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How to protect cucumbers from powdery mildew: experienced gardeners listed the basic rules
26.11.2023 15:55
Powdery mildew can safely be called one of the most problematic diseases, since we encounter it quite often.
The problem is that cucumbers begin to succumb to the disease quite quickly, which becomes a threat to the entire vegetable crop.
It is especially important for those who grow crops in greenhouses to take preventive measures, says Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert at the online publication BelNovosti, a landscape designer and agronomist.
What are the basic rules?
Choosing the Right Cucumbers
Since producers are well aware that vegetables are prone to powdery mildew, varieties have long been developed that show a sufficient degree of resistance to the disease.
These are the ones you should choose.
Watering
It is important to remember that you should not "water" cucumbers: excess liquid will never be useful. It is also worth understanding that warm water is selected for watering.
Other important points
Powdery mildew often appears and actively spreads if the gardener did not thin out the plants and chose not to observe crop rotation.
