How to sow cucumbers correctly?
If you are interested in how to sow cucumbers, then start by choosing a box. It can be either iron or wood. It is half filled with unnecessary garbage, and then there are 30 cm of light fertile soil. After you compact the soil a little, you need to cover it with film so that the soil warms up in this way.
After three days, you can start planting cucumbers. After making small grooves and watering them with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, place the cucumber seeds at a distance of no more than 2 cm from each other. Now cover the seedlings again for a few days.
Do not forget to open the film slightly and check whether the cucumber seedlings need watering. On a sunny day, you can lift the polyethylene for ventilation.
Cucumbers and their cultivation
As for placing cucumbers in open ground, you need to take this seriously and remember a few nuances.
Growing cucumbers in open ground:
- Seedlings can be replanted only after one true leaf appears
- choose sunny places for planting
- the soil should be well heated and drained
- cucumbers love high beds
- After planting, cover the plant with plastic wrap
- Cucumbers can be covered with organic mulch only after the earth has warmed up to 20 degrees
It is believed that the main enemy of a cucumber is the stress it experiences from lack of moisture and pest damage. The plant should be watered abundantly, especially during the period of fruiting and flowering.
Do not start growing cucumbers outdoors until there is a risk of frost and the soil has warmed to 15 degrees.
