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Smart summer residents don't touch the watering can all summer, but the cucumber harvest breaks records: what's their secret?
03.05.2023 20:04
Summer residents who are used to regularly watering cucumbers do not immediately believe that this happens.
However, clever gardeners use “smart” beds that free them from the need to circle around the cucumbers with a watering can.
What is the essence of the method?
Even before planting seedlings, summer residents create a supply of water for the plants and provide conditions in which neither the sun nor weeds will interfere with them.
Supporters of the method believe that it is worth tinkering at the initial stage, so as not to worry about caring for cucumbers later. Subsequently, they only go to the beds to collect a fresh harvest.
How do they do it?
1. First, dig up the bed for cucumbers and make deep trenches around it.
2. The soil for planting is watered with boiling water, and the trenches around it are filled with ordinary water.
3. Wait until it is completely absorbed, then place a black film on top. Cover the edges of the material with soil and leave for 3 days – wait until the soil warms up and condensation forms.
4. Next, cuts are made in the film and the plants are planted in a checkerboard pattern at a distance of 20 cm.
If the summer is very dry, there is no rain for 3-4 weeks, then 1-2 syringes of water are poured into the cut to feed the plants a little. If there is enough rain, then moisture will accumulate under the covering material and saturate the cucumbers.
