Planting cucumbers in a greenhouse - simple rules will ensure a good harvest

In order to get the first harvest of cucumbers as early as possible, cucumbers are planted in a greenhouse. But even the earliest sowing directly into the ground will not be able to give the same result as the seedling method of growing cucumbers. It is this approach to growing cucumbers that can ensure the earliest harvest.

To grow cucumbers in a greenhouse, only self-pollinating varieties can be used.

Growing seedlings

1. The technology for growing healthy cucumber seedlings includes strict adherence to temperature conditions.
2. From sowing the seeds to the emergence of seedlings in the room with seedlings, it is necessary to maintain a temperature of 22-27°C.
3. Over the next 4-5 days, the temperature is slightly reduced to 16-18° C.
4. During the remaining period, the temperature is maintained at about 20°C on sunny days, and 17-18°C on cloudy days.
5. At night, 13-15°C is enough.

When the seedlings turn 25-27 days old, the next stage begins - planting cucumbers in a greenhouse.

Planting seedlings in a greenhouse.

• Holes are made in pre-prepared beds and filled with warm water.
• The seedling is carefully transferred into the resulting recesses so as not to damage the roots.
• The distance between the bushes in a row is 30 cm, and between the rows themselves is 90 cm.
• Cucumber seedlings are planted together with a clod of earth and buried to the same depth as they were in the cup.
• Since the hypocotyledon is extremely sensitive to root rot, it is therefore impossible to cover it with soil.
• After planting cucumbers in a greenhouse, they are watered at the root with warm water at least 23 degrees.
• A rope is stretched from the root of the plants to the top of the greenhouse, which will allow the cucumbers to “climb” upward. Sometimes a whole system of rope weaves or a special mesh is used.