When in Moscow suburbs to plant cucumbers for seedlings in 2018

9.04.2018 Cucumbers The calendar

After a long winter, I quickly want to enjoy fresh cucumbers from my own garden. In order for the wishes to come true, you must correctly choose the time of planting and follow some tips from experienced vegetable growers.

Content

1 The advantages of seedling growing method
2 How to determine the timing of sowing seeds of cucumbers in the suburbs
3 Lunar calendar
4 Useful Tips

The advantages of seedling growing method

In addition to the fact that this method is guaranteed to allow you to get the crop several weeks ahead of schedule, the grower, while the seedlings grow at home, has time to prepare the soil on the site. In addition, you need to fear for the threat of return frosts, and this does not threaten the plant on the home windowsill. Since a cucumber is a plant that loves a short day when sowing directly into the soil, by the time of fruiting it is in uncomfortable conditions, which affects the quality and quantity of the crop. Seedling cultivation just allows the culture to give most of the fruit in the first month of summer, when the day is not so long. Sowing seeds at home allows you to quickly identify irrelevant seeds, weak and diseased seedlings and without losing precious time to sow new ones.

How to determine the timing of sowing seeds of cucumbers in the suburbs

In order not to be mistaken with the timing of sowing, several factors must be taken into account at once:

biological characteristics of cucumber as a culture;
climate features of the Moscow region;
cultivation method (greenhouse or open ground);
lunar calendar recommendations.

The cucumber culture is heat-demanding and grows well and develops at an air temperature of at least 17 ° C and a topsoil temperature of at least 13-15 ° C. When the air temperature drops below 10 ° C, the seedlings begin to languish and rot. And at indicators of 3-4 ° C for several days, the culture completely dies.

A feature of the cucumber as a plant is that it does not tolerate overexposure at home. This leads to weakening of the bushes and subsequently poor survival. Saplings of any variety must necessarily go to a permanent place of growth at 25-30 days of age. By this time, they usually have 4-5 leaves, a few mustaches and buds.

The climate of the Moscow Region is variable, and the weather suitable for transplanting cucumbers is set by the end of May and beginning of June. In a greenhouse, such a climate is established 2-3 weeks earlier, depending on the materials from which it is made.

Given all of the above points, the timing of sowing cucumbers for seedlings in the suburbs will be as follows:

from May 1 to May 10 - for open ground;
from April 15 to April 30 - for cultivation in greenhouse conditions.

Thus, the seedlings will be in open ground in late May-early June, and in the greenhouse in early May or closer to the second decade of May.

Lunar calendar

The timing of the landing of the cucumber depends not only on the climatic conditions of the Moscow Region and methods of cultivation, but also on the current phase of the moon and its location. To do this, to help gardeners, there is a lunar calendar, by which you can accurately determine the time of planting a vegetable.

Since cucumbers produce fruits directly above the earth, they need to be planted in the phase from the new moon to the full moon, that is, to the growing moon. In addition, it is good that the Moon these days be in one of the signs of the "fruit", these include Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. This will contribute to the rapid growth of both the lashes of the plant and the fruits themselves.It should be noted that the time of day of sowing can be absolutely any. In accordance with these conditions, astrologers determined the best days for planting cucumbers in 2018:

April: 17-18; 21-22; 27-28;
May: 18-19; 24-26;
June: 14-15; 21-22.

Days to refrain from sowing:

April 4-6; 14-15; 16;
May 2-3; 7-8; fifteen;
June 3-4; 8-9; 12-13.

Useful Tips

Despite the fact that cucumbers are familiar and familiar to everyone, they are a fairly demanding culture. The following helpful tips will help you not to make mistakes when growing and get a good harvest.

since cucumbers do not like transplants, seedlings are grown in peat pots;
to maximize fruiting should choose varieties with different ripening dates;
You can water cucumbers only with warm water;
the bed for this vegetable should be in a high and well-lit place;
in case of night frosts returning, it is necessary to have covering material and arcs in stock;
the earth should be loose and well seasoned with humus;
when transplanting into the soil between plants, it is necessary to maintain a distance of 15-20 cm;
you can not feed cucumbers during active fruiting;
fertilizers containing chlorine cannot be used; cucumbers cannot tolerate it;
cucumbers grow well in the beds after potatoes, peas, tomatoes;
to protect plants in open ground from winds, you can plant a hedge, for example, from corn;
loosening ridges with plantings is not recommended; instead, the soil is mulched;
for the development of lateral shoots that best bear the main stem, pinch over 5-6 leaves;
Harvest must be done regularly, at least every two days.

Compliance with the timing of planting is important for any culture, and even more so for such a capricious as a cucumber. Adhering to all the above rules, recommendations and tips, you will provide yourself with not only an early, but tasty and rich harvest of cucumbers.