Greenhouse owners may have noticed that cucumber bushes from the same batch of seedlings, planted at the same time, begin to bear fruit at different times. On some plants the ovary is just beginning to appear, while on others large cucumbers have been plucked for a long time. Early ripening largely depends on the method of planting seedlings.
Planting in regular beds in the ground
Cucumber seedlings planted in ordinary beds develop the slowest. The problem is that the ground is still cold, so the roots do not have enough heat. At night they freeze slightly, and the bushes feel normal only for a couple of hours during the day, then they actively grow. Seedlings planted using this method will begin to bear fruit later than anything else, but faster than outside the greenhouse.
Planting in bags
If you plant the seedlings in thick plastic bags or bags, the substrate will be located above the main soil. It will warm up from the greenhouse air, so the roots will be warm all the time. It is enough to use bags with a soil capacity of 8 liters. Be sure to cut off the bottom so that the moisture drains away when watering.
It is visually noticeable how different the bushes are, planted simply in the ground and in bags. In the latter case they are larger. Moreover, everything was planted from one batch of seedlings and at the same time. Plants in bags will begin to bear fruit earlier.
Planting in buckets on racks
If you plant cucumbers in buckets or boxes and place them on a rack in a greenhouse, then the ripening period will be the shortest. The higher you go, the warmer the air. In such conditions, the soil heats up more, and the roots develop as quickly as possible.
While the plants in ordinary beds and in bags are just developing, the harvest is already being harvested on the shelves. Of course, you can’t plant much this way. But you can keep a couple of bushes to have fresh early cucumbers for the table until the vegetables in the main beds ripen. On shelves, plants in closed containers quickly consume nutrients from the soil and wither earlier.
By planting cucumbers in three ways, you can harvest until the end of August. First, pick it from the rack, then from the bags, and finally only from ordinary beds.
