Good afternoon, my reader. Cucumbers are one of the favorite vegetable crops among summer residents, which must be properly and timely looked after. If you know some of the tricks of growing this vegetable, you can increase the yield and extend the fruiting period.
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Poor harvest reasons and solutions
There are many problems. Keeping track of everyone at once is difficult, but possible. If you know what to look for and what to do.
- If the planting of cucumbers is too dense, then this can lead to the appearance of a large number of barren flowers.
- It happens that the flowers remain sterile due to excessive soil moisture, so it is better to suspend watering with the beginning of flowering.
- Sowing cucumbers with seeds of the first year can also lead to crop failure. To prevent this, the seeds should be warmed up before planting. To do this, you need to soak them in a solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour, dry and store in a warm place for about a month.
- A deficiency of potassium and phosphorus can lead to the fact that the vegetable does not begin to bloom for a long time. You need to choose the right fertilizers.
- Due to the lack of pollination, flowers and ovaries begin to fall off. There may be two reasons for this: cold weather or the absence of pollinating insects. Therefore, you need to help the plants by gently brushing the pollen from the male flower to the female one.
- Due to sudden changes in temperature and humidity, ovaries may suffer - they dry out and fall off. In this case, mulching the soil will help.
- Also, the ovaries dry out due to lack of nutrition. Plants should be fed every 10 days.
- With an excess of ovaries, they must be removed, because no more than 25 full-fledged fruits can be grown on the bush at the same time.
- A high content of mineral salts in the soil, low temperatures or weak seedlings can also lead to a delay in the growth of cucumbers. In this case, proper feeding will help.
- The bottom of the plant's trunk can crack due to pest attacks or diseases. For example, cucumber gnat or cucumber mosaic virus. In this case, it is necessary to remove the damaged parts and treat the plant with special preparations.
- The lower leaves may turn yellow if the cucumbers do not have enough light or they grow too much. Therefore, for planting, you need to choose a well-lit area, and leave enough space between the plants.
- Lack of nitrogen can also cause yellowing. It will be possible to improve the situation by feeding the necessary microelement.
- Conversely, the leaves darken, become brittle and tough with an excess of manure and fertilizers, including nitrogen. Nutrition needs to be balanced.
- Withered leaves are the result of soil salinity, low temperatures, a weak root, or cold water when watering. Water the cucumbers with water at a temperature of about 25 degrees.
- Cucumber fruits can twist if the crop is insufficiently pollinated in high temperatures and dry air. Then you need to pollinate the flowers yourself or spray the plant with a solution of boric acid.
How to prevent problems
By following these simple rules, problems can be easily prevented:
- the distance between plants should be 30-40 centimeters;
- water temperature for irrigation is on average 25 degrees;
- it is necessary to plant mature seedlings in warm enough weather, when the night temperature is set within 15 degrees;
- the culture needs to choose a balanced top dressing and apply it in a timely manner;
- it is worth choosing self-pollinating varieties for planting, otherwise the plant will need to be helped with manual pollination;
- timely identify pests and diseases;
- control over the number of ovaries.
These recommendations will increase the yield of cucumbers, which will delight gardeners.
Do you know what cucumbers need for a rich and tasty harvest?
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