Cucumbers on trellises: planting, growing and photo. How to grow cucumbers on trellises?

All truck farmers try to use the hundreds of hectares allocated to them as economically as possible - usually there are not enough places for planting, but you want to plant a variety of crops, so that the harvest is bigger and more plump. And in this lovers of cucumbers a previously little-known way of growing them on trellises will be very helpful.

What it is

In principle, before such an improvement, some summer residents are even thinking of themselves. It is clear that the plants spread on the ground occupy a lot of precious space. And since the fruits of the cucumber are not particularly heavy (in contrast to the same melons), you can direct growth not horizontally, but vertically. This is the way to grow cucumbers on trellises. They are a specially assembled support, clinging to which plants will rise above the ground.

The better this method

In addition to the obvious economy of space, cucumber on the tapestries provide a few more "benefits" to the owner of the site. First of all, it is an opportunity to equip the system for drip irrigation. This way of watering - the dream of any trucker: the water is significantly saved and delivered immediately to the destination, resulting in cucumbers are, as they say, "one to one," not deformed, not bitter and in much more.

The second advantage is ease of care. Cucumbers on trellises are easier and artificial to pollinate, and to process from pests and diseases, and collect when the harvest is ripe.

And the third benefit is the simplicity of getting rid of weeds. Weeds between the stands for cucumbers to weed out much easier than "picking" them between lying on the ground whips of useful plants.

What you need to take into account

Like any business, growing cucumbers on trellis has its own characteristics, which you need to consider in order to get the desired result. The rules of predecessors remain, which will not damage your plantings: cucumbers "inherit" soil after tomatoes, potatoes or cabbage. In the autumn on the eve of the year, in which the planting of cucumbers on trellises is planned, the earth should be fertilized with humus. It is dug with soil at the rate of 10 kilos per hundred square meters. For the convenience of subsequent care, planting plants better in the beds. They are also well warmed up, so that even a slight drop in temperature at night will not hurt your planting.

The most optimal design

When we grow cucumbers on the trellis, I want to choose the most successful option of equipment. They will be removable, because after a while the plants will have to "migrate" to new, not depleted soil. The trellises are located 5 meters apart and consist of vertical bases with a wire spanned between them - from above, in the middle and from below. Some gardeners recommend making the bases double, with a distance between the posts of half a meter. Racks are placed half a meter apart, under a slight inclination, resting one on top of the other. So it turns out to place cucumbers on trellises in much more quantity on the same space. The wire is fixed with a grid with cells of 15x18 cm, the height of the entire structure should be 180 cm: less - unprofitable, more - it will be difficult to care for plants. The land under plantings is usually covered with polyethylene - it will perform the function of mulch, protecting the soil from weeds and unplanned evaporation of moisture. The film stretches along the entire bed, and the edges are fixed with small stones or simply with earth.

Features of planting and the first days of life

Terms in which you will carry in the ground your cucumbers (on tapestries grown including) depend on many factors: the climatic zone, in the greenhouse or immediately into the soil, by seedlings or seeds. In any case, the land should be already warmed to 14 degrees, and the depth of the warm layer is at least 15 cm. Since growing cucumbers on tapestries - a technology that has not been mastered yet, we give a hint: in the film, covered with earth, small holes are cut through 2-3 seeds are planted or 2-3 sprouts are planted.

When seeds give seedlings (or your seedlings grow stronger), you need to closely monitor the development of plants. The first of their attempts to blossom cease on the vine: until there are 6 leaves, all the ovaries must be plucked. Let the harvest you get a week later, but it will be more, and cucumbers will grow much larger.

What is the key to success?

To begin with it is necessary (as, however, and with the old method of cultivation) to correctly determine the site for planting. It should be well ventilated and not too lit (if light floods all your hundred, you will have to create a shadow artificially). Seeds are better to take those that are considered old, that is, from a crop harvested at least 2 years ago. If the plants discard the wasteland, stop watering for about a week, limit the spraying of plantings and always pinch the whips after the fifth or sixth leaf. In case of termination of growth or blanching of foliage and fruits, immediately fertilize the plantation with nitrogen-potassium fertilizers. Be sure to watch out for the growth of cucumbers and direct the whips to free areas.

Further Care

It is not too different from the usual. The main feature - the direction of growth in the free areas and tying up those lashes that failed to catch on. The emphasis should also be on circumcision of withered and sick leaves - they can ruin the whole trellis. Male flowers should be removed regularly; In the same way in early terms, one must pinch and ugly fruits, so that the plant does not waste energy on their cultivation. Many truck farmers who mastered "cucumber on the tapestries" and discovered some secrets of this method, advise step-sowing. A two-week gap between planting allows the plantation efficiency to be increased many times. Another reminder: once the fruit grows to 6 cm, they must be collected. And you need to do this every day, otherwise the plant will start to starve, and the next cucumber you get either crooked, or bitter, or sluggish.

What to do after the end of the season

We remind: the design of the tapestry was proposed mobile. So after the last harvesting, it is dismantled, the wire rods and net are removed from the base rails, which are folded into a compact roll. All this stuff is put together in the barn (in the attic, in the basement, in the summer kitchen - depending on where you are used to keeping summer things). Dry cucumber whips are removed from the site along with the roots; The site is dug and fertilized if it is planned to plant the cucumbers again at the same place next year. If it's time to resettle them, then a new site is prepared in the same way.

As you can see, it's not so difficult to grow cucumbers on trellis (the photo also shows how much more aesthetically). In many ways, labor is also being facilitated. So do not hesitate - try this method on your backyard. He will justify himself repeatedly!