Proper care for cucumbers - a guarantee of a good harvest!

Almost everyone loves cucumber. A fresh and invigorating smell is associated with a fragrant okroshka and summer heat. Refreshing in the heat okroshka can be prepared without meat, and without radishes, but without cucumber and greens - no way!

Growing vegetables in a greenhouse or a greenhouse on a suburban site will enrich the family's diet with vitamins already in early spring, will maintain at the proper level until the autumn cold and will make it possible to make winter supplies.

Care for cucumber in the greenhouse Practically does not differ from agrotechnics in greenhouses and open ground. One of the main components of the future rich harvest is the selection of suitable, proven varieties and quality seeds. Before sowing seeds, they need to be soaked for about a day in spring water or rainwater (you can in the thawed, and if you take from the tap, it's good to defend). Swollen seeds sow in pairs in peat pots no deeper than 2 cm, covering the top with a film.

After 25 days, transplants can be transplanted into a greenhouse or a greenhouse. The earth must Autumn after harvesting and plant waste to be disinfected with bleach solution . The solution is prepared as follows: dissolve 40 g of lime in 12 liters of water, allow to stand for 2 hours and filter. In spring, the soil must be sieved with a solution of potassium permanganate (3 g per 10 liters of water). For the middle zone of Russia, the optimal period of transplantation into a greenhouse is after the first decade of May, and on the bed - a month later.

To simplify the care of cucumbers, the width of the ridge should be done no more than 60 cm, and plants should be planted in one row. As the growth is formed, the plant is plucked by side shoots at the bottom of the main vine, and it is pinched when it touches the upper trellis. Do a pinch after the third sheet for the last fruit. This method is guaranteed to increase the future harvest. Further care for cucumbers consists in maintaining a balance between temperature and humidity and maintaining the appropriate microclimate.

When the plants bloom, the greenhouse must necessarily (especially on sunny days) be ventilated. But ventilation should be done carefully, eliminating drafts: cucumbers do not like this and can stop growing. Watering during this period should be increased in volume to 5 liters (necessarily with warm water). Water better when the day's heat falls.

Cold water can provoke a terrible disease - radical decay. When grown outdoors, the disease may appear in a cold rainy summer. Care for cucumbers during the disease consists in careful pollination of the roots and the root part of the stem with a special mixture. To cook it, you need to add 1 cup of copper sulphate and 2 kg of lime to 6 kg of wood ash, mix well. After pollination should sprinkle the roots of fresh fertile soil.

Feed the plants twice a month with a solution of Mullein, diluted 10-fold. Between organic subcortex it is possible to make mineral fertilizers. Remove fruits every day or every other day. This gives an incentive for the ripening of the rest. If caring for cucumbers was correct, then without a crop just do not stay, and fresh salad until the coldest or salty crispy cucumber to potatoes in winter will be provided!