When we want to grow cucumbers, from which we will then make pickled or low-salt cucumbers, it is important that they grow relatively straight and shapely. Thanks to this, they will fit much more in the jars. What to do when they become bulbous – wide and overgrown on one side, and narrow on the other? The problem may be an inappropriate variety (especially salad varieties are predisposed to this), or poor care and cultivation. What should you remember?
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How and what to water cucumbers to grow straight and shapely? Remember that
Behind tuberous cucumbers is most often the wrong cultivation. First of all, we are talking about poor irrigation and fertilization. In the first case, remember to in hot weather, water the seedlings even twice a day, preferably in the morning and in the eveningwhen the temperature is not too high. In the colder period and just before harvest, it is enough to repeat the treatment every few daysotherwise they may become watery. Also remember that too little watering can make them not only shapeless, but also bitter in taste.
Homemade fertilizers for shapely crops. Reach for yeast for cucumbers
Fertilization is an important stage in the care of cucumbers. How to make them grow big and shapely? First of all, try to choose fertilizers rich in potassium and nitrogen. It is their deficiencies that often make the vegetable bulbous. Importantly, the plant often signals a problem. If she lacks potassium, the leaves of the seedlings turn yellow at the edges. When too little nitrogen is a problem, both leaves and crops turn yellow. In the first case, yeast fertilizer (dissolve 100 g of fresh yeast in 10 l of warm water, let it sit for an hour, and then water the bushes) or wood ash will be perfect, and in the second case, nettle slurry.
Why do cucumbers grow tuberous? You can’t influence everything
Proper care and cultivation of seedlings, as well as harvesting at the right time will minimize the risk that cucumbers will grow crooked and bulbous. Remember, however, that their shape also depends on conditions that are not always under your control. Speech, among others about weather. Both too low and extremely high temperatures can make them shapeless. Proper pollination by bees is also important.
Source: Gazeta
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