Homeliness, Gardening
What does a cucumber prefer: growing by seedlings or in the open ground?
Is there a vegetable more loved by Russians than a cucumber? Is that potatoes. Cucumber tries to grow every owner at least a small patch of land. Still, to tear off from his garden young green and then they crunch - is it not pleasure?
But until this point will have to thoroughly sweat. First you need to decide which method is preferable for cultivating a cucumber: growing with seedlings or in the open ground? Streetschaya garden or trellis? All methods are good in their own way. We deliberately do not talk about the industrial scale of cultivation of culture - we would have to decide on our own bed. All the above mentioned methods of planting are acceptable for any sites, including the smallest ones. It depends on how to plant.
Now many prefer a greenhouse cucumber - growing seedlings with further growth of fruits is possible at any time of the year and at any external temperatures. About those regions where the summer is very short, and there is no need to speak, there greenhouse cultivation is a harsh necessity. What features does this method have?
I repeat, we are talking about simple teplichkah on its site, and not about large workshops with a fashionable hydroponics nowadays. This means that the soil is of prime importance. The earth should be well fertilized with organic, preferably from the autumn. On a square meter is introduced from 10 to 15 kilograms of rotten cow dung. The main thing is that this process should be completed at least three weeks before the cucumber is planted. Growing seedlings or seeds - does not matter, the soil must be prepared in advance.
After the first shoots, you do not need to immediately start watering them, otherwise they will stretch out on thin stems. Although the over-dried soil should not be in any case and at any stage. Cucumbers are especially sensitive to a lack of moisture during the ripening period. From time to time, the roots must be nourished, beginning with the phase of the second-third present leaf. In a bucket of settled water, 10 grams of ammonium nitrate, potassium salt and superphosphate are dissolved. Watering a moderate - after all it's synthetic fertilizers, and we want to grow an environmentally friendly cucumber.
Growing seedlings are preferred by many truck farmers, even if the garden is cultivated outdoors. It can be bought on the market, choosing healthy plants without spots on the leaves, with thick stems. However, after landing in the ground it is better to insure a little cucumber. Cultivation in the open ground is painless if the seeds have been planted since the spring. But seedlings can feel bad because of the difference in night temperatures and drafts. Therefore, for the first two or three days, it is better to stretch over the germs a string or wire and throw a transparent film over the shoots. It turns out such a miniature hothouse.
In a few days, the film can be removed, preferably in the morning, and not under a cool night. To get used to the daytime temperature, usually enough for a day. Next, the seedlings will grow.
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