Next season, many summer residents will probably start growing cucumbers.
The first step towards a bountiful harvest of garden crops is obtaining high-quality seedlings.
How to ensure that a young plant grows strong and healthy? And how to avoid overgrowing seedlings?
Recommendations were shared by the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
Avoid low temperatures
Containers with cucumber seedlings should not be located where the air temperature can fall below +15 degrees.
The ideal temperature conditions for a young plant are: from +23 to +25 degrees.
Regular watering
Cucumber seedlings do not "react" well to moisture deficiency. Therefore, you should not allow the soil to dry out completely.
Also, do not forget to spray the plant on the leaves.
At the same time, it is necessary to remember the danger of large amounts of water for the plant.
Top dressing
A young plant needs sufficient nitrogen.
If the seedlings receive little of this microelement, the leaf blades may become dry and have the “wrong” color.
Earlier, summer residents were told why they should put peas in a hole when planting cucumbers.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
