In anticipation of summer season the active preparation for landings begins. Cucumbers are the most popular vegetable culture among gardeners-gardeners. To cultivate this vegetable it is easy, some summer residents face the bad growth of plant and weak harvest. The reasons for that can be a little.
Grades of cucumbers are divided into pcheloopylyaemy and partenokarpichesky. The beginning gardener has to consider that in the greenhouse it is better to grow up the grades or hybrids which are not demanding pollination. They are unpretentious, less subject to diseases and are very fruitful. The first reason of bad growth of cucumbers are violation of terms of landing. As the plant thermophilic, on ridges is planted when the average daily temperature of the soil is 10-12 degrees. Cucumbers grow up seedling or sowing of seeds directly in soil. At the same time they need to be processed solution of margantsovokisly potassium. Plants will be less subject to diseases. Seedling is ready to landing at the age of 25-30 days and in the presence of 5-6 real leaves on stalk. One more reason of weak growth of cucumbers - is not enough power supply of plant during vegetation. Pay attention to some of its signs. The fruit is crooked, lags behind in growth - there is not enough nitrogen. Water plant, and then give at the roots urea solution. The leaves which have turned yellow at the edges or cucumber in the form of pear signal about the shortage of potassium. Feed up sulfate of potassium or solution of wood ashes. After fertilizing carry out spraying of plants by growth factor which improves root power supply, reduces the content of nitrates and promotes strong blossoming. Good growth of cucumbers requires obligatory forming of lashes. As laying of the most fruitful ovaries is formed on side escapes, they are prishchipyvat at distance 40-50 cm, and the main stalk of plant is cut off on reaching it by length of 80-120 cm. Cucumbers can badly grow at shortcoming and excess of moisture. Shoots water with small doses 2-3 times a week only in warm weather. Cold water cannot be used. It is better to use otstoyanny rain. To promote the best blossoming, watering is stopped in 5-6 days prior to its beginning. Too humidified soil is harmful to plant, it causes growth of lashes to the detriment of fructification and provokes decay development. Water cucumbers at the roots not to cause excitation of diseases hit of moisture on leaves. If you cultivate pcheloopylyaemy grades, it is desirable to spray plants with sugar solution on balm infusion each 2-3 days before the end of blossoming. Such bait attracts bees. As a result the harvest raises, and cucumbers are not ill. Regularly examine landings. At the end of the second month of fructification the leaves at cucumbers can become rough and prickly, slowing down forming of fruits. Plants will recover, and leaves will become gentle if to spray them with weak solution of urea. Emergence on them white spots signals about such frequent disease as mealy dew. In this case solution for spraying of home cooking well helps: in 9 l of water pour in 1 l of skim milk or serum and add 10 drops of iodine. For prevention of this disease during growth of plant carry out continuous spraying by this solution every 10 days. Only 4 courses. The second in prevalence disease - anthracnose. The leaf on top side has roundish spots, and on lower the raid of pink color appears. Fruits become covered by pink sores. At early stage of disease it is enough to remove the damaged leaves, and plant to spray 1% with the Bordeaux liquid. It is a lot of also wreckers who hamper the normal growth of cucumbers. Chemicals are toxic therefore use vegetable infusions. For example, against plant louse garlic infusion helps.