How effective are popular cucumber seed germination methods?

It's time to decide to sow cucumber seeds in the ground or for seedlings. Everyone is interested in the question of how to germinate seeds faster and better in order to avoid losses and, as a result, get strong, completely healthy plants that will begin to bear fruit quickly.

It often happens that the seeds are soaked, you sow, but they do not even think to sprout. Expensive time has been lost, and with it the harvest. It becomes insulting and incomprehensible who cheated again, the manufacturer or the seller of seeds. So how can you be sure that the seeds are viable sooner, how do you get good sprouting material?

Various methods of sowing and seeds of cucumbers

It is possible to sow directly into the ground, or to obtain a culture from seedlings. So how to do the right thing without wasting time to sow seeds or germinate all the same?

Experienced gardeners know that after soaking, the crop grows much faster. But every medal has two sides.

The advantages of this procedure:

* Ability to identify at an early stage weak shoots, from which you need to immediately get rid of

* period of amicable germination within 10 days

* usually fungus and viruses bypass such seeds

The disadvantages of this method include the time spent and the difficulty in soaking

How to speed up the germination process?

Several procedures will contribute to this:

Material needs to be calibrated in order to get rid of empty seeds incapable of life. Pour the seeds into a glass of warm water, stir and leave for 35-40 minutes. After subsequent mixing, the empty ones will remain on the surface, and the healthy ones will be at the bottom.

Warming up the seeds. Spread the planting material on a cloth (paper) and place on a warm windowsill in the daytime sun. An ultraviolet lamp is also suitable as a replacement for the sun; it is necessary to shine through for 5 minutes.

Soaking the material. To accelerate the germination process, you need to soak the seeds with warm (about 27 degrees) water. Do not use cold water, this will only slow down the process. Soaking in warm water will shorten the germination time by about 3 days.

Using boiling water. Place the material in a cloth bag, dip it quickly into a container with hot (85-90 degrees) water. The method is suitable for carrots, parsley (seeds with an oiled shell). Experienced gardeners claim that this method will really accelerate germination.

Japanese method. According to many, the seeds should lie in the water, be fed and only then germinate. However, this method forces events. It is necessary to cut off the seed and soak it in a container with warm water. A seedling will appear in 2-3 days.

Stimulation... Here, stimulants are used for growth.

From Kornevin you need to prepare a solution. For 400 ml of water 5 drops of Kornevin. The material is kept in the solution for 25-30 minutes. 3 days before sowing, they are soaked in the ground in Zircon

Solution Epin-extra  prepared strictly according to the instructions. The seeds stand for about 20 minutes.

Sodium humate promotes germination processes. The solution is prepared from 55 grams per 5 liters of water. It must be infused for 5-6 hours beforehand.

For a high yield of seeds of pepper, tomato, cucumber, it is used Silk. The drug stimulates the development of plants, improves immunity.