Growing cucumbers in a greenhouse in winter

The key to proper nutrition is consumption of vegetables and fruits throughout 12 months, but it’s not always possible to find this or that vegetable fresh in winter. For example, cucumber. Yes, cucumbers can be found on store shelves in winter, but these are not at all the crunchy and fragrant cucumbers that we collect in the garden in the summer.

Although if you think about it growing cucumbers in a greenhouse in winter, then you can pamper yourself and the whole family with fresh pimply cucumbers by the beginning of February (the seeds are sown in early December).

To grow cucumbers in a greenhouse in winter, you should choose self-pollinating seeds, which are sown one at a time in small cups. Very important for cucumbers air and soil temperature, which should be about 25-30 degrees before germination, and then - 20-24 degrees during seedling growth during the day and + 18-19 degrees, respectively, at night.

Growing cucumbers in a greenhouse in winter requires sufficient lighting for plants, therefore, before the cucumbers sprout, they must be illuminated with a lamp at the rate of 400 W per 1 sq.m. 2-3 days without a break. After germination, the lamp is placed at a distance of 60 cm from the plants and the lighting time is reduced to 14 hours a day. One day before planting seedlings in permanent soil, do not illuminate the plants.

During the period of growing seedlings, cucumbers should be grown 2 times feed with mineral fertilizers - 1 time before germination and 2 times a few days before transplanting to the main place.

Seedlings are being planted into heated soil in early January, and a couple of days after planting, the plants need to be tied up. When growing cucumbers in winter, it is very important to properly form a plantso that it bears fruit earlier. By the end of February, the first cucumbers can be harvested, and harvesting should be done regularly so that the yield does not decrease until April. Be sure to water and fertilize after each cucumber harvest, which is done 2-3 times a week.