The soil for cucumbers needs fertilizers

And who doesn't love cucumbers? It’s hard to imagine a summer and holiday table without them. No matter how many salads would have been invented if there were no pickled cucumbers. So, everyone loves them, but does everyone know the secrets of good growth and harvest of cucumbers?

They are quite heat-loving plants. The optimal temperature for germination is considered to be 12 - 15 degrees Celsius. And the air temperature should be about 30 degrees plus, but for the soil it is optimal to be + 20 - 25 degrees. That's how thermophilic they are. Frosts are destructive, they die, and all efforts were in vain. The roots die off after low temperatures, growth stops and the plant dies. But for good growth it is necessary not only hot weather and warm soil, but also preferably moist air.

Cucumbers are annual plants with creeping stems on which leaves and dioecious flowers grow. From Greek, cucumber "aoros" is translated as unripe. We eat green fruits, the so-called greens.

For productivity, the soil for cucumbers must be prepared. They are best planted after early potatoes. It should be prepared in the fall. Fertilize well with manure; 10 square meters require 100 kg of manure. If it is not possible to bring so much manure, then industry will come to the rescue. You will need 250 gr. potassium salt and 400 gr. superphosphate. In the spring, feed the soil with ammonium nitrate 150 - 200 g.

The soil for cucumbers in spring needs humus. At a minimum, it must be added to the holes when planting.It would not be superfluous to fertilize 150 grams with ash.