The most valuable recommendations for growing cucumbers in a greenhouse

In the weather conditions of the middle lane, you rarely find cucumbers growing in street beds in summer cottages. This is because these thermophilic vegetables cannot germinate in cold weather. That is why the vast majority of gardeners grow cucumbers exclusively in greenhouses and greenhouses.

Growing cucumbers: Preparing a greenhouse for planting

They begin to prepare a greenhouse for planting cucumbers in the fall. They get rid of the remnants of the old crop and remove the top layer of the soil (experienced summer residents know that it is in the top layer of the earth that all pathogens are capable of accumulating). Then the soil is fertilized with mineral or organic fertilizers, and only then the soil is dug up. You should know that nitrogen fertilizers for soil cultivation are used only in spring, so you should wait with them. In the spring, as soon as weather conditions make it possible to start preparing for the summer cottage, a film is pulled over the greenhouse, and as soon as the soil becomes suitable for digging and planting cucumbers, beds are erected. Their height should be no more than 25 centimeters. Cucumbers are planted at a sufficient distance from each other, since with frequent and dense seating, they will not receive a sufficient portion of light (and we have already said above how thermophilic cucumbers are). The peculiarity of planting cucumbers in a greenhouse is that, in addition to the beds, you need to build so-called wire trellises, to which later sprouted cucumbers are tied.

Planting rules for greenhouse cucumbers

The most responsible and significant stage of the work is the planting of the cucumbers themselves. To begin with, holes are dug, large enough in size; immediately before planting, they must be poured with a solution of potassium permanganate, and then with water at room temperature. Prepared seedlings are planted in the resulting pits in such a way that the surface of the resulting coma was several centimeters higher than the soil. In no case should the root touch the ground, as there is often an infection there. In addition, the collar of the root should not be exposed to a lot of water, otherwise you can simply drown your crop.

It is possible to plant cucumbers in a greenhouse with ready-made seeds. You can buy them at any gardening store. However, it should be remembered that this significantly increases the germination time of plants and the appearance of the cucumbers themselves in the beds. Seeds are planted in exactly the same way as finished seedlings, except that the cucumber seed is planted in the hole, not the finished bush.

Growing cucumbers and caring for greenhouse cucumbers

After planting, the cucumber crop must be carefully monitored and looked after. From time to time you need to water, fertilize and feed, also form bushes and hang the grown branches from the wire attached from above. As the bush grows, each stem is wrapped around the twine. The first fruits appear, as a rule, on the lateral axes. As soon as they are removed by you, new fruits will grow on these lateral axes, which must be removed again. After that, the clear system of cutting and caring for the stem ends. It is only necessary to ensure that the sprouted shoots do not go far beyond the boundaries of the garden. There is a special variety of cucumbers, popularly called bee-pollinated.For optimal high-quality growth of this type of cucumber, you need to periodically open the windows and doors of the greenhouse in order to provide access for insects to the greenhouse. However, gardeners have noticed more than once that in especially hot weather bees are reluctant to fly into the greenhouse, so they are lured by feeding them with sugar syrup, which gardeners specifically insist and display in a prominent place so that the bees can smell the aroma and, being tempted by it, fly into the greenhouse.

What is harmful to the cucumber harvest?

The soil in the greenhouse where the cucumbers grow should be, if possible, damp, but not wet. For the normal growth of the cucumber crop, both dryness and excess moisture are very harmful. Sharp changes in soil moisture are also harmful to the future harvest, as they lead to the fact that the roots begin to crack. The best time for watering greenhouse cucumbers is evening, since by this time the morning water should have already warmed up. So that when watering the soil does not crumple and deform, but a watering can or a hose must be placed with a special sprinkler. So the watering will be more gentle and even. If the soil is too dense, it can be punctured with a pitchfork.

Due to the fact that the film does not allow water vapor to pass through, ideal humidity conditions for growing cucumbers are created in greenhouses. However, periodically the greenhouse needs to be ventilated, since stagnant air is also harmful, since it contributes to the spread of diseases inside the greenhouse. Following the recommendations raised in this article, I went to autumn with confidence to wait for a good rich harvest of large green cucumbers, which will delight you with their taste both fresh and in the form of pickles throughout the next year.