To grow a good harvest of cucumbers they must be provided with adequate nutrition. And for this you need to know how and what to feed them with. We will look at 5 main ways to feed cucumbers.
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If you regularly apply these fertilizers to the soil, your plants will receive all the necessary microelements.And in turn, they will thank you with a generous and rich harvest. |
Fertilizing with mineral fertilizers
It is better to choose complex, soluble mineral fertilizers. Firstly, such fertilizers are easy to use, and secondly, liquid fertilizers are better absorbed by plants. You need to start feeding cucumbers 10 days after planting the seedlings.
For a bucket of water, take 1 tablespoon of complex fertilizer, for example “Mortar”. And when the ovary appears, the dose is increased. Cucumbers should be fed with a more concentrated solution during fruiting. Dissolve 1.5 tbsp in a bucket of water. spoons of fertilizer.
Feeding cucumbers with ash
How to feed cucumbers
Ash is a unique complex fertilizer. No other mineral fertilizer contains such a quantity of useful microelements. Ash can and should be used to fertilize all garden crops, including cucumbers. You can sprinkle the beds with dry ash, but it is better to water them with an ash solution. This solution is very easy to prepare. Take a glass of ash in a bucket of water, stir it well and the fertilizing is ready.
You can water it. Just make sure that the insoluble sediment also gets into the garden bed.
An ash solution for foliar feeding is somewhat more complicated to prepare. Dilute 300 grams in 3 liters of water. ash. Put on fire and boil for 30 minutes. Then let it brew for 5-6 hours. Add a little soap to the solution and increase the volume to 10 liters. Strain and start spraying.
Feeding cucumbers with mullein
If you feed cucumbers with manure during growth and fruiting, this will give a noticeable increase in yield. To prepare mullein, you need to add fresh manure with water in a ratio of 1:3. Let it ferment for 10 days.Before watering, take 1 liter of mullein into a bucket of water.
And during fruiting, add another 50 grams. superphosphate into a bucket of the prepared solution. It is advisable to water not directly into the garden bed, but into pre-prepared grooves. After watering, the furrows are leveled.
The same solution, only diluted 1:20, can also be used for foliar feeding. And if you grow cucumbers in a greenhouse, then it is also better to place the container in which the mullein ferments in the same greenhouse. The smell will certainly not be very good. But all these fumes that are formed as a result of fermentation are foliar feeding for cucumbers.
By the way, if ordinary mash ferments in a greenhouse, the effect will be exactly the same. But that's true, by the way.
Fertilizing with liquid compost
How to feed cucumbers
How to feed cucumbers if you have neither ash nor manure on hand, but you don’t really want to use “chemicals”? There is one good and absolutely free option. This fertilizer is literally lying under our feet.
Any fresh grass, tops, as well as all fallen apples, pears, etc. are suitable for its preparation. We fill a barrel or any other container with all these “raw materials”, about two-thirds. Then add water, cover with a lid and leave to ferment. Fermentation will last about 10 days. After fermentation stops, the fertilizer can be used. This “talker” must be bred in the same way as mullein. 1 liter of solution per bucket of water.
This fertilizer has one drawback. There is a strong and unpleasant smell coming from the barrel. To tone it down, add a little valerian to the barrel. And of course, cover with a lid.
Yeast feeding of cucumbers
Many gardeners use regular baker's yeast to feed plants.For this, both dry and regular yeast are used. Regular ones dilute 100 grams. for 10 liters of water. And you can water it right away.
Dry yeast (10 g packet) is also diluted in 10 liters of water, but it must be allowed to brew for 2 hours. In addition, it is recommended to add 2 - 3 tablespoons of sugar to this solution. Yeast-based fertilizers are also sold in stores. It's called Rostmoment.
Cucumbers should be fertilized with yeast no more than 2 times per season. Yeast does not contain any beneficial microelements. Such supplements can be regarded as stimulating, not nourishing.. However, after applying such fertilizers, the cucumbers noticeably “come to life” and begin to grow. This means there are benefits from them.
All these feedings need to be done once every 10-15 days. The greatest effect is obtained by alternating different methods. All these methods can be combined with each other. Of course, within reasonable limits. Fertilizing in excess will not lead to the desired result. In addition to regular feeding, you must definitely exercise formation of cucumbers, about all the subtleties Read about cucumber care here.
If you know and use another method of feeding cucumbers, be sure to share your experience with our readers. It's very easy to do in the comments.
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Of all the above, I only recognize mullein. This fertilizer has been tested by more than one generation of people! My parents fertilized everything with it, and I fertilize it, and I advise you all! Feed the cucumbers with manure once a week, and not every 10-15 days as written here, and they will grow by leaps and bounds without any yeast.
Mikhail, mullein is of course a very good food for cucumbers. I myself use this fertilizer all the time, I just add a little “chemistry” to it in the form of superphosphate and potassium sulfate and I am quite pleased with the results. But the “raw materials” for such fertilizer are becoming more and more scarce. Many people have to look for a replacement for this proven remedy.
We don’t feed our cucumbers with anything at all, but they still grow well
Tatyana, apparently your land is very good. Nevertheless, try feeding your cucumbers at least once and you will immediately see how much they like it. And they will certainly thank you for this.
Admin, I don’t really understand why you should add chemicals to mullein, but that’s your business. This is what I wanted to ask. I’ve heard and read a lot about “chatterbox” or “liquid compost,” but I’ve never used it myself. I would like to know the opinions of people who have used this fertilizer. Write how you liked it, especially in comparison with mullein. And how do you dilute it, it seems to me that 1 liter per bucket of water is not enough.
I had to use both mullein and mash. I didn't notice much of a difference. In my opinion, both of these fertilizers are good and their effect is approximately the same. The herbal infusion was prepared according to the same recipe described here. I also added 1 liter to a bucket of water.infusion and 3l. I also didn’t notice any difference. But I didn’t like the yeast supplement. But that's my personal opinion.
Cucumbers love water very much. Just water them every day and you will have a harvest.
I never thought that cucumbers can be fed in so many ways. Next year I'll have to experiment. In general, we fertilize everything with manure.
Thank you, a lot of interesting things.
Maxim R. and you are doing the right thing.
It seems to me that it is still better to fertilize cucumbers with manure than with mash. In any case, I like this method better.
The main thing is to add fertilizer to the soil. Apply in reasonable quantities. And what kind, this is a secondary question.
This question is not at all secondary. Cucumbers love manure feeding most of all, I know this from my own experience. We have been growing cucumbers for a long time, both for sale and for ourselves. We always fertilize with mullein.
Very informative article, thanks to the author.
I wasn’t even too lazy to write a comment.
Victoria, thank you very much for your comment.
Don't be lazy, write more!
How to prepare manure for fertilizing without burning it. I planted the seedlings, but they stood in one place and did not grow. I fed it with ash, potassium permanganate does not help. I’ll try with manure, what do you recommend???
Marina, mullein fertilizer for cucumbers is prepared as follows: pour one part of manure with three parts of water and let this mixture sit and ferment for a week. During this time, stir it all 2-3 times, and after a week you can start fertilizing. Stir one liter of mullein in a bucket of water and feel free to water your cucumbers, do not be afraid to burn them. I tried feeding the cucumbers with a more concentrated solution, diluting a liter of mullein in five liters of water and there were no burns. True, I also didn’t notice any special effect from such a double dose. But don’t throw away the insoluble sediment; pour it into the beds; it will only be beneficial. Have a good harvest!
The first time fertilizing is done on June 10, when 2 liters of fertilizer solution are given per hole. During fruiting, cucumbers are fed three to four times with an interval of 10-12 days. For each fertilizing, it is advisable to use different fertilizers to provide the plants with everything they need. It is best to feed and water cucumbers in the morning.
A very interesting article, especially for me. For the first time I planted a vegetable garden. I planted cucumbers in the ground with seeds in a greenhouse. Of course I’m worried, I believe that they will rise, but I don’t believe it. Please tell me, is it possible now to somehow promote the seedlings, feed them or something?
Oksana, don’t worry, your cucumbers will definitely sprout. There is no need to feed them now. For seeds to germinate, only warm and moist soil is needed.
After 25 years of working on the site, I want to make my life easier.Therefore, for the 3rd year in greenhouses with cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers I have been using only ash, concentrated horse manure and dry chicken manure. It’s easy, quick and convenient to breed everything, you don’t have to wait a week, 10 days…. By the way, any cabbage, beets, zucchini, pumpkins, salads, bushes, flowers and much more are also not against these fertilizers. Good luck.