Care for cucumbers after planting and before harvesting

Caring for cucumbers in a greenhouse from planting to harvest traditionally involves watering, maintaining the right humidity levels, and fertilizing. Our climate even allows for early cucumber harvests, making this vegetable even more popular among gardeners.

To ensure a future harvest of delicious, beautiful, and robust cucumbers, you need to put in the effort beforehand. Proper care includes shaping the bushes and regular weeding, pinching, watering with sufficient warm water, and protecting the fruit from wind, drafts, and frost. Pay attention to All the gardening secrets for lazy people who don't dig.

Peculiarities of caring for cucumbers in the garden

Cucumbers need to be constantly monitored and trained to ensure a bountiful and delicious harvest. As soon as the main stem has grown six leaves, it's essential to pinch it off: simply pluck off the top to stop the plant from growing upward. This simple procedure is crucial; it will ensure good branching and the development of additional shoots with flowers. Ultimately, a prosperous harvest is guaranteed for the forward-thinking gardener.

The soil needs to be loosened regularly and fertilized. The growth of the bushes themselves also needs to be consistently nurtured. When branches become overgrown, they need to be tied up. Seedlings can be safely tied up within a week of being planted in their permanent location. This will allow for a quick and easy harvest of the first crop from the main stem and additional fruit from the side branches.

Advice! The more often pick cucumbers, the faster new fruits will appear. Therefore, it is recommended to harvest every day.

How to water properly

If you watch various videos about greenhouse cucumber care, from planting to harvest, you'll notice that this vegetable has special watering requirements. Cucumbers need to be watered regularly, because if they don't get enough, the fruits will become bitter. However, overwatering should be avoided, as this will lead to the formation of numerous barren flowers, and the developed fruits will be watery and tasteless.

Cucumbers should be watered as soon as the top layer of soil has dried sufficiently. Ensure the soil remains consistently moist. This can be achieved by mulching with organic materials (such as regular grass clippings).

About regular feeding

For successful growth Cucumbers need minerals and vitamins, which are supplied to the soil with special fertilizers. Fertilizers are applied carefully and directly to the soil.

Advice! Most fertilizers are strong and should only be diluted and applied to the soil for cucumber feeding, and with extreme caution! Be careful not to let the fertilizer come into contact with leaves or fruit, as this can cause irreparable damage to the crop.

Magnesium deficiency in cucumbers is often observed when grown in greenhouses. A clear sign of this is pale leaves and yellowing of the interveinal tissue. In this case, fertilize immediately and repeat after a month. Cucumbers respond best to liquid fertilizers.

Properly caring for cucumbers in a greenhouse from planting to harvest isn't difficult. However, it's essential to know the key points and rules to ensure a full, delicious, and nutritious harvest. Much depends on shaping the plants and maintaining a proper watering regime. Other care nuances are minor, but essential.

Cucumbers grow quickly, so it's best to sow seeds for seedlings in early spring. Then, you'll be able to harvest the first early crop in early summer, provided you're in a greenhouse, of course. Our climate also allows for growing cucumbers outdoors, but this method often requires additional protection from the elements.