When to plant cucumbers

When to plant cucumbers

Owners of personal plots grow up on them various cultures among which vegetables take the worthy place cucumbers. Receiving good harvest in many respects depends on when to plant cucumbers.

Cucumbers – thermophilic plants therefore terms of planting of seeds or in seedlings in soil depend on specific weather conditions. The later the winter recedes, the earth will longer get warm. It is obvious that if in May the snow what landings of the speech cannot be only stops descending.

In order that bushes successfully grew, on them there were flowers and ovaries, temperature over 15 degrees of heat is necessary. Soil frosts also have to be absent, otherwise seeds just will not give shoots.

In midland in soil the seeds of cucumbers in a dry form can be planted at the end of May, having carried out crops within week. It is possible to plant cucumbers later, summer long, and they will manage grow up, but also the crop in this case should be reaped closer by August. For certain to be sure that plants will not suffer from possible frosts it is the best of all to use ukryvny material. If previously to wet seeds, then it will accelerate process of their germination and then it is possible to plant cucumbers in soil in the fifth of June, without covering them any more. What cucumbers to plant – personal record of each gardener, everyone has preferences. But it makes sense to pay attention to the self-pollinated grades which productivity does not depend on whether weather patterns will allow to perform the work to bees, in time having pollinated peduncles. When it is decided to plant cucumbers seedling, it is necessary to sow it at the beginning of April. The viability of seeds depends on their quality, but in general on receiving strong bush about a month leaves. The strengthened plants get to soil at the beginning of May. But it is possible only in the presence of greenhouses. Without shelter and additional warming cucumbers at best just will not grow up to the end of May or the beginning of June. Thanks to seedling the harvest will be earlier, than when landing by seeds.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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