Cucumbers in a barrel, growing Ganichkina

7.07.2015 Cucumbers

Many already liked the cucumbers in the barrel, the use of Ganichkin cultivation. This is true, you can get early cucumbers already at the end of May, and enjoy the crisp utility, which you got so bored with after winter. The method is actually simple, and does not represent any particular hassle. There are several options that summer residents have come up with based on this method. At the core is the same barrel, or even a hammered-up wooden box. Some make it without a bottom, others with a bottom, but they pierce the holes, while others also lift a barrel on the bricks. We will tell in more detail about this method of growing early cucumbers, which take up little space, decorate the site with their construction, and bring joy to gardeners. See also - planting cucumbers in 5 liter bottles - also an interesting method.

How to grow cucumbers in a barrel - the first method

So, in April on the site put a barrel on 100-200 liters, you can iron, wooden, some and plastic fit, and it also works fine. In the barrel, if it is not with a holey bottom, pierce the holes so that excess moisture leaves. Then it must be filled with all sorts of waste (only of plant origin!). The best option is hay plus dung and foliage. At the bottom you can lay the drainage in the form of pebbles, on them up to half the hay with manure. Spill with hot water and cover with foil. All, let it be a week or two, all this charm is standing, it is warming in the sun, preet. Then open it, pour the earth almost to the top, as it will sit down. Again, spill with hot water, then disinfect the soil with another manganese solution, and you can plant the seeds.

Someone advises on 2-4 seeds, who on 5-6, and who on 12 pieces on a 200-liter barrel plants and is glad to a plentiful harvest. Sunflower seeds planted, sprinkled with earth, watered. Put a container of water in the center of the barrel and cover it with foil. It will turn out such a greenhouse for itself, where due to the evaporation of moisture from the bucket there will be a greenhouse effect in which the seeds will feel gracious and begin to emerge quickly.

From time to time, arriving at the cottage, open the barrel in good money in order to ventilate it, so that the seeds are not barred. As the shoots appear, at the first leaves you can remove the film. But, again - it depends on the climate. In the southern regions, when frost is no longer expected, you can leave it open, but in the cooler areas you need to cover until seedlings get stronger, and the temperature is constantly warm.

Then you need to build a frame where the cucumbers, like weaving creepers, will start to launch their branches, trail and rise above the ground. To do this, wire, wooden supports - someone will come up with something. The cucumbers, as they begin to climb, weave along the supports, and as a result form a beautiful tent, which, in addition to useful fruits, also brought joy, beautifully decorating the site.

If this method does not seem acceptable to you - look - cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse planting and care.

The second method of growing cucumbers in a barrel

He did not run far from the first, but he has his own nuances. Here the barrel is taken without any bottom at all, or just a knocked together box, and it is installed directly on the ground or it uses the old slate. There are advantages to this method. In the first - it will be necessary to water more often, because the water will drain from the barrel into the ground, in the ground, cucumbers can also draw moisture from the depths. The bottom layer is filled with organic matter, you can shed Em-preparations - for better germination of cucumbers, and for protection against diseases.Here, half the container is filled with leaves, straw, manure, poured with hot water - and the process has begun. In this case, it is important that when you cover the structure with film, there will be a reaction, when you plant seedlings or seeds - the hay will be whipped and at the same time heat the cucumbers, and then feed them.

In such a barrel, you can water cucumbers only once a week, and enough. Just the summer resident came to his garden for the weekend, watered, tied up, and all the troubles. So, to feed one or two times, to see how the cucumbers grow - most importantly, they will not bend to three dooms, break their lower back, all the fruits are in sight, high, it is convenient to look after them. Especially for older people, this method is just right. And on the remaining vacant beds you can plant another garden. By the way, if there are superfluous barrels, or you can build wooden frames, you can also grow tomatoes - it’s profitable, you save a lot of space, and leaving is much easier.

You can arrange drip irrigation in barrels. Put the plastic bottles with the neck down, breaking a hole in the lid, pour water, and let yourself a little water seep out, moistening the soil all the time. It is very convenient, and saves water, and time for watering.

The advantages of planting cucumbers in barrels

There are a lot of them, for example:

• Save space on the site.
• Savings on irrigation and organic fertilizers.
• Ability to get a crop early.
• Less trouble with growing gardens.
• It looks beautiful in the garden, the eye pleases.
• You can install the barrel on a site that is not at all suitable for planting a garden fence.
• Easy to care for - just like flowers in a flowerpot.
• One barrel replaces the whole bed.
• In the fall, we get from the barrel an excellent compost with which you can fertilize the beds.

For this method, cucumber varieties are excellent - Rodnichok, swallow, Fenik and Oktopus. Some speak positively about Competition, and Plus, someone Lesha liked. Experiment, and in May you will get already ripe, juicy, crunchy and such delicious cucumbers, good luck!

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