When to plant cucumbers in the ground?

When to plant cucumbers in the ground? This question arises every spring for all gardeners and summer residents. Cucumbers are planted by seeds or seedlings. You need to choose a time when the soil has already warmed up. This is mid or late May.

The best temperature for cucumbers is from 18 to 26 degrees. At lower temperatures, cucumbers begin to grow slowly and may even die. For cucumbers, it is preferable to choose raised beds or beds sloping to the south. In this case, the soil will warm up better, which will have a positive effect on the growth of cucumbers.

Cucumbers need fertile soil, which needs to be plowed up in the fall and manure applied, and dug up and loosened again in the spring. 2 months before planting, the seeds should be heated at temperatures above 20 degrees.

Immediately before planting, the seeds are soaked for 12 hours.

For seeds, holes of 30 by 30 centimeters are prepared, half of the hole is filled with humus. Seeds are planted 2 or 3 seeds in one hole to a depth of 2 centimeters. The distance between the holes should be 15 centimeters, and the distance between the rows should be 50 centimeters. It is advisable to protect the bed with film from morning frosts. The emerging seedlings must be thinned out, leaving only one seedling.

Cucumbers can also be planted as seedlings. It is preferable to plant seeds for seedlings in peat pots, since the root system of cucumbers is very weak and can be damaged during replanting. When to plant cucumber seedlings in the ground? A month after planting the seeds, young plants can be planted in open ground.If you follow the basic rules, you will definitely get an excellent harvest of cucumbers.