Recommendations for growing cucumbers on a trellis in the open field

Experienced summer residents have been practicing growing cucumbers on a trellis for several years. The innovative method has proven effective not only in the greenhouse, but also in the open field. With its help, it is possible to significantly increase the yield and accelerate the ripening of cucumbers.

Benefits of the new way

Cucumber planters know they need attention and care. Without this, the flowers often fall off, and the set fruits turn out to be clumsy and bitter... Vertical cultivation allows you to minimize leaving.

When plants are spread in an open field, they are often affected powdery mildew... This is due to the fact that cucumbers need to be constantly watered, and the disease develops precisely in conditions of high humidity. The disease leads to the fact that the plants wither, bear little fruit and quickly die. Trellis growing several times reduces the risk of powdery mildew infection. This is the main plus noted by summer residents using this technology.

The second positive aspect is considered to be significant space savings. Rational use of the land allows you to plant more vegetables in your summer cottage.

Cucumber is a climbing plant. He is used to reaching for sunlight, clinging to any support with his green antennae, so growing on a trellis is the best option for him:

• it fully provides the light necessary for the rapid ripening of fruits;
• eliminates contact with moist soil teeming with harmful bacteria;
• promotes better pollination.

The upright cucumbers are easy to care for. Weed, fertilize the soil, harvest.

Tapestry for cucumbers

There are many options for making trellis for outdoor installation. Novice summer residents can make a simple and convenient construction of bamboo sticks. You will need to stock up on bamboo chopsticks. They should be 3-4 cm in diameter and about one and a half meters long.

1. Before installing the trellis, the earth should be thoroughly dug up, the garden bed should be broken and fertilized with humus. It must be made at the rate of 10 kg per 1 hundred square meters of land.
2. Then the sticks need to be dug to a depth of 60 cm opposite each other, maintaining a distance of 50 cm between the slats. On the one side of the bed, they need to be dug in exactly, and on the other - at an angle of 60 degrees.
3. The top of the stick should be connected and tied tightly with wire.
4. To make the trellis more durable and comfortable, four parallel crossbars must be screwed to the supports dug in at an angle.

The trellis made in this way holds well the weaving branches of the cucumbers. Lightweight rungs are durable, do not rot in the open field. The structure can be easily dug out of the ground with the onset of cold weather, and reinstalled in the spring.

Seedlings or prepared cucumber seeds it is required to deepen into the soil near the support installed at an angle.

How best to plant cucumbers

Most varieties of cucumbers can be used for growing on a trellis, but it is better to purchase:

• Opera F1;
• Regal F1;
• "Focus";
• "Asterix F1"

You can plant a crop when the slightest threat of night frost disappears. Cucumbers love warmth, so wait until good weather is firmly established and the soil at a depth of 15 cm warms up to 14 degrees.

To get a large harvest of vegetables, you need to think about where to install the trellis. It is recommended to use the land on which tomatoes, potatoes or cabbage were grown last season.

Plants can be planted with seeds and seedlings.

1. Two days before sowing, it is advisable to wrap the seeds in a damp material, place them in polyethylene and put in a warm place. Tiny roots will quickly hatch from them.
2. On the garden bed, you need to dig small holes, observing a distance of 25 cm, put there 2 seeds each, pour water and sprinkle with earth.

To get young cucumbers a few weeks earlier, it is better to plant vegetables with seedlings. Germinate the seeds in plastic cups ahead of time, or purchase ready-made sprouts from the store. Seedlings should be rooted, on which there are three healthy powerful leaves. Plant it at the same distance as the seeds.

Advice

To protect delicate seedlings from temperature changes and speed up rooting in the open field, build a polyethylene shelter under the trellis. When the cucumbers have new leaves and whiskers, the film can be removed.

Garter

The size of the cucumber crop largely depends on the correct formation of the bushes. When the seedlings are growing, remove the lower shoots and flowers up to the 6th leaf. Otherwise, the plant will direct all its forces to the early ovary and quickly deplete. By removing premature flowers and excess shoots, you will provide yourself with a rich harvest throughout the season.

Wait until the plant stretches up to half a meter, and pin the side branches, leaving 2 leaves on them. When the shoots reach the side of the trellis, they must be carefully twisted around, pointing up. Subsequently, the cucumbers will cling to the support with their whiskers on their own. So that the branches of cucumbers do not suffer with abundant fruiting, it is recommended to pass them through the side slats. This will prevent the shoots from breaking off under the weight of the fruit.

Care

Cucumbers require regular, abundant watering. The trellis growing method allows the use of a drip irrigation system, which significantly saves water, fully providing vegetables with moisture.

Advice

Remember to mulch the soil after watering. This will prevent the soil from drying out and eliminate weeding.

Dried yellow leaves must be systematically torn off and removed from the site. If you do not adhere to this rule, healthy shoots can start to deteriorate and rot.

The cucumber bed should be fed 5-6 times throughout the season.

1. The first fertilizer should be applied when the young sprout has 3 leaves. At this time, he needs nitrogen to build up green mass. Measure out 1 tbsp. l. urea, stir in 10 liters of cool water and add a liter can of liquid under the root of each bush.
2. Fertilize the cucumbers a second time half a month after the first feeding. To do this, use a mullein. Dissolve a half-liter jar of fertilizer in 10 liters of water and pour over the cucumbers.
3. It is recommended to feed vegetables for the third time during flowering. To provide them with potassium, stir 10 tbsp. l. wood ash in 10 liters of liquid and pour over each well.

Subsequent dressings are applied when the plants are actively bearing fruit. Liquid chicken droppings are good for cucumbers. Dilute it in water at the rate of 0.5 liters of droppings per 10 liters of liquid. Add a couple of glasses of wood ash to the solution before use.

Picking cucumbers

35-40 days after planting in open ground, the first crop can be harvested from the bushes. So that ripe fruits do not deplete the plant and prevent the emergence of a new ovary, they must be harvested daily or every other day. The optimal time for this is evening or early morning. For canning, the ideal fruit size is 5-9 cm, for fresh consumption - 10-14 cm.

The whips tied to the trellis will bear fruit until mid-September. Then the plants must be removed from the garden, the trellis must be dismantled, a piece of land must be carefully dug up and fertilized with manure, preparing for the next season.

As you can see, growing cucumbers on a trellis is not difficult. Be sure to try this method of planting plants in your summer cottage. It helps to increase yields and makes the daily care of cucumbers much easier.