Growing cucumbers in a barrel, video lessons | Website about growing plants

They say that growing cucumbers in barrels was invented by the Chinese. This may be true, but over time this method has come to suit many of our gardeners. Summer residents who have not yet acquired greenhouses and those who have small plots and have to rationally use every piece of land especially liked growing cucumbers in this way.

From the video lessons you will learn how to prepare barrels for planting, what to fill them with and how to care for cucumbers growing in such unusual beds.

Planting cucumber seedlings in a barrel, video 1

The main advantage of this method is the ability to grow early cucumbers at no cost. Of course, you can’t grow a lot of cucumbers this way (where can you get so many barrels), but providing your family with fresh vitamins is quite possible.

Growing cucumbers in a barrel, video 2

In recommendations for planting cucumbers in barrels, it is often advised to insert a rail into the barrel and tie strings to it so that the plants will climb up along them. This is justified only when your structure is located in a place protected from the wind and you really want to save space.

Planting cucumbers in a barrel, video 3

In other cases, it is better to allow the shoots to hang down. And you will have less work and the cucumber lashes will not be torn by the wind. After all, the height of the barrel is about a meter and + the height of the slats, you get a tall column.

If you don’t have a barrel, don’t worry, cucumbers can be grown in regular bags. You can watch the video lesson, which is called: “Growing cucumbers in bags". It explains in great detail and shows how to do it.