The most common vegetable, gardeners cultivated in home gardens, is considered to be a cucumber. To increase the yield of the vegetable cultures in a small area, to facilitate the care of her gardeners use different methods of cultivation, using the means at hand - a trellis, barrel arch.
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Growing cucumbers in barrels
This method requires a little preparation. In selected for planting large wooden or metal barrels, frequent openings. They are necessary for good communication with ground air enriched with oxygen.
Barrels filled with well-moistened by organic waste, a stirred the ground. Rotted humus will supply the plant with all the necessary nutrients. As the decomposition of organic matter releases heat in sufficient quantities, contributing to the rapid growth of vegetables.
The top layer is placed in a barrel fertile soil in which the seeds are then planted vegetable. At the center of such drums should be to dig the plastic bottle without a bottom, through which will be watering this vertical makeshift beds and enrichment of its liquid fertilizers.
On top of a barrel with cucumbers planted seeds opaque cover with plastic wrap to create a greenhouse effect. It provides rapid maturation of seeds.
With this method of cultivation of cucumbers do not need to be tied up. Whip cucumber placed on the walls of the container, making it easier to care for them and harvest.
Growing cucumbers in a tent and on a trellis
Gardeners are ready to experiment, can get a high yield of cucumbers collected from improvised tent or trellis. These methods of growing cucumbers require certain material costs.
For the production of the shelter should be prepared in advance:
- polypropylene tube or a wooden stake length 3 m;
- pegs on the number of seeds or seedling height of 0.3 m;
- metal hooks;
- carpenter's tool;
- shovel;
- cords or wires.
Cucumber hut is formed as follows:
- Denoted circle (bed) of about 1 m in diameter.
- A circle made wells, each of which-Ground pegs.
- In the center of flower beds installed a wooden stake, the top of which is stuffed metal hooks. These devices are fastened to each of the pegs wire or strong cord.
The wells are planted seeds or seedlings of cucumbers. With the growth of whiskers on plants cords spread upwards, forming a conical roof. Fruits in this method of cultivation is convenient to collect - they are always clean and in an accessible area.
In early spring the above structure is covered with solid polyethylene film that upon occurrence of warm weather retracted.
Another common way to get a good crop of cucumbers is the use of a trellis.
Planting material should be planted in beds. Seed distance between should be at least 25 cm, and between the beds - 1.5 m Trellis set when the cucumber seedlings at a height of 10 cm..
This device can be made of wood or metal. Is it resembles a sports facility - wall bars:
- Frame is made of the correct size and digged in the earth.
- Of wooden slats or metal reinforcement are made 15 cm cell.
- The cells in the form of lozenges or squares are mounted on the frame.
Cucumber vines with the growth of the trellis pulled upward. It is formed on the plot interesting building, uveshenny fruits. Instead trellis for support, you can use a tall sturdy stems of maize or sunflowers are often planted between the beds with cucumbers.
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