Today we will tell you what the feeding of cucumbers during flowering and fruiting is, we hope our tips will help you achieve an excellent harvest. Read also what to do if cucumbers do not grow.
Where to start caring for cucumbers
Actually, you need to start with feeding seedlings, and then this process does not stop, then the results will be good. When the first leaf of the cucumbers hatch, they already need to be fed. In 1 liter of water, add 50 mg of ammonium nitrate, literally 1 g of superphosphate. When the second sheet appears, top-dressing is repeated.
The next top dressing will be needed already when planting plants in the ground. To do this, you need to make fertilizer with the composition of potassium salt, superphosphate in the soil on the bed, add a little potassium chloride to them, and quite a bit (read on the packaging) of ammonium nitrate. After 2 weeks, feed slurry, which dilute with warm water 1: 8.
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Top dressing during the flowering period
Fertilize, as described above for seedlings, and make mineral fertilizers. To strengthen fruit setting, you need to spray the cucumbers with boric acid. Add ¼ tsp to a bucket of warm warm water boron. Treat it twice a season, and your cucumbers will respond with good fruit setting.
Fertilization in the fruiting phase
During this period, it is good to feed cucumbers with urea - 50g / 10l of water. Spill the soil abundantly and then fertilize. On dry ground - do not feed, as nutrients simply do not reach the roots, and in high concentrations can harm. Only after rain or watering.
If fruiting is delayed, it can be activated using superphosphate - 2l / 10l of water. If the number of ovaries leaves much to be desired - use urea - 1l / 10l of water.
In general, you need to be guided by the state of the plants - if they feel great, no signs of disease, the leaves are green and juicy, the fruits are neat and even - an ash solution will be enough from time to time and watering with infusion of herbs. If you see that cucumbers are sick, dry, wither, bear fruit poorly - it's time to apply the necessary nutrition.
1 glass of ash, better from fruit trees, can be added to watering often, with a frequency of 2 weeks, this will have a good effect on both flowering and yield, because in ash there are many substances useful for cucumbers (and not only). If cucumbers grow in greenhouses - they require top dressing in small quantities, the advantage is nitrogen (there is a lot of it in chicken manure). When they begin to bear fruit, put emphasis on potassium with magnesium with nitrogen support.
Fertilizing with biofertilizers, yeast and bread
You can, in order not to bother, buy biofertilizers specifically for cucumbers, efficiently, and you do not need to calculate how much to put in fertilizing. But we continue to talk about folk remedies - there will be less spending on a purchase.
Cucumbers respond very well to such fertilizers in any growth phase. A pack of yeast (100g) on a ten-liter bucket, and you can water it in a couple of hours, ideally - in a day. You can read how to feed cucumbers with yeast.
You can also make a slurry of stale black bread, pour it in a bucket of water, and let it brew for a couple of days so that the slurry ferments, and so that it does not mold, press the bread so that it does not float to the surface.
Other top dressing folk remedies
From folk remedies, herbal dressing is also good. Mowed grass (without seeds, otherwise sprout even more weeds), fill with water, cover with a film, and leave to roam. After a few days, strain, dilute 1/5 with water and water. 1 liter is usually enough (in previously spilled ground under the root).
A slurry with water should be diluted 1: 8, if you use chicken droppings - 1:15 with water.
To prevent all kinds of diseases of cucumbers, periodically spray them with infusion of onion husks, especially it will help if the leaves become yellow. Send a glass of husk into a bucket, pour 8-9 liters of water into it, boil, and turn it off, let it stay there for 5 hours. Then strain and water. Husk, like ash, can be used several times. She will not do any harm. In small quantities and not in high doses. Adhering to these tips, grow excellent cucumbers in yourself, close it for the winter, and in the season your family will be fully saturated with useful vegetables. Good luck
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