Diseases of cucumbers - how to save the harvest?

Cucumbers are very popular with gardeners. What a pleasure - to break a strong pimply fruit and rasprostovat his sweetish crunchy flesh! But, like any other cultural plant, cucumbers are prone to disease. The earlier the cause of the disease is recognized, the more effective will be the treatment of cucumber disease, which means that the plants will be saved and the crop will not suffer.

Of the most common among vegetable crops, one can distinguish a fungal disease of white rot. It affects not only cucumbers, but also onions, tomatoes, celery, cabbage and other crops. White rot spreads throughout the plant, covers the white mycelium stems, roots, leaves. Vegetable culture dries, wilts and dies. The spread of this disease contributes to cool weather with high humidity, poorly ventilated greenhouse. To cucumber disease did not lead the plant to death, you need to proceed as follows. It is necessary to maintain in the greenhouse, where the plants are planted, the optimum level of air and humidity for them, and regularly arrange for airing. The greenhouse should be decontaminated. If the plant is already affected by the disease, it is necessary to remove its infected parts. As a top dressing for cucumbers water solutions of urea, zinc sulphate and copper sulfate are suitable.

Fungal diseases of cucumbers are not limited to white rot. Anthracnose belongs to similar plant diseases. It also poses a danger to the plant. Symptoms of the disease are spots of light brown color, which appear on leaves and stems, as well as mucous ulcers on fruits of cucumbers. As a result, they begin to rot, become wrinkled. As preventive measures should be chosen for planting seeds only from healthy fruits, use in the greenhouse as a disinfectant bleach. The remains of plants, especially those with cucumber diseases, must be immediately destroyed. It is necessary to track the plants affected by the fungus during the flowering period and during the selection of seedlings for planting in the soil. To prevent the emergence of bacterial (angular patchiness) plants should not be planted densely. For prevention, they can be treated with Bordeaux fluid, mineral fertilizers that contain potassium.

In addition to fungal diseases are found in cucumbers and viral diseases. These include ordinary mosaic. As a result of its appearance on the leaves of plants there are spots of light green color. For the eradication of cucumber disease or its prevention, the following measures are used: regular inspection of the plant and tracing signs of its appearance. It is necessary to adhere to the observance of crop rotation. A solution of green fertilizer with wood ash is suitable for spraying plants. Ingredients should be taken in the ratio of one glass to one bucket of solution. A dangerous disease is the root rot, capable of destroying the plant. Of the measures to prevent it can be described as follows: watering cucumbers with warm water, mulching in the greenhouse of the soil, removal of affected plant elements. Basal part of cucumbers should be sprinkled with charcoal.

There are known diseases of cucumber seedlings, which can lead to the death of plants. For example, powdery mildew. It appears as a white coating on the leaves. To avoid it, you should regulate the flow of moisture to vegetable crops, alternate plants planted in one place. By observing these preventive measures, it is possible to preserve the plants and ensure a high yield of cucumbers.