As a rule, in the second half of August, cucumber beds cease to please the eye with its rich green freshness. Yellow leaves covered with spots, languid lashes, hooked fruits - all said that the cucumber bed exhausted its full potential. But it was not there! Because life and fruiting of cucumber beds can be extended up to the frost!
If you know a few tricks of the trade, your bed will long to please you with a good harvest.
Simple tricks for a long fruiting cucumber
To be able to feast on crispy fresh cucumbers before the cold weather, you need to follow the following recommendations:
- If possible, opt for planting cucumbers windless areas, since cucumbers are not very sympathetic to drafts.
- Timing fruiting cucumber significantly prolonged in vertical growing method. Especially because it simplifies and care for shrubs and harvesting. A fired plants on the ground grow old much faster due to the uncontrolled growth of laterals, the abundance of leaves and the presence of hidden overgrown cucumbers.
- Observe recommended for each class and the frequency of landings does not thicken the plant. Jungle contribute to the development of diseases that destroy and cucumber whip ahead of time.
- In late summer and early fall amount of pollinating insects is significantly reduced and pollinated crop of cucumbers, respectively, too. Therefore, for those who want to get a long stable yield, it is recommended cultivation parthenocarpic cucumber varieties (not to be confused with self-pollinated).
Parthenocarpic grades generally do not require pollination, ovaries and fruits are formed in each leaf axil.
Prevention of cucumber disease
In late summer, with the onset of the rainy season and the cold nights, it increases the risk of diseases such as powdery mildew, root rot s, Cladosporium and the like. To avoid this, throughout the growing season is necessary to carry out preventive measures:
Spraying glaze and organic fungicides (fitosporin, Alirin-B, or Gamair Trihodermin). Sprinkle with their use are made usually once a week, and watering - once every 2 weeks. Along with organic fungicides for rejuvenation cucumber bushes used Appin spraying or any other growth stimulant.
Since the second half of August watering using bio-preparations speeds up to 1 time per week.
fructification stimulation and growth of young shoots
To actively going formation and growth of young shoots, you should promptly get rid of old leaves.
First of all, without pity or remove all dried up yellowed leaves, and even more sick. They have already fulfilled their function and power of the bush in the future only bestolku pulling power from the plant.
Then gradually (no more than 1-2 leaves per day) removed all of the lower orders of the leaves on the principle:
- There ovary in sinus - leaf remains.
- No ovaries in the axils - sheet is removed.
As a result of this procedure must remain in the axils of the leaves only growing ovaries.
rooting lashes
Excellent effective method that gives good results. The lower part of lashes, freed from the leaves by gently rolled into a ring and pinning, covered with soil humus with addition and ash. Then moderately watered with the addition of a stimulator roots.
The new formed roots provide a bush food supplements and greatly prolong its life and actively fruiting.
This method is used only for the bush in vertical growing method. Cucumbers prostrate themselves on the ground more or less cope with this task.
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