Growing cucumbers in open ground. Features of cultivation

To successfully implement growing cucumbers in open ground, first you need to decide on the chosen area, because cucumber grows well and bears fruit only in illuminated open areas that are artificially protected from the wind.

Cucumber produces excellent yields on fairly light fertile soils; heavy, cold and waterlogged soil is unsuitable for it.

Growing cucumbers in open ground must be done taking into account predecessors in crop rotation, the best for cucumber are tomatoes, potatoes, legumes, and table root vegetables. In order to prevent diseases, you should not grow cucumbers next to the pumpkin family crops.

For sowing, two- to three-year-old seeds are preferable, from which the plants form female flowers earlier and begin to bear fruit faster.

In the middle lane favorable period for the development of a cucumber in open ground is quite short, so early sowing is practiced here at a temperature of +20+30 degrees, in wet sand, sawdust or moss. Germination is completed when the root is small - half the length of the seed.

Start sowing sprouted cucumber seeds at a soil temperature at a depth of 8-10 cm +16+18 degrees.

Caring for crops consists of protecting them from frost, watering, fertilizing, loosening the soil, and controlling pests, weeds and diseases.

One of the reliable crop protection products cucumbers, even from prolonged frosts and during periods of short-term cold snaps, are portable shelters made of cardboard and various synthetic materials.