No garden plot can do without cucumber beds. Cucumbers love to eat everything, both fresh and in conservation. Good yield depends on planting method. and the correct location of the plants in the garden. In this review we will talk about landing patterns, how to plant correctly and at what distance.
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Distances for planting cucumbers in the greenhouse and greenhouse
To obtain abundant crops, it is important to observe the timing of planting seedlings or seeds in the greenhouse.A good harvest requires a competent approach to planting cucumbers, given the optimal distance between seedlings. This will contribute to their comfortable and full development.
The consequences of the thickened cucumber planting are:
- plant extrusion due to insufficient lighting, which leads to lower yields;
- poor airing thickened plantations leads to stagnation of air and an excess of evaporated moisture, which creates comfortable conditions for the development of fungal diseases and the reproduction of pests;
- excessive air humidity in greenhouses, thickened by planting, it leads to precipitation of moisture on flowers, their rotting, the formation of a large number of barren flowers even on self-pollinated varieties.
When sparse planting cucumbers:
- inefficient use of the useful area of greenhouses, which leads to a shortage of crop and uneconomical.
At what distance and after how many centimeters to plant cucumbers? The distance between the bushes in the greenhouse depends on the growing period, the type of fruit (gherkin or long fruit), the degree of weaving inherent in this variety. The best position is 1 m.2 greenhouses of 3-4 cucumber plants. The distance in the row between the holes with cucumbers should be 0.4-0.6 m, the passage between the rows of not less than 0.9 m.
In greenhouses made of polycarbonate, in order to save living space and increase yields, cucumbers are grown in a vertical way (tying growing lashes to a vertical support), therefore the distance between the bushes can take the minimum allowable - 0,4 m
Landing pattern
In greenhouses and greenhouses for the cultivation of cucumbers used three schemes:
- two-line (two-line);
- staggered
- single line (single row).
The choice of a cucumber planting scheme depends on the particular development of the selected variety, its ability to increase leaf mass, the height of the shrub, the number and size of side shoots.
Two-line
Two-line planting scheme provides for the location of one wide bed of two rows of plants. Wherein distance between cucumbers should not exceed 0,4 m, between rows up to 0.5m, walkways between the lines 0.7-0.9 m.
The density of planting directly depends on the size of the greenhouse. The larger the size of the greenhouse, the greater the distance you can leave between the bushes and the more comfortable the cucumbers will feel. The diagram below shows the optimal placement of cucumbers, with maximum use of the greenhouse useful area.
Chess
When planting cucumber seedlings in two rows in a checkerboard pattern the distance between the bushes is 0,35 m. Since the plants are planted with a displacement in the rows when planting, this eliminates the interweaving of growing lashes and, therefore, there is no thickening of the plantings.
Single line
Single-line scheme of greenhouse cucumber planting provides placement in a row at a distance 0,2-0,4 mand the distance between the rows is not less than 0.7 m.
Each method of landing has its advantages:
- with double row A greater number of seedlings are planted, hence we will get a greater harvest;
- in chess mode Cucumber bushes get maximum illumination, grow well - the result is increased yield;
- with single row growing cucumber plants are convenient to care for, as there is free access to each plant.
The method of growing herring cucumbers in the open ground
Cucumbers can be grown in a rather original way in the form of a Christmas tree. This is a very convenient method of forming cucumber beds on open ground, able to decorate any garden plot. How to plant herring cucumbers? The essence of the method is that cucumbers (seeds or seedlings) planted not in straight beds, and sowing of seeds produced in a circle.
On the edge of the circle, with a diameter of 1.5 -2 m, a groove is dug out, at the bottom of which you can lay mowed grass, humus, and compost. A layer of soil is poured in from above, and sow seeds or plant seedlings at a distance 40 see between plants.
A peg is hammered near each plant, to which a twine will be tied. A high support is hammered in the center of the circle - whether it is a metal pipe or a wooden peg. For subsequent cucumber garters, hooks are hung at the end of the support if a metal pipe is used or a nail is hammered in the case of a wooden peg.
You can install long supports for each plant and connect them at the top together, forming a tent. You can throw a light covering material on it, which will protect the plants, both from the cool air and from the scorching sun.
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- Garter cucumber when growing herringbone
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- Growing cucumbers in a tent or hut
The advantages of this method include:
- convenience in the care of cucumbers;
- rational land use, irrigation water and fertilizers, since irrigation and fertilizing are performed in the center of the circle and do not spread over the soil surface;
- plants feel comfortable they not thickenedGet lots of sunshine and are well blown by the wind.
The disadvantage can be considered the cost of materials for garter cucumbers, but when growing plants in a vertical way is a necessary condition.
For the cultivation of cucumbers, you can choose the right method for your garden plot. The main thing is to properly place the plants on it. This will contribute to the normal development of cucumbers not at the expense of the harvest.