How to water cucumbers

How to water cucumbers

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The cucumber is from tropics where always warm and damp weather therefore abundant fructification occurs only at the correct leaving and favorable weather. The cucumber to moisture is most exacting, but during various vegetative periods the watering is made in different ways.

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Instruction

1. Right after crops seeds support the soil constantly in damp state. Water bed from watering can with otstoyanny, warm water with temperature not lower than 20 degrees.

2. After shoots, and from crops to shoots there pass no more than 4-5 days, continue to support bed in damp state, without allowing drying, but at the same time excessively abundant watering can lead to diseases and all shoots can die.

3. As soon as on cucumbers there are first ovaries, carry out daily watering at the roots. If weather costs very hot and air temperature has exceeded 25 degrees, carry out daily overhead irrigation. It will allow to cool the leaves formed flowers and ovaries will not fall down. At temperature below 25 degrees the overhead irrigation does not need to be carried out as it can lead to development of fungal diseases that will have an adverse effect on harvest.

4. The most optimum time for watering is early morning when the sun has not ascended yet or evening after sunset. You carry out waterings to hot weather in the morning and in the evening, as well as overhead irrigation. At overhead irrigation under the scorching sun the leaves of cucumbers will get burns, will turn yellow and will dry up.

5. When waterings at the roots use watering can with the spray. Watering from bucket or hose can bare roots that will also negatively affect abundance and quality of harvest. If you accidentally when watering after all have bared roots, then immediately carry out their earthing up or podsypta fertile soil to cotyledonous sheets.

6. During fructification waterings you make in the morning and in the evening very abundant. Speed of return of harvest depends on abundance of waterings, and all ovaries will manage to otplodonosit before leaves begin to turn yellow and dry up.

7. If you grow up cucumbers in the greenhouse, then carry out watering by just the same way, but not without overhead irrigation as you can regulate temperature in the greenhouse by means of transoms.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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