Cucumber - quite whimsical plant, at inept approach to its cultivation the gardeners quite often feel disappointment. To avoid annoying misses, it is necessary to know what conditions of cultivation are preferable to this plant.
Bed for cucumber
The cucumber is from hot and damp India therefore prefers for himself such conditions. Irrespective of grade, all cucumbers have similar preferences. It is very important that the soil in which cucumbers grow was friable, feeder and moderately humidified. The most good harvests show cucumbers if grow on warm bed – in the village it can be high manure bed, in the absence of mullein it is possible to make warm bed of vegetable compost. At pereprevaniye of organic chemistry a lot of heat is generated that accelerates growth and development of plants. Besides this fine fertilizer during the whole summer.
The cucumber for 95% consists of water therefore for normal development regular abundant waterings are required for it. At the same time water has to be warm, otstoyanny in the sun. Otherwise at plant quickly begin to die off backs, leaves wither and fall down ovaries. Besides rare waterings will lead to the fact that zelenets will be bitter on taste that subsequently will be very difficult to be corrected.
Sun or half-shade?
Not the smaller complexity is represented also by right choice of the place for landing of cucumbers. The fact is that the leaf of cucumber needs bright lighting, and its fruit seeks to hide in shadow. It is the best of all to grow up cucumbers on lane – in this case conditions will be met. The structure of cucumber lash says that for normal development it needs support. In the nature the cucumber curls on trees, being content with the bright, but scattered sunlight. Too bright and burning sun causes burns of leaves that has an adverse effect on state and productivity of cucumbers. During heavy rains of lane will save plants from fungal diseases and also give the chance to place more plants in one square. In the southern regions it is admissible to plant near landings of cucumber high plants: corn, sunflower and to start up on them cucumber lashes. In northern regions the greenhouse with covering from polycarbonate as for short summer of plant without shelter will not be able to yield full-fledged harvest will be the best choice. The greenhouse answers all conditions for normally development of cucumbers: gives diffused light, opportunity to start up lashes on lane. It is convenient to organize in it and full watering. If there is no such greenhouse on the site, it is possible to grow up cucumbers on warm beds under the film shelter, but during strong heat it is necessary to cover lashes from the hot sun with nonwoven ukryvny fabric. To stimulate formation of new ovaries, it is necessary regularly once in two-three days to reap the harvest.