All about growing bagged cucumbers

Cucumbers are among the most common vegetables to be seen in almost any home. Cucumbers are used both fresh and in various dishes. Almost every site owner grows cucumbers, but it is not always possible to plant the required amount of vegetables, since there is simply not enough space. In this regard, summer residents come up with many ways to grow vegetables with a rational use of the territory. This is how a method of growing cucumbers in bags appeared - thanks to this method, many cucumbers can be grown even in a small area.

If we talk about the methods of growing cucumbers in bags, then they have pros and cons, all this is revealed over time. People already know well the options for growing this crop even in bags. If we talk about the advantages of this method, then the following can be noted:

• growing a large crop in a small area;

• no difficulties in care - it is very easy to follow the bushes, for this you do not need to perform special actions;

• quick harvest and long fruiting - more simply, cucumbers will grow very quickly, and the plant will bear fruit for a long time;

• in this way, there are almost no diseases of this culture, so the harvest will be of high quality and volume.

As with all methods of growing vegetables, this method has its drawbacks.

• Maintaining moisture is tricky and worth trying. If the humidity is too high, the roots will rot, and the plants themselves will most likely die.

• The temperature in the bag may be too high, which will cause the root system to die. This is especially true on hot days.

In order for the plant to produce high-quality fruits, you need to properly prepare the place where it will be planted. This is one of the most important planting rules for different crops. If you decide to plant cucumbers, then you need to decide between burlap and polyethylene bags, you can use garbage bags. In order to plant this culture, you will need bags and earth, the seedlings themselves, pipes and rope, sticks made of wood. However, for a start, it is worth deciding in the form of a bag.

Before planting plants, you need to prepare the soil. To begin with, bags made of polyethylene are taken, bags of 70 liters are needed. Earth is poured into them, layers of soil and manure can be made, bags are installed vertically. The best way is to install the bag in the recess, so it will not fall.

In the middle of the bag, you need to install a wooden stick about 2 m long. A nail should be nailed at the end, there will be knots on it. Plastic tubes with holes are inserted into the bags; such tubes are needed for watering.

Watering cucumbers occurs precisely through the tubes, cucumbers are watered daily if the summer is hot. After the leaves appear, they need to be tied to a stick.

Landing is not performed immediately, but step by step. Take a bag and measure the parameters, they should fit the tube. You can install pallets, bags will be displayed on them, fertilizers mixed with earth are poured into them, and the bag is pasted over with adhesive tape so that it does not accidentally break.

Besides, to always keep the bag moist, choose white bags. Watch out for watering cucumbers - how often watering occurs and in what volumes, if you pour a lot of water, the plant will start to hurt, so you can ruin the plant. If you want, you can plant different varieties of cucumbers in one bag. You need to follow each step correctly, so you get the best harvest.

You can plant cucumbers not only with seedlings, but also with seeds. It is best to take seeds that take about two or three years to grow. Such plants will produce more flowers that are female. And if you decide to use the seeds that you have left from last year, then they need to be dried. They should lie down at 50 degrees for several hours, so they dry.

Then warm water is collected in a small jar, seeds are lowered there, they must lie in this container for a day. Exactly after this time, the seeds must be placed in the refrigerator, there they must spend three days in order to harden.

After you fill the seeds with water, some of them will float up, these seeds will not be useful to you, they should be thrown away. After the seeds are hardened, they need to be germinated and planted.

You need to plant seeds in the last days before summer, after which they are well watered. They plant seeds in bags in the same way as planting seedlings. Special holes are made in the ground, in the bag; seeds must be put in these recesses. You can cover them with special substances that prevent damage to the plant by parasites.

Seedlings are prepared and planted in the same way as on the beds. At the beginning of May, you need to plant cucumber seeds in cups, then they are transplanted into bags. Plants can be transplanted only at the moment when about three leaves appear on the bushes. If the cucumber bushes are small, they are planted in triangular holes, which are made in advance in a bag. Seedlings should only be perpendicular to the bag. If you want to get a good harvest, but at the same time save on space, then you need to properly care for the seedlings and plant them at the right time.

It's not enough just to plant cucumbers in bags on the street, you also need to take care of them. If you form a cucumber bush correctly, then the harvest will be good. Cucumbers release a huge number of side shoots, because of these shoots, the yield decreases, as well as its quality, such shoots require nutrients, their bush gets less. You need to learn how to pinch cucumbers in order for them to produce a good harvest.

It is necessary to form bushes of cucumbers constantly so that unwanted shoots do not appear on them. If you break off long shoots, then the cucumbers will grow more slowly, if you break off small ones, there will be no negative effect for the bush.

All work on the care of cucumbers should be associated with the formation of a bush, with its feeding and watering, you also need to prevent various diseases and increase the yield of the plant, you need to harvest correctly. The above was considered how to form a bush. And you also need to learn how to patent cucumbers. Cucumber bushes need not only be shaped, but also tied up after there are more than five leaves on the bush, it must be tied to a rope, which, in turn, is tied to a stick. The bush should have its own twine, then you need to constantly shape the bush.

Cucumbers are watered using tubes that are installed in the soil. Cucumbers in bags need to be watered less than in the beds (if you planted cucumbers in polyethylene bags, then they retain moisture for as long as possible).

If you are using transparent bags, the moisture in them can be determined by the drops located in the inside of the bag. Watering cucumbers should be done with warm water.

Feeding will also be useful, you need to feed the cucumbers with the help of organic fertilizers, you can also use mineral fertilizers, but there should be a break of 10 days between them.

Even growing a crop in bags does not completely prevent disease and pest exposure. Cucumbers can have a wide variety of diseases, all of which must be prevented.

Powdery mildew is one of the most popular diseases. It is a fungal disease that looks like flour on leaves. This disease occurs due to low temperature, which is accompanied by humidity. To combat this disease, the bushes are sprayed with copper oxychloride, as well as other solutions; from folk remedies, a solution of laundry soap or a solution of sour milk with water can be isolated.

False dew is also popular, it looks like spots of yellow color, then they increase, and the leaves dry out. The means of dealing with it are the same.

Brown spot, it looks like brown spots on cucumbers and leaves.

You need to harvest on time - this is the most important stage of caring for this crop. If the crop is harvested on time, then its volume will be larger, new ovaries will appear on the bushes.

To get more cucumbers, they need to be harvested daily. If ripe fruits are not harvested in time, then ovaries will not appear, the yield will be lower. In order for insects to fly better to the flowers, they need to be sprayed with sweetened water or special substances.

Sometimes it is not possible to evenly moisturize the soil, but it should not be too wet or dry - it is important that the bush is formed correctly, so that it blooms well, and a good harvest is obtained. Also, too much sunlight is a problem, it is best to place the bags where there is shade.

Besides, you cannot plant cucumbers too densely - space is needed for the development of the bush. Never plant a large number of seeds or seedlings in the bag, as the result will be low yield.

If you follow all the planting rules, then you will get a lot of early cucumbers. Even in cities, you can grow a crop in this way, and every day you will be delighted with cucumbers right from the balcony. And summer residents will get a good harvest, regardless of the weather.