How to make hotbed for cucumbers

How to make hotbed for cucumbers

The cucumber is the representative of family pumpkin. It is very tasty and useful in the use, has dietary and medicinal properties. Fresh vegetable normalizes acidity of stomach, promotes salutary work of heart, kidneys, liver. Cucumber juice is used as the cosmetic rejuvenating skin. But this culture is very sensitive to frosts. Therefore it is better to grow up cucumbers on the beds protected from winds or hotbeds.

It is required to you

  • polyethylene film, wooden rails, loops, fishing line, nails, manure, shovel

Instruction

1. Pick up the place for arrangement of hotbed. It has to be lit with the sun throughout the day. The hotbed in length from the West on the East is better to arrange. After you have decided on the place, dig out hole about 50 cm wide, 60-70 cm in depth. Depending on the area of your site and the expected harvest decide on hotbed length.

2. Fill hole completely with manure while to the brim there is no 5-10 cm left. Add superphosphate and sulfate potassium. It will improve power supply of plants carbon dioxide. Then close fertile soil layer and create bed.

3. On corners of hole and in the middle drive columns. Attach wooden boards to them so that one board on the long party was higher than another. It will not allow water to accumulate on film.

4. After boards have adjusted, be engaged izgotovky frame from wooden rails for film. Attach frame on loops to the main framework from above that it freely opened.

5. Cover frame with film. Pull fishing line on it for reduction of windage. Fix film by wooden shingle and nails. Stick slots with adhesive tape.

6. In week before crops or planting of seedling in hotbed start burning process. For this purpose water it with hot water.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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