To receive good harvest of cucumbers, and growing up vegetables not in the greenhouse or hotbed, and in the open ground, it is very important to decide on terms of landing of seeds correctly. If to put this culture too early, then you or will not wait for shoots, or plants will upset you further with large number of barren flowers.
In general, cultivation of cucumbers - business not so labor-consuming, however is some nuances which each gardener who has decided to plant this vegetable at himself on the site needs to know. It is possible to plant cucumbers as in the greenhouse, and the open ground, both planting of seedling, and simple crops by seeds. As cucumbers not really well perceive change, the option of crops of culture seeds on the constant place is more preferable at once. In this case the high probability that all saplings will take root and efforts with change will not be.
When to plant cucumbers to the open ground seeds in Moscow area, in Siberia, in the Urals
Cucumber - culture which is very exacting to heat therefore it is impossible to put it to the open ground too early. Seeds sprout at temperature of soil of 15-17 degrees, in more cool damp soil the planting stock just rots. To check whether crops time has come, simply, to place the normal thermometer on depth of soil of 10 centimeters enough and to wait 15 minutes. As for specific dates of landing of cucumbers then with accuracy it is impossible to answer, everything depends on weather. For example, in Moscow area usually in the middle end of May it is quite possible to seed seeds, and here as for the North of Siberia and the Urals, in these regions you should not plant cucumbers to the open ground, it is better to choose hothouse way and to grow up culture better seedling (the fact is that the short cool summer which happens in these regions will not allow to be created normally to plants, and it will be possible to forget about harvest in general as at temperature below 15 degrees of heat the cucumbers stop the growth).
Most of gardeners prefer to put many cultures on signs. It is considered that rowan zatsvetaniye time - the best period of crops of seeds of cucumbers to the open ground.
When to sow cucumbers seeds to the open ground according to the lunar calendar
In 2017:
- in May - 4, 15, 19, 24, 25, 31;
- in June - 1, 2, 11, 16, 20.
In 2018:
- in May - 1, 8, 16, 28;
- in June - 7, 19, 27, 30.
It should be noted, at cultivation of seedling of cucumbers it is desirable to plant to the open ground saplings also in the listed above days. The works which are carried out these days favorably will affect growth of cultures, quantity of harvest and its quality.
And in general, many gardeners when landing plants do not use the lunar calendar and at the same time annually reap excellent crop of any given cultures. From this it is possible to draw conclusion that competent leaving is much more important, than landing according to similar calendars.