle of operation of all life on Earth has many similarities.
You've probably heard of cases with a fatal outcome when a person who is heated by work or jogging drinks a glass of ice water in one gulp. Or you know about the prohibition to drink cold water after eating fragrant honey that warms your body inside. Not every organism can withstand such a sharp temperature drop inside your "temple".
A similar picture is observed in plants. In hot weather, the cucumber stalk overheats. When hot plants are watered with cold water, scanty cracks appear on the stem, which are quite suitable for pathogens living in the soil and just waiting for such moments to move to a cozy and satisfying place. The consequences of such a resettlement, I think, are clear to everyone.
In addition to the appearance of microcracks on the stem, cold water acts on the vessels of the plant, through which there is a life-giving exchange between the roots and the aboveground part. The action of cold against a background of heat is like a blood clot in a human blood vessel. It clogs blood vessels, blocking the flow of nutrients, which leads to a halt in plant growth. Outwardly, this is expressed in the dropping of the ovaries and the stiffness of the leaves.
Therefore, in order not to harm the plant, it is necessary to have a supply of warm water for watering cucumbers.
Poultice
You have planted cucumber seedlings in a greenhouse or greenhouse, expecting their rapid growth in more relaxed conditions. But the capricious nature disposed of in its own way, sending cool cloudy weather, which slowed down the growth and development of the plant. Can you help cucumbers overcome this obstacle?
Experienced gardeners respond positively and propose to carry out a "poultice" - saturation of the greenhouse or greenhouse air with steam.
For this, a small watering of the garden is carried out from 11 to 12 noon and the cucumber dwelling is tightly closed. In an enclosed space, a microclimate with high humidity and high temperature is created, which stimulates the growth of cucumber lashes and leaves, and also contributes to the laying of fertile female flowers
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