Those who have a summer cottage or a small garden plot will certainly plant cucumbers. And from year to year they are trying to find out the surest way to increase yields. I will note that there is no single recipe and cannot be. But one thing is for sure, in order for the cucumbers to bear fruit until late autumn, you need to regularly feed these lovely and diligent plants.
With the help of all sorts of different dressings, you can bring cucumber bushes to a high yield. When ovaries appear, bushes ask for a lot of nutrients, they pull them out of the soil. And if the soil is poor, then problems begin.
Feeding the plant is not that difficult. There are many recipes and none are simple. And cash costs will not be needed. These dressings are well suited for all types of cucumber varieties planted both in the greenhouse and on plain ground in the open air.
Pay attention to the ash
What is needed for this:
10 liters of the simplest water;
1 liter of crushed wood ash;
What should be the action:
You need to take water and fill a bucket with it. Now just add ash to the water and stir the mixture. We will put in much more ash, since a large amount of nutrition is very important during the set of ovaries.
Usually 1-2 glasses of ash are enough. This ingredient has a big plus - it is harmless, and it has a lot of benefits.
You need to leave the ash and water alone for a day. Then mix again and pour the cucumbers under the root. An individual approach to plants is evident. The bush needs 1 liter of water.
I would like to give one more advice: before feeding, be sure to water the plant with plain water. This is necessary in order for the roots to wake up and begin to work. then the absorption of the top dressing will go faster.
The ash contains many nutrients that the plant needs at this moment. This is very important: we can give potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium in the proper amount from ash. Moreover, there is also nitrogen here and it will not be required to add it additionally.
Nitrogen helps to build up leaves and branches. if there is too much of it, then the cucumbers will freeze at the stage of crown formation and we will not wait long for fruits.
After feeding the cucumbers with ash greens, you will quickly notice that the plants have started. At the same time, it is not possible to exceed the permissible dosage using an ash solution.
If there is no ash at hand at all, and you don't even know how it looks, then this grief can also be helped. For example, take and buy ready-made fertilizers with instructions in a specialized gardening store. Dilute according to the standard and water the sufferer. This method also takes place.
Foliar application of top dressing
In addition to all the usual root feeding with an ash solution, you can use a method such as feeding the plant not through the root. Such feeding is not often used. Maximum once a week. You need to get a liter of simple curd whey and stir it in a bucket of water. Now put 20 drops of iodine there. This will not only help to grow fruit, but also get rid of parasites.
It is better to spray with a mixture immediately. And you shouldn't prepare it for future use - the whey can ferment and nullify all the efforts of the owner of six acres.
