Why Gardeners Add Sour Milk to Cucumber Beds: Discover This Secret

29.02.2024 21:11

By regularly feeding cucumbers with spoiled milk, you can significantly increase the yield.

An expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh tells how to properly use sour milk as fertilizer for cucumbers.

How to properly feed cucumbers with sour milk

Firstly, only milk with a fat content of no more than 3% is suitable for feeding cucumbers.

Secondly, before use, milk must be diluted with water in equal proportions.

Thirdly, you need to water strictly under the root. Try to make sure that the fertilizer does not get on the leaves.

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It is also impossible to combine milk feeding with the use of agrochemical fungicides that kill lactic acid bacteria.

Earlier, the expert explained which three factors provoke the development of black leg in seedlings.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti