How to treat cucumbers from diseases and pests during fruiting
by Cucumbers are not immune to infections at any stage of vegetation, including during fruiting, when not all means can be used for their treatment. But …
Category: Cucumbers
Why cucumbers became like light bulbs
A packet of cucumber seeds always shows off smooth, attractive fruits. However, in real life, everything is not so beautiful. Perhaps every summer resident has …
How to Grow Delicious Cucumbers – We Reveal the Secrets of Experienced Gardeners
In order for cucumbers to be juicy, sweet, smooth and bear fruit for a long time, you need to not only choose high-quality seeds, but …
What to Grow Cucumbers in: 5 Options for a Compact Garden
Growing cucumbers on mobile beds is becoming increasingly popular among gardeners, especially those with small plots. Small portable beds help to get decent harvests in …
Successful Neighborhood: What Can Be Planted Next to Cucumbers
Before planting cucumber seedlings in the beds, it is worth choosing the right neighbors for the plants. The health of the cucumbers, the quantity and …
Cucumbers on the windowsill for the New Year: time to sow
Growing your own cucumbers for the New Year’s table in your apartment is not difficult at all. The first thing you need to do is …
What can be planted in the garden after cucumbers – we plan plantings for next year
By the end of each gardening season, summer residents begin to think about what to plant in their beds for the next year. And not …
How to “cure” a garden bed after cucumbers: professional and folk remedies
The harvest has been collected, the beds have been cleared, but it is still too early to finish the work. The soil in which the …
Why cucumbers are bitter and what to do to prevent them from being bitter
Despite its well-known unpretentiousness, cucumber is still a rather delicate plant. If it doesn’t like something, very soon the lower part of the vegetable, and …
How to Pinch Cucumbers Properly – Useful Tips with Photos and Videos
If you do not pinch and shape cucumber bushes, then do not be surprised by the meager harvest. Along with watering and fertilizing, this is …
Cucumber ovaries do not grow, dry up, fall off – we look for and eliminate the cause
Before you had time to rejoice at the abundance of ovaries on the cucumber bushes, they began to dry out, turn yellow and fall off …
Why do cucumber leaves turn lighter at the edges?
Cucumbers have high requirements for soil fertility, as well as humidity and temperature conditions. But it is not always possible to create suitable conditions for …
Cucumbers “burn” in the sun: how to save the harvest in a greenhouse and open ground
Just yesterday, the cucumber leaves were delighting with their juicy greenery, and today you have discovered telltale white or yellow spots on them? You need …
5 dangers that ruin cucumbers at the end of summer
In July, most gardeners suffer from a bountiful harvest of cucumbers. But in August, for many, the seemingly endless harvest suddenly comes to naught. However, …
“Toad leaf” on cucumbers: symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment
Cucumbers are not the most capricious agricultural crop. They are successfully grown in greenhouses, in open ground, and on balconies. Moreover, soil is often not …
Cucumber leaf edges turn yellow and dry: how to save the harvest
The condition of the cucumber leaves and fruits can tell you what nutrients the plant lacks. If you notice that the edges of the cucumber …
Why do cucumber leaves turn yellow?
Cucumbers grow well in a warm and humid climate. But in the middle zone it is not always possible to create ideal conditions for growing …
Secrets of July sowing of cucumbers
To harvest cucumbers for as long as possible, you can sow them not only in May-June, but even in July or August. For late sowing …
10 July tricks to help double your cucumber harvest
Want to increase your cucumber harvest but don’t know where to start? We offer simple techniques that will help you get twice as many cucumbers. …
Foliar feeding of cucumbers – the best recipes
Don’t know what is the best way to feed cucumbers for good fruiting? This article will help you prepare an effective fertilizer and use it …
Why do cucumber leaves wilt: three main reasons
Just yesterday the cucumber leaves were elastic, but suddenly they drooped, became soft and limp, like rags. Although this phenomenon occurs quite often, it makes …
Why cucumber ovaries do not grow, dry up, fall off and what to do
If cucumbers do not grow, it is a real disaster for all housewives. After all, no summer salad can do without these beloved vegetables. And …
Cucumbers are rotting on the vine: how to save the plantings
There is nothing more offensive than having invested several months of work, and by the end of the season, instead of a harvest of juicy …
How to save cucumbers from rot in cold and damp summer
Rot is one of the most common causes of death of cucumber bushes. Greenhouse and hothouse plantings suffer especially from this misfortune, but in rainy …
Cucumbers – planting and care, all work by month
During flowering and fruiting, cucumbers need more potassium, phosphorus, and microelements. Therefore, an ash infusion is suitable for feeding cucumbers in July: 1 glass per …
Cucumber seedlings are stretching and falling over – what am I doing wrong?
This is what novice gardeners usually encounter: seedlings have cotyledon leaves or they have grown a little, but the real ones are just “hatching”, while …
Spots on cucumber leaves – why they appear, what to do and how to treat them
We will tell you why white, yellow or brown spots appeared on cucumber leaves, with photos, a description of the problem and control measures. The …
Master class from our reader on tying cucumbers in a greenhouse
Correctly tied cucumbers receive more sunlight and grow better. And in a greenhouse, vertical tying also allows you to save space. In addition, cucumbers will …
Why cucumbers have only one empty flower – 6 most common reasons
Cucumbers have male and female flowers. However, gardeners prefer the female. Why? How to increase the number of female flowers on a plant? What to …
Cucumber Disease Identifier: Photos, Descriptions, Control Measures and Prevention
There are many signs of cucumber diseases, some of which can baffle even an experienced gardener. But if you carefully examine the bush, it will …