How to feed cucumbers in the open field

The article provides detailed instructions on how to feed cucumbers in the open field: the best fertilizers, the rules for their selection, feeding methods.

You need to know how to care for cucumbers, how and when to feed them so that a good harvest grows. Cucumbers need nutrients that can be given to them through fertilization. This article covers the topics: How to properly care for cucumbers.

How to feed cucumbers in the open field: why do you need top dressing

How to feed cucumbers in the open field: why do you need top dressing

In depleted soils with a lack of minerals, a good harvest can not be expected. The same effect will be obtained if cucumbers are planted again in the same place.

The problem is solved with fertilizers:
- seedlings grow faster;
- the duration of fruiting increases;
- improve the taste of cucumbers;
- to increase resistance to disease.

How to feed cucumbers in the open field: what you need to know about feeding cucumbers

How to feed cucumbers in the open field: what you need to know about feeding cucumbers

Lack or, conversely, excess of organic compounds in plants, has a negative effect on productivity.

At each stage of their development, cucumbers need certain types of fertilizers, depending on which they are lacking at a given time.

Therefore, it is necessary to choose the right feeding and feed it as often as possible:

1. The first time after the first two leaves grow. Use urea, chicken manure or manure, since these fertilizers contain nitrogen, which the plant needs in the early stages of development.

2. Repeat two weeks later.

3. When the time of flowering begins. Use potash fertilizers.

4. When the fruits begin to set. During this period, the plant especially needs potash and nitrogenous fertilizers.

Feeding should be done under the root and outside the root during the ripening of cucumbers:

- Top dressing at the root: pour a solution of the prepared fertilizer onto the soil under the leaves. Make sure that drops of the solution do not fall on the leaves to avoid burns.

- Top dressing on the aboveground part of the plant: the plant is sprayed with a solution in the morning and in the evening. Do not spray after rain.

How to feed cucumbers in the ground: what is better to add to top dressing

How to feed cucumbers in the ground: what is better to add to top dressing

1. When planting in the ground

First you need to fertilize the soil itself. Then the seeds are sown. When the seeds sprout, you need to feed them. Basically, these are fertilizers with potassium content. At this stage, you need to feed:

- potassium nitrate;
- urea (NH2) 2CO);
- superphosphate;
- (CaH2PO4) 2 x H2O + 2CaSO4 x 2H2O;
- potassium chloride - KCl.

Phosphorus regulates the root system. Do not overdose, otherwise the plant may die. Make sure the plant gets enough nitrogen.

2. Mineral elements

They can be used in a mixture with organics or separately. Chlorine is not compatible with mineral fertilizers.
It is necessary to feed seedlings:

- alternately add organic matter and mineral elements;
- wet the soil before feeding;
- apply fertilizer to the pits at a distance of five centimeters from the plant;
- Water only the soil under the leaves with fertilizer;

3. Organic

Organic matter includes chicken droppings and manure.

Prepared by dilution 1:15. It is recommended to add ash - 500 g.

You can also use folk remedies:

collect weeds, nettles, dandelions, plantain leaves. Grind all this and prepare a solution: add ten liters of water to one kilogram of the prepared material. Insist for 24 hours, drain.
Consumption: four liters per square meter of soil.

4. Fertilizer from yeast

Yeast feeding helps to grow, develop better roots, boosts immunity and increases endurance.
How to cook:

10 g dry yeast per 10 liters of water. Add two tablespoons of granulated sugar. Insist for two hours. Then add 50 liters of water to this solution.

How to apply:

- pour the prepared solution 12-14 days after disembarkation;
- the second time - after feeding with phosphorus.

5. Ash

Ash is rich in calcium - one of the most important elements necessary for the cultivation of cucumbers.
How to use:

- deposit six times per season;
- the first feeding - when three leaves appear, the next - during the flowering period;
- further feed once every two weeks;
- fertilize the soil with dry ash before watering.

What other fertilizers to use

1. Complex fertilizers

If the plant grows poorly and it is not known what exactly they are missing, apply fertilizing with complex fertilizer.
The main element of this fertilizer is nitroammophoska. It dissolves in water and is used for spraying.

2. Trace elements

Basic required elements:

1. Nitrogen. Promotes the growth of greenery.

2. Phosphorus. The plant must systematically receive it in small quantities. Improves healthy root growth.

3. Potash dressing

Promotes the receipt of nutrients by the plant from the roots.

What fertilizers to choose

1. Manure from a cow. Solution: 1 part: 10 liters of water.
2. Chicken droppings. A solution is prepared - for 10 liters of water, one liter of dung plus two glasses of ash is needed.
3. Complex fertilizers. They are used according to the application manual.

Where to buy

- in gardening associations;
- in manufacturing companies;
- in special stores;
In packaging bags, prices range from 100 to 3000 rubles per kilogram per liter.