The main condition that must be taken into account when planting cucumber seeds in the ground is the absence of night frosts. It is also necessary that the soil is warmed to 15-16 degrees, otherwise the cucumbers will take longer to sprout than usual. For heat-loving cucumbers, the air temperature is also important - it should not fall below 10-12 degrees even at night. Fulfillment of these conditions is necessary to obtain a timely and good harvest of cucumbers.

Important! Plant in open ground You can only use varieties that are designed for this purpose and adapted to weather conditions.

Basic rules for planting cucumber seeds in open ground

Before sowing, it is recommended to treat the seeds with a solution of potassium permanganate, aloe juice, and even soak them with honey (this will disinfect and stimulate their growth). But to save time and effort, you can purchase seeds that have already been processed and fully prepared for planting.

Important! Seeds must be sown in pre-moistened soil.

The treated seeds should be planted in holes 2-3 cm deep and approximately 40 by 50 cm in size. The distance between the holes should be maintained depending on the length of the shoots of a particular variety of cucumber. In each hole, 4-5 holes are made up to 1.5-2 cm deep. 2-3 seeds are placed in the holes with the sharp end up. The holes with seeds need to be loosened with a rake or by hand and wait for germination.

Helpful advice: You can cover the cucumber bed with film until shoots emerge, so the ground will remain moist for a long time and the seeds will hatch quickly.

The key to a successful harvest is timely and correct landing cucumber seeds for seedlings and in the ground. You will learn the rules and secrets of agricultural technology from this article.

Timing for planting cucumber seeds in the ground

Open ground

• Cucumbers are planted in open ground in the spring with the onset of warm weather - the soil should warm up well (at least 14°C) by the time of planting, in the middle zone this is approximately after May 5-6. In the middle zone and northern latitudes for receiving early harvest plant cucumbers through seedlings, in southern regions The seeds are planted immediately in open ground. When growing seedling method You can get the harvest a couple of weeks earlier.
• Do not try to plant cucumber seeds in open ground early: this will not help to get earlier shoots; moreover, in cold soil, especially with heavy rainfall, cucumber seeds will rot and trample. And if they sprout, it will be much later compared to planting in warm soil.

Cold and warm greenhouse

• You can prepare a greenhouse by covering it with film or glass. The soil warmed up in the greenhouse will allow you to sow cucumbers in closed ground already in March-April, depending on weather conditions your region.
• Planting on a warm bed will allow you to plant cucumbers in a greenhouse even with persistent night frosts down to -3°C, however, you will need to warm up the laid manure well so that it “ignites” and releases required amount heat.

Timing for planting cucumber seeds for seedlings

Cucumber seeds are planted 27-30 days before planting permanent place: in a greenhouse, greenhouse or open ground.

• Seedlings for heated greenhouses are planted in February.
• To plant in an unheated greenhouse in early April, you need to plant cucumber seedlings in the first ten days of March.
• To plant seedlings in a greenhouse in mid-late April, we plant seeds in the second ten days of March.
• To plant in the ground in early to mid-May, we plant cucumber seeds for seedlings in the first or second decade of April.

Preparing a site for planting cucumbers

Selecting a location

To get a good harvest, choose cucumbers for growing sunny place with protection from northern winds. It is beneficial to place fast-growing tall crops (sunflower, potatoes, legumes) around the perimeter of the site - they will help create the necessary microclimate.

Priming

Almost any soil will do, but it must be well-drained and breathable. Cucumber grows best in light, humus-rich soils. You can increase the nutritional value of the soil by adding organic fertilizers: humus or compost.

Start preparing the site in the fall. It is necessary to dig to the depth of a shovel and add organic fertilizers, add a little superphosphate and ash.

Predecessors

It is advisable to change the place for cucumbers every 5 years. The best predecessors are: early potatoes, tomatoes, peas, corn.

Preparation of beds

We prepare the beds immediately before or planting seedlings. The height of the bed should be 20-25 cm. If the soil is depleted, add turf soil, peat, humus, and sawdust in equal proportions.

How to disinfect the soil before planting cucumbers

To disinfect, spill the soil with a solution copper sulfate: 10 l hot water(80-90 °C) 1 tsp. powder. Add 3 liters of solution per 1 m². Leave for a day, and then sow or plant seedlings.

How to choose the right cucumber seeds for planting

The seeds are not difficult to collect yourself; they are also available for sale. wide choose varieties. If the packaging does not contain information about the purpose of the variety, take a closer look at the photo: cucumbers suitable for fresh consumption are covered with white pimples, while those for canning are darker. Store seeds for no more than 2 years.

How to check the quality of seeds:

• Place the seeds in a container with warm water– low-quality seeds will float to the surface; for sowing, use only seeds that have sunk to the bottom.

How to prepare cucumber seeds for planting

Whether it is necessary to soak cucumbers before planting, the gardener decides for himself: cucumbers germinate well in warm soil even without prior preparation. But if you want to gain a few days and get the harvest early, you can pre-soak and harden the seeds.

How to properly soak cucumber seeds before planting:

• Place the seeds for a few minutes in a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate: this will disinfect them from diseases, then be sure to rinse.
• Dry, then hold for a couple of hours at a temperature of 60 ° C - this will speed up the onset of fruiting.
• How to treat cucumber seeds before planting: place the seeds in a fabric bag (gauze will do) and keep them in the following solution for about 12 hours: 1 tsp per 1 liter of water. nitrophoska and sifted wood ash. After this, rinse clean water. You can simply hold cucumber seeds on damp gauze soaked in a growth stimulator solution: the effect will be no worse.
• How to germinate cucumber seeds before planting: Place the seeds on a damp cloth and hold at a temperature of +20 °C until they swell well. The seeds should not germinate, but slightly hatch.
• Then harden the cucumber seeds before planting: keep them in the vegetable section of the refrigerator for a day and carefully plant them so as not to damage them.

Hybrid seeds do not need processing.

Sowing cucumber seeds in open ground

• It is recommended to sow seeds in open ground in 2-3 passes: this way you will protect yourself from returning cold weather (cover the ridges with film if frost is expected) and get fruiting in different terms.
• cucumber seeds with the onset of real warmth (mid-late April) until the beginning of summer, but note that summer heat may destroy sprouts if the soil dries out.

The ridges are already ready. Form planting holes or rows and water.

Depth of planting cucumber seeds and distance between them

• Deepen the seeds by 2 cm, maintain a distance in the row of about 6-8 cm, between rows of 60-80 cm.
• You can place 4-6-8 seeds in one hole, leave 60-80 cm between holes.
• After planting, it is useful to mulch the ridges thin layer humus.
• For 10 m² you will need about 50 g of seed.
• When the shoots appear, thin them out, leaving the strongest shoots about 10-15 cm apart.

Thickened plantings of cucumbers do not reduce productivity, but only improve the conditions for the growth of the crop: the canes evenly fill the space allotted to them, covering the ground, and thus an excellent microclimate is created, moisture is retained under the leaves, cucumbers do not experience stress from overheating in the hot sun, provided timely watering.

The only disadvantage of this method is the difficulty of harvesting; you just need to leave wide row spacing between the ridges in two rows so that there is easy access.

How to easily protect cucumbers from heat

In regions with very hot summers, it is recommended to plant rows of corn between the ridges of cucumbers: plant it more often, every 20-30 cm, to create a dense “fence”. Orient the ridges so that the midday sun casts the longest shadow from the “living fence.”

Pinching cucumbers to increase yield

So that the lashes are not too long, and each cucumber bush is compact and with many side lashes, the central growth point is above 5-6 leaves.

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Prepare the greenhouse in advance: dig up and fertilize the bed, loosen the soil with a rake, rake the breasts onto the edges of the greenhouse. Cover the arcs with film, press tightly with stones or bricks. Let the earth warm up. After a week, check: pierce the soil with your hand, if it is warm to the length of your palm, feel free to sow.

• Planting depth 2 cm.
• Make either round holes with 5-6 seeds distributed evenly (distance between holes 60-80 cm)
• Or rows every 60-80 cm, the distance between seeds in a row is 6-8 cm.
• When the seeds sprout, thin out the seedlings in the rows to 10-15 cm between plants.

Afterwards, the greenhouse is lightly watered with warm water (or even hot) and quickly covered with film. Monitor the weather and in bright sunshine, be sure to open the greenhouse partially or completely to tender plants not “burnt”: burns from high temperature The timing of fruiting will be noticeably delayed. If there is excessive heat, the seeds may die right in the ground and will not sprout.

Planting cucumber seeds for seedlings at home

Sowing cucumber seeds for seedlings during March-April(for heated greenhouses - in February).

Nutrient soil mixture required:

• 2 parts peat and humus, 1 part small sawdust, add 2 tbsp. l. wood ash and 1.5 tbsp. l. nitrophoska.
• Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

How to plant:

• in cassette cups so as not to dive the plants afterwards. If you plant in small cassettes, then transfer them to large cups when the seedlings become crowded.
• Deepen the seeds 1 cm, moisten the soil, cover the crops with film.
• Lighting is required to be bright but diffused; maintain a warm air temperature. During short daylight hours, additional lighting is required.
• When the shoots appear, remove the cover.
• When 2 leaves are formed, feed: 1 liter warm water dissolve 1 tsp. nitrophoskas or nitroammophoskas.
• Water the seedlings once a week, completely moistening the entire volume of soil in the cups, and drain the excess water in the pan.
• Before planting in open ground, gradually accustom fresh air– take it out into the garden for a few hours.

The seedlings will be completely ready in 27-30 days.

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How to plant cucumber seedlings in the ground

• Water the plants well the day before planting.
• Choose a warm, clear day for planting.
• Carefully remove the glass from earthen coma without violating its integrity.
• Deepen only the roots into the ground, add soil around the placed earthen ball, and press lightly with your fingers. To prevent plants from interfering with each other, keep a distance of 10-15 cm between them. Water.

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How to care for cucumbers

Weeding and loosening the soil

Plants need to be given careful attention. Constantly clear the beds from weed. Regularly after watering, loosen the soil, going 3-4 cm deeper. Be careful not to damage the roots and vines.

Watering

Cucumbers are moisture-loving. they are needed regularly. Due to lack of moisture, the taste of the vegetable deteriorates and bitterness appears. The leaves darken and fall off. It is best to water in the morning or evening hours when the sun is not so active. Don't water cold water or a strong stream from a hose. It is the soil that needs to be irrigated, not the plants themselves. The regularity of watering depends on weather conditions. On average, you need to water every 2-3 days; during the fruiting period, do it more often: every evening or morning. If the water does not flow well, make punctures between the rows with a fork.

Pinching

When the 5-6th leaf grows, you need to pinch the main shoot - this helps strengthen the roots and active growth of side shoots.

Hilling

To prevent fungal diseases and maintain normal growth of the root system, you should hill up the bushes several times a season.

How and what to feed cucumbers

In the greenhouse

When grown in a greenhouse, it is necessary to feed it 5 times per season (with organic matter or mineral fertilizers). Apply the first fertilizing at the beginning of flowering, then as it grows and bears fruit. For the first feeding, it is recommended to use a solution: take 10 liters of water, add 1 tsp. urea, superphosphate and potassium sulfate, add 1 glass of mullein to a mushy consistency (you can add 1 tablespoon of sodium humate instead).

In the open ground

Cucumbers, on open area It is advisable to feed 3-4 times per season. Best fit mineral fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen. Apply the first fertilizing when a pair of leaves appears, the second - with the beginning of fruit set, then - during the fruiting period.

When fertilizing, choose a warm, clear day to nutrients successfully assimilated.

Collect fruits regularly (every other day) so that they do not overgrow and the bush continues to bear fruit successfully. Store cucumbers in a cool place.

Fermented grass

Very good feeding obtained from fermented grass: collect more green weeds without seeds, put them in a container and fill them with water, let them ferment for a week and pour a liter of solution with water under the plants in a ratio of 1:10.

Cucumber diseases: how to spray and treat

It is important to follow agricultural planting techniques, ensure proper watering and shading, and in greenhouses - ventilation, then the harvest will be good, and diseases and pests will not bother you.

Cladosporiosis- the most common disease. The causative agent is a fungus that is activated by high humidity and sudden temperature changes.

The leaves of the plant and young cucumbers become covered with black spots with gray coating, the fruits grow crooked. It is necessary to spray with a preparation containing benzimidazole.

Powdery mildew – fungal disease, in which the leaves become covered with a white coating. Remove the affected areas and spray with a solution of colloidal sulfur.

White rot– all parts of the plant become covered with a slippery whitish coating, then rotting begins. This happens due to excessive air and soil humidity, poor ventilation - if there is a pathogen in the soil, do not thicken the plantings. Damaged areas should be removed, sprinkle the plant with fluff lime.

Root rot– at the beginning of the fruiting period, a brown spot, which is distributed below. This happens when there is excess moisture. Dust the affected areas with chalk or ash. If the plant is dead, it must be disposed of; treat the hole with a solution of copper sulfate.

Mosaic of leaves– the leaves become covered with light green or dark green spots, their surface becomes corrugated. Spots and blisters also affect the fruit. Infection occurs if the seeds were not treated before planting; weeds also contribute to this. Sick plants will have to be disposed of. Spill the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate.

Olive spot– the fruits are covered with brown sores. This happens when watering with cold water, due to high humidity, from drafts. Stop watering for 5 days. Treat with a 1% solution of Bordeaux mixture.

Bacterial wilt- plants wither and dry out very quickly. At night, turgor can be restored, but during the day the leaves and shoots wither again and soon die completely. The disease is caused by a bacterial infection. Cut a cucumber shoot: if you see white formations on the cut, this is definitely bacterial wilt. There is no cure for this disease; you need to immediately destroy all affected plants (burn them) and scatter boiled wheat, pickled with carbaryl, over the area - this will help destroy the beetles that carry this dangerous disease. It will be possible to return the cucumbers to the same place only after three years.

Pests of cucumbers

Most often, pests become a nuisance when growing in greenhouses.

Among them: spider mite, melon aphid, whitefly. When a pest is first detected, immediately treat with an insecticide if the waiting period allows. If the cucumbers are already bearing fruit, you will have to fight the pests manually: pick and burn the affected leaves, use a soap solution.

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People having summer cottages or even small gardens, they prefer to grow vegetables in them. And the most popular of them are cucumbers. However, when we plant cucumbers in the ground, we hardly understand whether we are doing it correctly. After all, to get a good harvest, it is important not only to properly care for the plants, but also to correctly plant them in the soil, having previously prepared it, choosing appropriate place on the existing site.

Growing cucumbers in the ground - main features

Growing cucumbers will not cause any additional difficulty if gardeners approach the task correctly. First of all, you should understand that this crop has its own special requirements, taking into account which you can achieve high yields. For example, cucumbers love a lot of light, moisture and heat, being one of the most heat-sensitive vegetable crops. Cucumber is a crop that is suitable for growing in absolutely any soil. Nevertheless, preference should still be given to fertile loamy options or those chemical composition which is close to neutral. These soils have a light texture and clean moisture, moreover, air penetrates easily into them.

When choosing a place to grow cucumbers, summer residents should also consider the issue regarding the level groundwater on the site, since cucumber roots cannot tolerate cold water being too close. Planting almost all plants on the site, including planting cucumbers, involves introducing crop rotation, that is, the same crops cannot be planted on the same plantation from year to year. For getting good harvests Several plants have been identified that are the best predecessors of cucumbers in the garden. This is almost any greens - onions, cabbage, beans and even tomatoes and potatoes. They can be planted in the ground before sowing cucumbers in it. It is not allowed to plant cucumbers in soil where beets or pumpkins previously grew.

In addition to preparing the place, the yield and effective growth of cucumbers is also affected by maintaining proper temperature regime in a greenhouse. Gardeners who are encountering it for the first time should learn that this plant cannot tolerate frost and quickly reacts to temperature changes environment: even when it drops to +15°C, plant growth slows down sharply, and at 10°C and below it stops completely. The following environmental conditions are considered optimal for cucumbers: air temperature should vary from 25 to 30°C, humidity level should be below 80%.

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The best neighbors for cucumbers and proper watering of plants

One of best neighbors cucumbers are corn. It is recommended to plant it on the north side of the bed in two or three rows, preferably in a checkerboard pattern. Moreover, it is recommended to plant radishes and coriander near the cucumbers, which will attract pollinating insects with their flowering. Good cucumbers grow next to peas, beans, cauliflower, celery and regular cabbage, sunflowers and different types salad

Cucumbers need to be watered differently, depending on the stage of growth. For example, at the beginning of the growing season, even before flowering, watering should be moderate - 3 - 6 liters per 1 m². Watering should be repeated every 5 days. During the flowering and fruiting period, plants need to be watered abundantly, pouring 10 - 12 liters per 1 m². During this period, cucumbers should be watered every other day. These rules should not be neglected, since a lack of moisture will not only reduce the number of cucumbers collected, but will also affect their quality and taste, adding bitterness. Plants should only be watered with warm water. In case you grow them on outdoors, watering is recommended to be done in the evening, and those cucumbers that grow in a greenhouse should be watered only in the morning.

To maintain the structure of the soil and prevent damage to the roots and shoots of plants, it is necessary to use a watering can with a fine spray during irrigation. By the end summer season The frequency of watering, as well as its volume, needs to be reduced. Otherwise, excess moisture in cool soil will cause the development of root rot. Moreover, regular feeding is recommended. The first fertilizing is done when the first flowers appear on the plants, and subsequent ones every two weeks until the first fruits appear. Thus, your cucumbers should be fed up to 8 times in one season. Before fertilizing, the soil should be well watered.

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Cucumber planting methods

Cucumber seeds, like almost all others, are best treated before sowing.

Exist various methods growing cucumbers. Most often they are grown on ridges. The even distribution of plants on it allows maximum use of sunlight. Therefore, the process of growth and ripening of fruits will occur more actively. However, this method of growing plants requires very careful care, in which it is important not to disturb the stems and leaves of the plants. After all, changing the position of the stems leads to disruption of the orientation of the plates in space, the restoration of which requires a long time and effort from the entire bush.

You can also grow cucumbers on a trellis. This method is suitable for those who want to plant and harvest a high yield of cucumbers. With this method of cultivation, cucumbers are planted in two rows on ridges protected from drafts.

Growing cucumbers in barrels is also a good way. It uses metal or wooden barrels, filled with hay, manure and a layer of soil on top. Before sowing the seeds, it is better to cover the barrel with film for a week. Then the seeds are placed in it, which are sprinkled with a thin layer of earth. When the third leaf appears on the plant, you need to put up supports and start watering them regularly and abundantly.

This non-standard method allows you to save space, minimize maintenance work, while the vegetables remain clean and easy to pick without disturbing the stem and foliage.

And the harvest appears much earlier than when traditional way growing.

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Technique for planting plants in the ground

There are several cultivation options; they can be planted with dry seeds directly into the ground, or they can be pre-soaked so that they sprout roots and sprout. The best option will happen if you spend time and effort on full preparation seeds and beds, including not missing the stage of soaking and germination of seeds. Seeds can be sown in open ground only when the soil has warmed up, that is, its temperature is at least 17°C. Prepare holes 50-60 cm deep for planting; it is recommended to place them in 2 rows. If you decide to grow cucumbers on a trellis, then the holes should be made 20 cm deep, leaving 30-40 cm between adjacent rows. Place 5 seeds in each hole. The permissible planting depth is up to 2 cm. After some time, the plant seedlings need to be thinned out. In this case, excess seedlings are not pulled out, but carefully cut out of the soil, so as not to in any way injure the roots of the transplanted plants and those remaining in the garden bed.

The answer to the question of how to plant cucumbers in open ground is important for both beginners and for experienced gardeners. Naturally, the time when to plant is an important factor. There are two most common ways to plant cucumbers in the garden. The first is with seeds. The second is seedlings. Let's talk about the first one.

Many people believe that they need to plant, the sooner the better. This is the wrong decision, because cucumber is a heat-loving plant. If you plant it in cold soil, when the earth has not yet warmed up to +15ºС, then, of course, it will grow, but this is one of the reasons large quantity barren flowers - cucumbers will bloom, but there will be no ovaries or there will be very few of them.

Often gardeners do not connect one with the other - early planting in unheated soil with a huge number of barren flowers or a small harvest.

It is recommended to plant cucumbers in well-warmed soil.

In Kuban, this is usually the time starting from the last ten days of April. Of course, our spring can also be protracted, cold, rainy - then the planting dates for cucumbers are shifted, sometimes even by 1-1.5 weeks, but preferably no later than May 5-7.

We will, of course, get the best harvest at the optimal time for cucumbers - the end of April. I also want to get my cucumbers early.

The choice of landing site must also be approached responsibly. It can’t be “anyhow.” Cucumbers are not indifferent to where and how you plant them. Crop rotation and fruit rotation are very important to them. Try not to plant them where cucumbers, pumpkins, and zucchini grew last season. The best predecessors of cucumbers (in descending order) are tomatoes, peppers, onions, and cabbage.

Like any plant, cucumbers love fertile, loose, non-acidic soil. Perhaps more than other plants, cucumbers love organic fertilizers. It is believed that the best organic fertilizer for all garden plants is humus, but applying pure manure can cause seeds or plants to burn. That’s right, but manure is the most preferable for cucumbers organic fertilizer. If you have the opportunity to get this valuable fertilizer, then, without hesitation, be sure to add manure to the cucumber bed. This is not only nutrition, but manure, when entering the soil, releases certain chemical substances who love cucumbers very much. This positive reaction of cucumbers to the application of fresh manure during planting has been noticed by many. I have repeatedly read about this in various publications for gardeners.

Therefore, before planting, I use a scoop or small spatula to dig a trench 10-15 cm deep in the cucumber bed so that there is room for adding organic matter. Fresh cow dung I specially reserve for cucumbers. I lay it out in a cucumber trench, without chopping it - whatever pieces there are, large or small, I lay them out like that. Of course, it doesn’t work out evenly, but that doesn’t really matter.

One more point regarding the question of how to plant cucumbers in open ground. It is best to plant cucumber seeds in sunny weather during the day, and seedlings in the evening, when the sun is no longer hot.

After the manure has been spread over the beds, cover it with a thin layer of soil. The trench will become shallower, but it should not be leveled with the edges. Then water the furrows well. It is necessary to shed very generously, maybe even in several doses, since the moisture must for a long time be in the soil - seeds or seedlings need this if you plant seedlings.

Then you should spread the cucumber seeds over the spilled trench. Place one seed at a time at a fairly large distance from each other - 25-30 cm.

Cover the spread seeds with soil and lightly pat them with your palm on top so that the seeds are pressed tightly on all sides to the ground.

Let's water the planted seeds one more time until the contours of the trench are guessed. AND last time Water the entire bed with water from a watering can to wet all the soil in the bed.

Now the bed with cucumbers needs to be covered, as they love high humidity. Before emergence, you can cover the bed with film directly on top of the ground, or you can install arcs and stretch the film over them.

I draw your attention to the fact that before the emergence of seedlings, the bed should be covered with film, and not with covering material. Due to the fact that the bed was abundantly watered, condensation immediately formed on the film. There is no need to water the cucumbers anymore - wait until the shoots appear. No moisture will evaporate through the film, and the humidity will be sufficient for the comfortable development of plants. That is, the film is required, otherwise the desired microclimate for cucumbers will not be achieved.

After the emergence of shoots, periodically open the film slightly, especially in hot weather to prevent thermal burns. But the film is completely removed only after flowers appear on the seedlings.

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Planting cucumbers in open ground with seeds - step by step guide

In order for planting cucumbers in open ground with seeds to be completed successfully, and for the plantings to delight with a rich harvest, it is important to calculate the timing and timing, decide which scheme will be optimal for carrying out the work, and also properly prepare the bed and, preferably, a warm one...

Conditions for growing cucumbers in open ground

Cucumbers are among the most common vegetables that can be grown on site without any problems, but they need a special microclimate with elevated temperatures, bright sun and absence of drafts.

Therefore, before planting cucumber seeds in open ground, you should take care of creating natural screens - their role will be perfectly fulfilled berry bushes, fence, or rows of corn and sunflowers planted.

Cucumber roots lie in the surface layer of the earth, and for normal functioning they need a lot of air and moisture. Moisture-intensive, loose soil with a high organic content can provide such conditions.

The first thing a novice summer resident will be concerned about when planting cucumbers in open ground is the planting time, which is not tied to a specific date and the main criterion is the soil temperature - this indicator should not be lower than +15 ْC. Planting cucumbers in open ground in May is carried out in the Volga region, Krasnodar region and other southern regions in the first ten days, and in the Moscow region and Leningrad region Cucumbers are sown in the middle of the month. Concerning middle zone, Southern Urals and Siberia, here cucumbers are planted in open ground in June, in the first ten days.

Seeds should be planted in warm ground. If the weather is inclement, you will have to wait until the sun warms up the surface of the beds well, otherwise you will have to wait a very long time for seedlings. The risk of seedlings dying before they release cotyledons cannot be ruled out.

Seed preparation - disinfection, hardening, germination

Before planting cucumber seeds in open ground, it is important to prepare them for the difficult conditions that await them in the garden. To begin with, the seeds are disinfected in a pink solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes, then washed with cool water and dried.

1. The seeds are placed in a gauze bag and slightly moistened
2. Wrap the bag in paper and place it in the vegetable section of the refrigerator for 2 days
3. Remove the seeds, ventilate them and dry them again at room temperature.

Some seeds purchased in the store have already undergone this treatment - they do not need processing or hardening. Information about preliminary preparation seeds can be found on the packaging with them.

Then, so that planting cucumbers in open ground with seeds is successful and the seedlings are not sparse, the hardened seeds are germinated. Not all summer residents resort to this procedure, but thanks to it only viable seeds fall into the garden bed.

It is better to germinate cucumber seeds on a southern windowsill. Spread gauze in several layers on a flat saucer, moisten it and lay out the seeds. Cover the top with a layer of damp cloth. If there are a lot of seeds, several such layers are made. Germination lasts from 1 to 3 days. All this time it is necessary to keep the gauze slightly damp. At the same time, it is important to inspect the seeds daily and as soon as the beginnings of roots appear on them, you can sow them.

Planting cucumbers in open ground with seeds - technology and diagram

Cucumber loves fresh organic matter. While its closest relatives, zucchini and pumpkins, prefer mature compost or humus, cucumbers prefer fresh manure. It enriches the soil with nitrogen and provides a lot of heat, which the cucumber needs for normal growth.

Therefore, special ones are built for them warm beds– in the fall, trenches are dug 80 cm deep, filled with manure, covered with garden soil on top with a layer of 20-25 cm. For the winter, they are insulated with straw and covered with film. In the spring they loosen upper layer, and as soon as the bed begins to “float”, cucumbers are planted.

If planting cucumbers in open ground with seeds is carried out without insulation, the soil will be flavored with manure in the fall, always fresh! You need to apply a lot of it - up to 2 kg/m2. Also, a few days before sowing, additives useful for cucumbers are added to the garden bed:

• for soil deoxidation - dolomite flour in an amount of 20-40 g/m2, depending on the level of soil acidity
• for loosening and lightening the soil - peat, humus and compost up to 1 kg/m2
• for enrichment minerals- potassium sulfate 60 g/m2

The soil is dug up to a depth of 40 cm, mixed well and the clods are broken. The bed should be as loose as possible.

When planting cucumbers in open ground with seeds, the sowing pattern plays an important role. With sparse crops, the summer resident will receive a smaller harvest, and with thickened crops, they may not always be successful if the process is already too advanced. In addition, cucumbers growing in close quarters experience nutritional deficiencies.

There are two ways to plant cucumbers correctly:

1. In rows - with a distance between them of 70-80 cm, between plants 15-20 cm
2. In squares (in holes) - with a distance between plants in rows of up to 50 cm, between holes in a row of 30-40 cm

The first option is good if trellises are installed on the beds. After sowing, the beds are watered with warm water. If there is a possibility of a drop in temperature, the bed is covered with film or non-woven material.

Caring for cucumbers in open ground after sowing

To prevent the seedlings from dying after cucumbers have been planted in open ground with seeds, it is necessary to create comfortable conditions for their growth:

• Water the beds daily with warm water
• loosen the soil surface
• remove weeds

During the day when it's worth clear weather, the film needs to be lifted and the bed covered again at night. If it's cold outside, you shouldn't open the garden bed all day - cucumber seedlings are very sensitive to low temperatures.

To prevent crust from forming on the garden bed, it is mulched with sawdust. Another benefit of mulch is that it reflects some of the sunlight, which is good for the growth of cucumbers.

All the subtleties described in this article will help you get big harvest cucumbers in open ground, the main thing is to properly prepare the seeds and sow them in the prepared bed.

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