Is the best time to water in the greenhouse - morning or evening?
Most often, tomatoes, cucumbers, greens, cabbage, as well as crops that are very demanding on the sun and heat are grown in greenhouses. So that such plants do not hurt, the ovary does not crumble, the fruits do not taste bitter, one must not forget about the best time to moisturize the soil. Many people who consider themselves experts in growing vegetables argue that watering is necessary only in the evening, and it is better not to do this in the morning. But it is not so. What is best for cabbage can kill peppers or tomatoes.
Watering cucumbers
Cucumbers are quite picky about moisture. If there is too much of it, the fruits take the shape of a pear or a hook, the shoots begin to rot, the culture may die from disease. If there is a shortage of water, you should not count on a good harvest either: the ovary will be small, moreover, it will begin to crumble. The roots do not withstand sudden changes in soil moisture. When the sun is at its zenith, the water droplets burn the leaves.
Is it possible to water cucumbers in the morning? Summer residents who work in the city and return late are interested. It is best to do this in the evening, since such a culture grows at night and absorbs nutrients from wet soil. In extreme cases, you can moisten the soil early in the morning, but only always at the same time.
Important!
Each culture has its own requirements for the amount of water, light, heat. Many types of vegetables should not be watered in the evening, but before sunrise.
Watering tomatoes
Unfortunately, tomatoes do not ripen in all regions of the middle lane. The fruits turn black when the first fog appears, so the crop is mainly planted in closed ground.
Watering in the greenhouse allows you to control the amount of liquid and regulate the humidity, which should ideally be up to 55 percent. Then the tomatoes will pick up sweets, they will not crack. You should not irrigate adult bushes more than once every 5 days. When flowers appear on them, it is worth watering even less often, but there should be a lot of water.
Water the plant in the morning - before the heat appears, it manages to get saturated with useful substances, and the condensate, which has a detrimental effect on the stems and leaves, will evaporate by night.
Watering peppers and eggplants
Heat-loving crops, which grow better indoors, will be thanked with a decent harvest only if they are properly looked after.
Peppers planted in a greenhouse will delight you with juicy and bright fruits, if certain conditions are met:
- regular weeding from weeds;
- loosening the soil;
- fertilizing with fertilizers;
- proper irrigation.
The plant does not tolerate excess moisture, half a liter of water is enough for one bush. With drip irrigation, which is best for this crop, the liquid needs a little less, but it should not be cold. It is advisable to start moisturizing before the sun has risen. Watering is transferred to the evening in hot and dry weather.
Summer residents living in the middle lane have learned to grow eggplants. From the shiny fruits of dark purple color, dishes are prepared that can decorate any table. In order for bright fruits to ripen on the bushes, in addition to diving, dressing, pinching, watering is necessary, which can be drip, sprinkler, subsoil.
Before moistening the soil, the water should be heated to 20 degrees (if it is cold, the bush does not grow). It is better to irrigate the crop before the sun appears, but if it is hot outside all the time, you have to resort to watering both in the morning and in the evening. However, do not forget that excess moisture can lead to the death of the plant.
General recommendations
When moistened, it is desirable that the water flows directly to the root. It evaporates less when the earth is immediately covered with grass, compost, and hay.Instead of mulching, the soil can simply be loosened when it dries.
It happens that you have to do watering during the day. If this is really necessary, drops of water should not fall on either the leaves or the stems, otherwise the sun's rays will burn the plant.
Thus, the soil moistening regime depends on the characteristics of a particular vegetable or berry crop. It is not only the watering time that is important, but also the amount of water that the plant's root system receives.
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