Under favorable circumstances, cucumbers grow as if by themselves, satisfying the gardener’s hopes.
But thick and bright greenery does not guarantee a rich harvest. Barren flowers can spoil the mood. If you do not know how to cope with this trouble, here is some advice.
People have found a solution to the problem of the formation of male ovaries, which are called those same empty flowers.
In fact, this is not yet a cause for concern.
It is said that male flowers appear mostly in the first few days after flowering begins.
Everything should stabilize within 1-2 weeks and there should be significantly more female flowers.
How to deal with barren flowers.
1. Try pinching the main stem. After that, it will send out side shoots, which in turn will produce female flowers.
2. Then carry out foliar feeding with solutions that improve flowering and ovary formation.
Popular wisdom advises using the following solution.
For 10 liters of water you need to take 1 teaspoon of boric acid (5 g). It is sold in the pharmacy.
To help the acid dissolve better, you can stir it in a glass of hot water and then pour it into a bucket.
Mix and treat the plantings from all sides, preferably in the morning.
3. Next, we carry out additional feeding using potassium supplements (monopotassium phosphate - 20 g per 10 l of water).
This feeding is carried out in the evening.
Earlier we told you why experienced gardeners put soda in compost and use it when starting a fire.
