Why cucumbers grew bitter: what mistakes were made - how to fix the situation

Cucumbers can look beautiful and healthy on the outside, and also surprise you with pleasant yield indicators.

But the most important condition is the presence of pleasant taste qualities.

Bitterness will simply make the cucumber crop useless.

As a rule, there are 3 main reasons why this unpleasant situation occurs, recalls Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, an agronomist and landscape designer.

What do they consist of?

You forgot about feeding

Cucumbers are not one of those crops that can be planted without feeding. In such cases, the vegetable will not develop as you would like.

It is especially important to remember that bitterness can be caused by a deficiency of nitrogen and potassium.

Stress

Cucumbers can also experience stress, the natural reaction to which is bitterness. Most often, stress is caused by non-compliance with the temperature regime.

Failure to water

"Overwatering" cucumbers leads to diseases. Also, vegetables grow tasteless. Irregular watering causes a bitter taste.

Earlier we talked about the tricks you can use to extend the fruiting period of cucumbers .

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• 25 December 2023

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