Dark beds for cucumbers own hands
How to grow cucumbers on a "dark" patch
I am a summer resident with experience. Real, conscious love of the earth came to 35 years old. Life at that time was already more or less established, the children grew up and did not require much attention, but there is power, and they need to be used somewhere. Yes, and the unforgettable dashing nineties just happened at this time, no building materials, no seeds, no planting material ...
Of course, there was no money either. But mismanagement flourished! A good owner could see a lot of useful abandoned things and apply them in his summer cottage. One old water pipe for me still serves as a ruler, and a holder for a film, and a column for trellis and fence, and a tool for making grooves in the garden ...
Some devices and home-made tools have been used for many years, in terms of durability and convenience, not inferior to modern ones. The experience gained is also huge, a lot of experiments have been conducted. More and more often the saying comes to mind: if youth knew, if old age could ... Yes, we already know a lot, but much is already beyond the power. Therefore, I will tell you how I save energy when growing cucumbers.
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I grow two cucumbers at home on the windowsill and plant them first in the greenhouse. These are long, Chinese, very productive and early ripening. Having tried the first green stuff, you won’t feel the summer yet - these are not the cucumbers. I grow seedlings for the next stream already in the greenhouse and put a box with seedlings higher - so pests will not get to it.
I tried to plant it right in the greenhouse - the seeds germinate well, but in the phase of two cotyledonous leaves someone eats them. I didn’t find anyone at the crime scene, but I sin on slugs or ants. Therefore, I grow up to two real leaves in a greenhouse - such seedlings are too tough for pests - and plant them in a greenhouse. The greenhouse is doing small. I close the ends with non-woven covering material so that the cucumbers do not burn, if it is not possible to open in hot weather, but I close the top of the greenhouse with a film. Under the film, cucumbers are warmer at night - and they grow and bear fruit better.
However, the most delicious, fragrant and strong cucumbers are obtained on a dark patch. I've been preparing this bed since the autumn: I take it a little wider, I dig in the middle of the trench, I put in it all the food waste, different tops, faded flowers, apples, etc. When the trench is filled, I sprinkle it with compost, and then with earth at the edges of the bed.
In the spring, I spread the ridge, shed a drug with effective microorganisms and hide it, but not just so, but to save energy and time.
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The middle of the bed is a tape with a width of 30-40 cm from black covering material, and the sides with a black film. I press and fix the material and the film with something heavy. Meanwhile, in the greenhouse, another batch of cucumber seedlings had arrived in time.
I plant this seedling last. I plant it in the gap between the covering material and the film in a staggered pattern, I cover the day for two with flower pots, buckets for better survival, and if there are no pots, you can lightly cover the torn grass, mugs, branches.
I water and feed under the root directly on the covering material, and the rain also helps the bees. And do not worry - open, close. Of course, you can make some loopholes for cucumbers, but I allow my own to scatter in different directions.
The harvest turns out good, incomparably tasty and on time. Try it!
© Author: Angelina Anatolyevna RETYUNINA, Rybinsk
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