To provide themselves with cucumbers for the summer, you can not plant seeds in the spring. Plants planted in the middle or end of the summer, too, will have time to grow and bear fruit, if we choose the right variety. It is recommended to give preference to hybrid seeds, which do not require pollination by insects.
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Names of cucumber seeds for sowing in July
All varieties of hybrid cucumber incorporated resistance to temperature and other adverse conditions. But when selecting varieties for planting in mid or late summer should focus on those plants, which are designed for cold climates. They will bear fruit for about 3 months and provide vegetables before the first frost. Most suitable for adverse conditions, are the seeds with such names:
- courage;
- Martin Grove;
- Grasshopper;
- Ant;
- Surprise;
- Trump card;
- Palekh;
- Sultan;
- Virenta;
- Brawler;
- Moscow;
- May.
All these hybrid seeds in the title is marked F1.
Preparatory work
Secrets of the July sowing cucumbers begin to hardening of the seed. For this stage need to pour the grain on the segment wetted gauze and place them in the refrigerator. After 48 hours, begin to saturate the seeds necessary microelements. To do this, they should be soaked for 12 hours in a "Uniflor Micro". During this time, cucumbers must hatch, but do not germinate.
To ensure the most favorable conditions, it is recommended to carry out the landing of the seeds in the greenhouse. Otherwise, hope for a good harvest will be possible only in the event that the last days of summer and beginning of autumn will be warm. Cucumbers need to be put in a row. This arrangement will provide unimpeded penetration of sunlight to each bush.
Fertilizing and watering
Due to the fact that at the end of the summer the nights are cold, it is recommended to carry out watering seedlings in the morning. If watering is carried out in the evening, the moisture will be absorbed worse, and the cold night air can decrease the viability of the root system.
Cucumbers in a greenhouse watered with warm water every 3-4 days. Excess moisture can cause decay of plants. By decreasing temperature, it is recommended to reduce watering frequency to 1 every 2 weeks. The amount of liquid should be reduced gradually.
Protect the roots from the cold will help mulching. Pre-priming is possible to spray the "Appin". This preparation will improve the immune system of the plant, ie, will survive the strain on horticultural crops while reducing the air temperature.
Once the seedlings will appear on the 2-3 true leaf, it should fertilize the nettle and dandelion. The concentrated composition to be diluted before use (to 1 L water bucket fertilizers). Fertilizing should be done 1 time per week.
Disease control
Although the stability of hybrids disease, cucumber may undergo various diseases because grow in adverse conditions. For the prevention of rotting of the root collar and wilting leaves gardeners recommend sprinkle horticultural crops with an aqueous solution of milk (1: 1). On each bush requires about 100 ml.
To dew does not become the cause of mildew, cucumber watered in the morning. Care should be taken not to get water on the tops. If a film greenhouse, rather than glass, immediately after irrigation is recommended to cover its agrovoloknom (nonwoven fabric). When the sun rises and warm air inside the greenhouse, an additional covering material removed.
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