For high-quality harvest cucumbers need to ensure the normal temperature, moderate soil moisture. Cucumbers do not want to grow only if they are uncomfortable, that is, not suitable soil, seed quality or the conditions for development.
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Not germinate seeds
If you do not germinate the seeds sown to produce seedlings, you must determine the reason that easy to solve:
- Seedlings do not germinate or poorly developed due to the poor quality of planting material. Hollow seeds do not germinate. Under normal conditions, the first shoots appear after 4-6 days. If within 10 days the cucumber is not ascended, you need to buy quality seed and sow again.
- Last year's seeds. It is not recommended to plant those seeds that are left over from last year's crop. As practice shows, the quality is worse and they germinate slowly. In this case, a good harvest should not be expected from such planting.
- Third, and the main factor in the rise of seedlings, - failure to comply with the rules of sowing. It is important to respect the deadlines. If planting is carried out in the open ground, prepare the soil previously necessary. If cucumbers sit in trays, you need to follow temperature, humidity. Also do not forget the fertilizer and pre-disinfection. For it has a plurality of drugs, but gardeners frequently use a manganese solution, which was placed the day before sowing the seeds.
Do not grow cucumbers: Causes
Seedlings can stop the growth and development for the following reasons:
- Lack of heat. Cucumbers do not like shade and drafty. Landing is necessary to select a bed, where the ground is warming up all day. It is also important to respect the culture of planting dates based on the weather conditions of the region. If the spring is cold, the best option - the use of greenhouses.
- The lack of lighting also affects the quality of the growth of culture. It should be planted cucumbers where constantly have access to sunlight. When breeding vegetables lighting equipment can be further used in the greenhouse.
- Poor quality of the soil - one of the reasons for poor crop growth. Needed after the winter season a bed dig and fertilize with chemicals or dressing, cooked in a compost pit.
- The presence of pests in soil and on plants. Worms, aphids, lice, cricket can affect the leaves and roots of plants, which is why they wither.
- The lack or surplus moisture. Like all plants, cucumbers do not like the drought, but does not grow at a constant moisture. When moisture begins root rot and seedling disappears.
- Lack of nutrients. For normal growth and fruiting fertilized soil need a sufficient amount of phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, nitrogen.
What to do
Rules and tips for care:
- It is important to nourish the soil and plants to feed 3 times per season: after sprouting, flowering and before fructification. For this purpose, dressing, prepared independently on the basis of manure and humus plant, or chemical fertilizers from the shop.
- Before planting the seeds need to be convinced of their high quality, disinfect and soak them.
- If the plants are grown in the greenhouse, it is important to keep the heat and light regimes.
- When drought need watering cucumbers daily in the evening.
- It is important to ensure that the plants for weaving nets. The less contact with the soil, the lower the probability of contracting infections and fungi.
In cucumber tropical origin, so they love comfort, but not capricious in care.
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