How to Grow Cucumbers

Everyone likes to crunch a juicy cucumber right from the garden, many plant them in their garden, or at the dacha. But not everyone can get a decent harvest. Why? There are some simple secrets that will help you grow cucumbers in the open, it's easy. You need to know that they love light, watering and warmth, do not like heat, at +30 pollen loses the ability to fertilize. The average daily temperature should not be below +15 degrees, remember that cucumbers do not tolerate even short-term frosts.

Seeds

Seeds of cucumbers are better to use on the second - the third year of storage, they rise faster, they start to bear fruit earlier, and yields are higher. Before sowing, the seeds are heated at 50 ° C for about 3 hours. Then check the quality of the seeds by lowering them into a 5% solution of common salt, the surfaced seeds - discarded, and a good rinse and soak for half an hour in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate.

In order for seeds to ascend quickly, they are wrapped for two days in a damp cloth, and a rag in a plastic bag. When the seeds begin to poke, they can be hardened, for this we place a rag with seeds on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for 5-7 hours, making sure that the seeds do not dry up and do not freeze. After that, let them stand at room temperature for 15 hours. The hardening process is repeated 3-4 times, this is necessary to make the future plants resistant to cold snaps. Sprouts from seasoned seeds will be short and strong.

Herbs

They prepare the beds from the autumn. At 1 meter square add 20-25 kg of manure, 10-15 gr. Potassium chloride and 30-40 g. Superphosphate. In the spring dig in with the addition of 15-20 kg of humus, level with rakes.

Sowing and grooming

You can sow when the earth warms up at a depth of 10 cm to 12-13 ° C. In the Middle Strip usually sowing begins on May 20. Until June 20, the bed is best covered with a film to protect against frost.

Sow in moisturized furrows at a distance of 6-8 cm and a depth of 2-3 cm. The grooves are sprinkled and pressed with the hand. During the appearance of the first 1-3 leaves - podrahlit. If the cucumbers are planted densely, then thinning is necessary in the phase of 2-5 true leaves. For the full use of the area for plants, special frames are made of rods, rods, etc. To accelerate the growth and appearance of the ovaries, the plant is pricked in the top above 4-5 leaves.

The first top dressing is done after thinning out shoots: 10 gr. Ammonium nitrate, 2-3 gr. Potassium chloride per one square meter. M. The second - before flowering. If necessary, you can feed and during fruiting.

After each collection of cucumbers, the bed should be watered. Collect regularly, yellowing old cucumbers greatly reduce yields. Before closing the lashes, the soil needs to be loosened. Here is the basic information that you need to apply, now you know how to grow cucumbers, getting a full return from your efforts.

Observing these rules, you will be with cucumbers even in lean years.