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  1. Olga YAKOVENKO

    Seeds of cucumbers in the open ground are sown according to a note on Nikolay Letnev (22 May) or Pakhoma (28 May). I do not know why, but it is planted these days that bring the richest harvest. True, I rely not only on the wisdom of great-grandfathers - I care for cucumbers according to the rules.
    For 5-6 days before seeding 1 st.l. Copper vitriol I plant in 10 l of hot water, spill abundantly the bed and cover with a film. Then I loosen the ground. At a distance of 30 cm from each other form holes with a depth of 15-20 cm. At the bottom I lay a third of the shovel of fresh cow dung, sprinkle half the soil shovel and water abundantly (4-5 L of water per well). When the liquid is absorbed, I lay 1 on a seed or 2 dried seeds. I sprinkle the earth and water the garden again. If the weather is cool, mulch crops with humus or peat.
    If 2 plants get in one hole, I cut the weaker one with scissors.
    I water once in 2-3 days with warm water. I try to do it in the evening. After each watering carefully loosen the soil, trying not to damage the roots.

    Once in 2 weeks I feed it with a yeast solution (100 g per 10 L of water) or herbal infusion (1: 10; I necessarily add a handful of wood ash to 10 L of the composition) - I pour out 1 st. top dressing under a bush.

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  2. Ivan Ivanovich Sukhanov

    Excessively dry and hot weather is very delayed pollination of cucumbers. Ugly fruits, "hooks", sometimes appearing in hot weather, are a consequence of incomplete fertilization. In order for the pollinated varieties to bind fruit well, it is necessary to attract useful insects.

    To do this, I spray the cucumber flowers with a weak solution of sugar syrup. In general, I always plant honey bees nearby - when mint and oregano, when melissa, catnip grows in the garden.

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  3. Vladimir GOSTICHEV, village Severny, Belgorod region.

    For many years I have been growing cucumbers in a compact and convenient way - on a support in the form of a wigwam tent. May God give health to the one who invented such a thing!
    In the excavated round pit (diameter 1 m and depth 0,5 m), I put the rotted compost. In the center, I set the pole length 2 m above ground level and bury it for stability at 1 m.

    At the top of the pole I fasten a disk of plywood (diameter 25 cm) with holes along the edge, in order to pass the ribbons in the amount of a little more cucumber seedlings and a length of 2,5-3 m.
    Cucumbers I plant on the outer diameter of the circle into the ground, slightly receding from the laid compost, with a distance of 15 cm between the plants.
    Next to each seedling I drive a peg, pull the ribbon from the top of the pole and tie it to the peg (my son helps keep the pole so that it does not bend). It turns out such a pointed pyramid, along which begin to curl cucumbers.
    When the seedlings become strong, the antennae wrap around the ribbons, it is necessary to water not the plants themselves, but the fertile soil in the center of the wigwam. Thus, water evaporates much less due to the constant shadow of the cucumber lashes inside the pyramid. Harvesting is a pleasure: you walk in a circle, all the cucumbers are in sight, not higher than the level of a raised hand.

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