The Best Neighbors: These Plants Will Help Cucumbers Grow Faster
Perhaps many experienced summer residents and gardeners will confirm what has been proven over the years: cucumbers grow better if they are next to certain crops.
At the same time, some plants do more than just protect cucumbers from pests.
They also enrich the soil with useful substances.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist and landscape designer, spoke about which plants are considered the best neighbors for cucumbers.
Such representatives of flora include, for example, beans and peas.
These legumes enrich the soil with nitrogen, which is known to ensure the normal development of cucumbers.
For best results, it is recommended to plant beans and peas around the perimeter of the bed.
At the same time, do not forget about regular fertilizing in order to provide cucumbers with other microelements they need.
Constantly applied fertilizers will help balance the composition of substances in the soil, thereby creating conditions for obtaining a good cucumber harvest.
But it’s not only legumes that get along well with cucumbers; there are other excellent neighbors for them.
Let's say, cabbage, which helps strengthen the soil and protect against pests.
And corn forms a natural protection against winds and sunburn.
Thus, with the correct planting of neighboring plants, better development of cucumbers is ensured.
In addition, in this way you optimize the use of beds on your site.
