For summer residentstheir six hundred square meters I want to place more vegetables, fruit and berry trees and bushes, as well as flowers. Places are often forof all "Wishlist" is not enough. And our craftsmen come up with all sorts of tricks - vertical beds, mini-trees, growing tomatoes upside down. ABOUTdean from the likes methods of cultivation of vegetables - cucumbers in bags. You can grow them in the country in the garden, and those who haveher no - plant cucumbers in a bag on a loggia or balcony.

What is good about this type of landing

To growxgood a harvest of cucumbers, you need a fertile, loose, moderately moisturized, and most importantly -well warmed up soil. Pheat the soil in the gardenvery difficult. In the bagshe keep warmvery fast. Loosen the soil to a depth of 60-70 cmvery difficult, more often it turns out at 25-30 cm.Concerning cucumber rootsare located in the upper layers, which leads to drying out in hot weather. ANDduring loosening soil easilythem hurt thatmay result to the death of a cucumber bush. In bagsall it happens differently: the bags are filled with soil by 50-70 cm, they are well warms up in the sun, the roots easily penetrate into the lower layers and receive more nutrients.

The advantages of growing in this way:

  • saving space in the country;
  • possibility growing on the balcony;
  • Simplicity of crop care (easier to water, weed);
  • the soil in the bag stays warm and moist longer;
  • in warm soil, cucumbers will ripen earlier than in the garden;
  • the plant is not afraid of the bear;
  • the fruits will be clean.

This type of planting and growing has undeniable advantages.

Cucumbers in bags: growing step by step

Growing potatoes in bags: technology

BetterTotal for such beds, thick garbage bags or those in which sugar and flour are sold are suitable. A thin plastic garbage bag is best placed inside a sugar container. Nowneed to cook nutrient soil, which includes:

  • 2 buckets of soil from the garden or purchased;
  • 1 bucket of humus;
  • 1 bucket of chopped straw, hay or sawdust
  • 20 g superphosphate;
  • 2-3 st. ash.

Important!Sawdust usedmust be rotted.

At the bottom of the bagneed to do some holes so that excess moisture is removed outside and air circulates in the roots. Then drainage is laid - a layer of sawdust, hay or straw, soil is placed in which humus and ash are added. Fill the container to one third or half, roll up the rest of the polyethylene edge. As neededyou can add soil, and when the temperature drops, roll the edges to cover the plant.

Place a stick or pole in the center of the container andfirmly fix (she should break through bag and enter the groundmore than 40 cm). Upstairsneed to do an eyelet nail to which to attach a strong cord. Lines of cucumbers will curl along it.

Alsoneed to take care aboutsystem glaze. To do this, holes are made on the watering hose with a step of 6-7 cm. You will need 2-3 such hoses per sack. Lower ends of hosesnecessary seal tightly and place inside the bag. Hose lengthmust be about one third above the levelmaximum the amount of soil in the container. Watering can be done by placing the watering hose in the formed tubule.

Growing cucumbers in bags

Instead of suchsystems can be placed in a bag, plastic bottles with holes made with the neck out.If the bottle is closed with a lid, the water will flow out slowly and the soil willlong wet. Watering should be carefully monitored: excessive moisturevery harmful to the roots of the plant, as well as overdrying.

Seed preparation

Growing cucumbers

You can plant cucumbers both with seeds and seedlings. Whichever method of landing you use, the first thingneed to prepare seeds. If home is used, thenthem necessary discard and soak in warm water. After 10-15 minutes, the hollow seeds will float to the surface, whichshould be thrown away... The rest are fit for planting. initiallythem soaked in a 1% manganese solution for 20-30 minutes to protectfrom infections that are located on the outer layer of seeds.The seeds can be soaked for an hour in preparations such as Fitosporin-M or Baksis.

Further, the seeds need to germinate.

BetterTotal do this between two cotton pads, thoroughly moistened, at a temperature of 25-28 °. Also seedscan be hardened... For thisthem placed in a damp cloth, cotton pad orsome layers of toilet paper and put in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Temperaturemust be from 0 to 2 °.Many gardeners believe that after hardening is accelerateddevelopment process cucumber and the yield increases.

Planting seeds

Growing cucumbers in a greenhouse

The hatched small sprouts are placed in the ground: 3 in the upper part of the bag and 3-4 pieces in the side slots in a checkerboard pattern.Most bottom cutsmust be above 30 cmfrom soil level. It is necessary to deepen the seeds by 1.5-2 cm.In one standard bagcan be dropped off no more than 7 cucumber bushes.

Cucumber bush formation

For seedlings, plant the prepared seed in a glass half-filled with soil. As the seedlings grow in heightneed to add the ground. When the seedlings have 2 toothed leaves,need to spend landing at a permanent place. To do this, moisten the soil in a glass, carefully remove and plant the shoot in a bag. Top sown seeds or seedlingsshould cover spunbond. This will protect the landingfrom sun and sudden drops in temperature.

Cucumber bush formation

A cucumber bush, or rather a liana, must be properly formed. The central whip is tied to a twine, and the side shoots are removed. Ifthem leave thenthey are will reduce the harvest, as they will weakenwhole bush, drawing out nutrients. Shoots are removed constantly, without waitinglarge length. Removing long shoots is painfully tolerated by the plant,while does not even react to plucking small ones. The bush needs to be formed so thatmain stemwas directed upward, and side shoots downward.

Important!On the lateral processes are removedall shoots 3orderleaving 3-5 leaves and internodes.

OfTotal of the above, we conclude:

  • thickened landings are not allowed;
  • removal of the lower leaves is required;
  • irrigation of the plant with honey solution will attract bees, increase pollination;
  • top dressing will increase the yield.

With this method of growing cucumbersthey are more fruit, which means that you need to harvest more often. It is better to do this in the evening and every day, so that the cucumbers do not overripe, and the plant forms new ones.

Peronosporosis

Diseases when growing cucumbers in a bag occur less often, due to the fact that the soillong remains warm, and it is easier to monitor humidity, and these, as you know, are the main enemies for a cucumber vine. But there is no one hundred percent protection. Such cucumberscan hit the following diseases:

  • Powdery mildew. Treatment: the infected bushes are destroyed, the plant is fumigated with sulfur and sprayed with field horsetail infusion.
  • Peronosporosis. Treatment: sprayed with copper oxychloride or Bordeaux liquid.
  • Brown spotting. Treatment: do not water the plant for a week, treat the cucumber lashes from a spray bottle with Bordeaux liquid or Oxyhom.

Important!Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure.

For this you need:

  • select varieties of cucumbers that are resistant to diseases;
  • place for growing cucumbersshould be on the sunny side without drafts;
  • avoid thickened planting;
  • do not pour cold waterto avoid stress and weakened resistance to disease;
  • produce drip irrigation or under the root.

Observing the technology of growing cucumbers in this wayavailable the yield is much greater than from the same plot in a greenhouse or in a garden bed.