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  1. Larisa Vedenets

    Last year I grew Chinese cucumbers for the first time. Judging by the picture on the package, they were supposed to grow thin and long, but they turned out to be plump, with a hard crust and tasteless. Maybe overseas varieties need to be grown in some special way?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - Chinese cucumber is not the most demanding plant to care for, but there are subtleties in its cultivation. The age of seedlings should be no more than 30 days from the moment of emergence of seedlings to planting on the site. It can be planted in a greenhouse at the end of May, and in open ground - in early June.

      The land on the site should be loose, moisture and breathable. To loosen the soil, add river sand (a bucket of 1 sq.m). Water plantings with heated water daily, but do not allow moisture to stagnate. Grow Chinese cucumber on a trellis - so the plants will be better pollinated and develop.

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  2. Leonid Tarasov, Smolensk

    Why did the long cucumbers grow hollow, with holes inside?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - There are many reasons for the hollowness of cucumber fruits:
      - a feature of the variety;
      - uneven and untimely watering (cucumber should be watered in small doses every 1-2 days and do not use cold water);
      - the hollowness of the fruit may be the result of an excess of nitrogen, especially with late fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers, as well as a lack of phosphorus, potassium, calcium or boron;
      - lack of light, especially when growing cucumbers in a greenhouse;
      - temperature drops, especially its drop below +12 degrees, (often observed when growing cucumbers in the open field).

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