How to grow cucumbers all year round at home?

Growing cucumbers in an apartment: seeds, varieties, place, containers

Let's describe in detail all the stages of how to grow cucumbers at home in winter?

The right seeds

For growing cucumbers in the winter at home, the seeds must meet stringent requirements. Homemade cucumber should be:

• Short-fruited, with a length of zelents from 6 cm to 25 cm.
• Shade tolerant, not afraid of temperature changes.
• Early or mid-season, with a fruiting period of 4 to 6 months.
• Harvest.

Parthenocarpic F1 hybrids are preferred... These self-pollinating plants only have female flowers. Early and ultra-early are the most popular for growing cucumbers at home:

• April;
• Benefit;
• Zozulya;
• Carmen;
• Goosebump;
• Sail;
• Regina;
• Shchedryk;
• Crunch.

Of the mid-early varieties of cucumbers for growing at home, the following are preferable:

• Athlete;
• Full house;
• Balagan;
• Bianca;
• Berendey;
• Urban;
• Far Eastern;
• Claudia;
• Courage;
• Marinade;
• Masha;
• Pallas' cat;
• Romance;
• Solar.

IMPORTANT! Late ripening cucumber hybrids are not suitable for home cultivation.

Bee-pollinated cucumber hybrids, in indoor and greenhouse cultivation, require manual pollination.

The process requires certain skills and additional investment of time.

But despite this, vegetable growers grow at home bee-pollinated cucumber hybrids:

• Gribovsky 2;
• Zarya;
• Pallas' cat;
• Surprise;
• Khutorok;
• Relay race.

Grow and bee-pollinated varieties of cucumbers:

• Room Rytov;
• Marfinsky.

Advice! Manual pollination of cucumbers is carried out in the morning... With a cotton swab, a soft brush, they transfer pollen from a male barren flower to flowers with an ovary (female). You can touch the pistil of a woman with a male flower with torn petals.

Female single flowers grow separately. The males form groups in the leaf axils.

Pollination of cucumbers continues throughout the entire flowering period, up to the appearance of the first ovaries. To increase the yield of cucumbers experienced amateurs advise pollinating female flowers with pollen of different varieties.

Seat selection

It's better to grow cucumbers in an apartment on warm bright balconies, loggias, verandas, windows oriented south, east, west.

The north side is not suitable for cultivation. There should be no drafts in the room.

What to grow?

There are many options: hanging baskets, buckets, containers, boxes, flower pots, tubs. The main thing is that the volume of the container is at least 5 liters.... Drainage is laid out on the bottom - small pebbles, pieces of expanded clay, large sawdust. Holes are made to remove excess water.

Advice! To save money, they cut off large plastic bottles, use double cellophane garbage bags.

How to grow cucumbers in an apartment: step by step instructions

Landing dates

Timing depend on the selected variety of cucumbers, growing conditions. They take into account the area of ​​the room, the ability to provide optimal temperature and light conditions, air humidity, and climatic zone.

Cucumbers planted at the end of October will ripen to the New Year's table. From January plantings, they begin to harvest in March. The average time for the onset of fruiting from the appearance of the first shoots is 40-50 days... February seedlings ripen by the May holidays.

Soil preparation

In the store they buy universal soil or mixture for growing pumpkin crops.

They prepare themselves according to proven recipes:

1. Equal shares of peat, humus. A glass of wood ash on a bucket of mixture.
2. 1/3 of the turf, garden soil, compost with the addition of a small amount of calcined river sand, ash, rotten sawdust.

The earth is disinfected in one of the following ways:

• Steamed.
• Spill hot (+ 90 ° C) solution of potassium permanganate of dark pink color.
• Warm up in the oven.
• Process special industrial preparations.
• Apply nitrophosphate or complete complex fertilizer. Poured into containers, spilled abundantly, left for a day to seal.

Sowing

1. Cucumber seeds etched for 20-30 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate... Washed out. Dry. Leave for 2-3 days to swell in a saucer with warm water, wrap in wet gauze, spread on cotton pads. Learn more about preparing seeds before planting.
2. Hatching cucumber seeds sow to a depth of about a centimeter... Plant 1-2 seeds per liter volume at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other. Watering.
3. Exposed to a bright place... Maintain a temperature of + 22-25 ° С during the day, + 16-18 ° С at night.
4. To maintain the required humidity covered with foil, glass.
5. When cucumber shoots appear, the shelter is removed. A weak sprout is removed. Additional lighting is started.

Advice! To eliminate the danger of hypothermia of the root system of cucumbers, a sheet of foam plastic, drywall, thick plywood is placed under the containers with plantings.

Lighting

It is impossible to grow cucumbers at home in winter without lighting.... Daylight hours should last 12-14 hours. In the central zone of Russia, in the Urals, in Siberia, from December to February, supplementary lighting is carried out from 16 to 20 hours.

Lighting devices for supplementary lighting (energy-saving, luminescent, LED) are fixed at a distance of 30-40 cm.

To enhance the effect, light-reflecting foil sheets and mirrors are installed.

Temperature

Until the plants form lashes, the temperature is maintained not higher than + 16 ° С... After the formation of lashes, the temperature on sunny days is maintained at + 24-26 ° С, in cloudy weather and at night + 18-20 ° С.

Watering

Water in sunny weather every day, in cloudy - every other day... Water must be defended, brought to room temperature. Several times a season they are watered with a weak pinkish solution of potassium permanganate.

It is useful to spray the plants twice a day, but the leaves should dry out by night. Watering cucumbers is carried out at the root or water is poured into trays.

Advice! To increase the humidity in the room, cover the heating batteries with wet towels. They put dishes with water next to the cucumber bushes. Includes humidifiers.

Support

Home-grown lashes reach heights of up to two meters and require a garter... The garter is made with a sliding loop. Use twine or nylon cord.

Bush formation

After the appearance of the fifth true leaf, pinch the top to form a bush in two stems. When the next five leaves grow, the procedure is repeated.

The pinching of the lateral lashes is carried out in the lateral lower nodes above the 1-2-3 sheet.

Top dressing

The first feeding is carried out after the appearance of two true leaves... They are fed with a solution of 3-4 g of nitrophoska per liter of water. The consumption rate for a plant is a glass.

Can be used solution of one teaspoon of urea in 5 liters of water... Feed once every 2 weeks.

With the advent of zelents, the plant is fed every week, alternating mineral and organic fertilizers. As organic additives, 20% solutions of chicken manure or superphosphate are used. For mineral water, dissolve 30-40 g of nitrophoska in a bucket of water, add a teaspoon of Agrolife or 2 caps of the Growth preparation together with watering.

Alternatively, after a week, feeding cucumbers with biohumus agents... The bushes are sprayed twice with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

Advice! An excellent organic matter is a solution of fermented chopped banana peels and rye bread.

Diseases

Cucumbers grown in the apartment suffer from spider mites and whiteflies. Spraying with soapy water helps, it is dangerous to use insecticides in the apartment.

Harvesting

Zelentsy harvested every day, preventing them from overgrowing... This promotes the formation of new ovaries, lightens the load on the lashes, prevents plant depletion, deterioration of the palatability of cucumbers.

Growing in a private house

Does not differ in agricultural technology from growing cucumbers in an apartment. However, villagers and cottage owners have more opportunities to successfully grow cucumbers in heated greenhouses all year round.

Features of greenhouse agricultural technology

• Stop choosing greenhouse varieties cucumbers.
• When planting seedlings, be sure to add at least a bucket of well-rotted compost or manure to the hole, with the addition of 10 g of phosphorus, 5 g of nitrogen, 15 g of potassium per 1 m².
• When landing place seedlings of cucumbers at a distance of 40 cm from each otherleaving a meter between the rows. Water abundantly.
• Equip trellises, supports.
• The cucumber bush is formed as if grown at home.
• Remove yellowed and deformed leaves.
• First feeding after 4 weeks. For each plant, 1-2 liters of 0.3% aqueous phosphorus-potassium solution are consumed.During the fruiting period, feeding is carried out every week.
• At the optimum air temperature, watering is carried out at the rate of 2-3 liters of water per bush.

Disease prevention and control

• Should change the soil annually... Develop beneficial microflora. Introduce preparations such as Fitosporin M, rotted manure, nettle infusion.
• Observe the ventilation mode.
• To combat spider mites, whiteflies, ants, the soil is disinfected. Once every 5 days, the bushes are sprayed with karbofos.
• Dill, mustard, coriander, garlic, basil, tobacco are planted between rows.... They repel pests of cucumbers.
• Aphids and whiteflies are washed off with a stream of cold water. Wipe the cucumber leaves with soapy water.

Can you grow in a basement?

In an equipped basement, up to 200 kg of cucumbers are removed from 1 m².

The main costs are for ensuring optimal light and thermal conditions.

Requirements for the basement for growing cucumbers

• Temperature should not drop to minus indicators throughout the year.
• Lack of rodents, mold, fungus.
• Tightness, protection from drafts, penetration of groundwater.

Basement equipment

• Insulate the floor and walls insulating materials.
• Install heaters, thermal and lighting devices. Mercury arc lamps or incandescent lamps are the most suitable luminaires. For convenience, a time relay is used.
• Organize a ventilation system.
• Choose a growing medium: hydroponics or soil.
• The soil requirements are the same as for growing cucumbers at home and in greenhouses.

Hydroponics is more effective for basement gardening. Use quartz, granite granules with a diameter of 50-20 mm and a nutrient solution with a high content of nitrogen, potassium, calcium, phosphorus. The nutrient solution can be purchased at a store or prepared by yourself.

Growing features

• The seedling method is cultivated.
• Seedlings of cucumbers planted at any time of the year.
• They comply with the general requirements of cucumber agricultural technology.
• To fight insects, rodents, dust, smoke bombs, traps with poisoned bait, special paints with insecticides are changed.
• From fungal diseases, mold, moss primed walls with compounds with antifungal additives.

Advantages and disadvantages of basement growing

The undoubted advantages include high yield, obtaining cucumbers regardless of the season, weather conditions... Reduced time from emergence of cucumber seedlings to harvest. Already two months after planting the seedlings, the first greens ripen.

The main disadvantage is the high cost of cucumbers.

Is it possible to grow cucumbers at home in winter? If you wish, you can grow cucumbers all year round. From a home-grown bush, enthusiasts get 35-40 cucumbers.

Useful materials

Explore other helpful articles on caring for cucumber seedlings:

• Tips for growing in various containers, in particular in peat pots and tablets.
• The reasons why the seedlings are pulled out and the leaves turn yellow?
• All the secrets of picking young shoots and planting them in open ground.

Useful video

Personal experience of how cucumbers were grown in 50 days on the northern balcony:

Growing cucumbers at home and the most suitable varieties for growing cucumbers in winter

Cucumbers are a delicious and healthy vegetable. In addition, this culture may well be grown at home.

The best varieties for growing cucumbers at home

Before you start growing cucumbers at home, you need to correctly choose varieties and hybrids. The most suitable hybrids are Masha, Claudia F1, Bianca and Marinda F1. They are all self-pollinated. Barren flowers - they have no male flowers. And there is only a female type of flowering. These hybrids are distinguished by good yield and tallness. The fruits are tasty, and their size ranges from 15 to 25 cm.

The variety "Komnatny Rytova" is very popular among fans of growing cucumbers at home. It is well adapted to indoor conditions and has a high taste.

If sowing is carried out in early December, then the fruits will ripen at the end of February. To get the first fruits at the end of March, you should sow the seeds no later than the first of February.

If all the conditions are created for a cucumber, then it can give three to four dozen fruits. Ripe vegetables must be picked in a timely manner. Do not keep the plant near an icy window or near a hot radiator. The best location is the windows to the south and east. Lighting is required from 6 to 12 hours. Therefore, for comfortable growing cucumbers in winter, additional lighting is required.

Use either a nutrient medium or soil. Soil is the most affordable way. Even in the fall, it is necessary to prepare a mixture of sod land and humus. Either in equal proportions, or three parts to one. To one bucket of the mixture add two glasses of wood ash, 5-6 grams of potash, phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizers and 20-60 grams of lime. Everything mixes well and is placed in plastic bags. The soil must be loose.

For seedlings, the peas must be at least ten centimeters in diameter. The seeds are pre-germinated in a saucer. When the roots become 0.5 - 1 cm in size, they are planted in pairs in pots. Until the emergence of shoots, the pots are covered with a bag or film. In this case, the air temperature must be at least 20 ° C.

After the seeds have sprouted, you can ventilate the room. The temperature drops to 15-16 ° C - this will prevent the sprouts from stretching. Seedlings are grown for 30-45 days. When the third true leaf appears, pinching is performed in bee-pollinated varieties. For hybrids, this procedure is not necessary. When three to four full-fledged leaves appear, the seedlings are transplanted either into large pots or into boxes. After planting, the plant must be watered abundantly.

If the plant has both male and female flowers, then in the absence of natural pollination, which is carried out by bees, it must be carried out by hand. It is necessary at least twice with the anther of the male flower to touch the round stigma of the pistil of the female flower. You can repeat the procedure. You can also use a brush to transfer pollen from male to female flowers.

In early June, the cucumber is taken out onto the balcony.

Growing cucumbers on the balcony - recommendations

It is very important that the plants are kept warm and free from drafts. The balcony should be insulated. In itself, growing cucumbers on the balcony is not difficult. The main problem is to create warm conditions. If there is not enough light, then additional lamps will need to be installed. The windows on the balcony should not open - drafts and cold air can be very harmful. It will be convenient to use long drawers on the balcony. Or plant sprouted seeds in plastic bags.

During sunny periods, overheating of plants should not be allowed. You can cover them with transparent curtains.

What top dressing should be used when growing cucumbers all year round

When buds appear, they are fertilized with wood ash. One glass of ash is used for 10 liters of water.

During the fruiting period, 50-100 grams of garden mixture or 15-25 grams of complex mineral fertilizer should be diluted in ten liters of water. Consumption is a quarter - half a liter per plant. Top dressing is carried out, alternating mineral and organic. At intervals of 10-12 days.

If the cultivation of cucumbers at home is carried out not on the balcony, but in the room, then nets or gauze must be pulled on the vents. To avoid insect penetration. The room must be kept clean.

If you follow all the recommendations, then it is quite realistic to cultivate cucumbers all year round.

How to grow a cucumber on a windowsill: step by step instructions

Spring is on its way, and the body already requires vitamins. With what pleasure you would now crunch a fresh, just picked cucumber! It is not at all necessary to wait for summer, they can be planted at any time of the year on the windowsill. And in a month and a half you will enjoy the first fruits of your efforts.

Choosing seeds for planting

Answering the question of how to grow a cucumber on a windowsill, it should be mentioned that not all varieties of cucumbers will grow and bear fruit in an apartment, so you need to carefully consider their choice. Self-pollinated hybrids such as "zozulya", "april", "stella", "kukaracha" are optimal for these purposes. If you give preference to bee-pollinated varieties, then you must also plant pollinator hybrids. And this will create unnecessary worries and take up additional space on the windowsill. And by planting, for example, a "zozulya" cucumber, you will get a friendly return of early cucumbers already 50 days after germination. Green large-lumpy fruits weighing from 160 to 300 grams will delight you with excellent taste.

Choosing a place, capacity and soil

If the house has windows facing south, then it is best to plant cucumbers there. The east and west side can also be considered an option, but the north side is best avoided. If you have been thinking about how to grow a cucumber on a windowsill for a long time, then do not miss this important moment.

The planting container should be large enough - at least eight liters for one plant. For these purposes, a wooden box or a strong plastic bag is suitable. At the bottom of the containers, holes must be made to drain excess water and ventilate the roots.

The soil for planting cucumbers should be light and nutritious. The shops have a large selection of ready-made potting mixes. You can use them, or you can make the substrate yourself. For a good mix you will need 20% soil, 40% compost, 10% sawdust and 30% peat. To the mixture you need to add an incomplete matchbox of urea and two boxes of superphosphate and potassium sulfate.

Be sure to lay a drainage layer on the bottom of the containers before filling them with soil.

Growing seedlings of cucumbers

Now moving on to the answer to the question of how to grow a cucumber on a windowsill, soak the seeds and wait for them to germinate. Pick out the strongest ones and plant them in peat pots. Now they need to be put into one box, covered with transparent film and removed to a warm place. After the shoots appear, the seedlings need to be rearranged in a cool place, so the seedlings will not stretch out. After the appearance of 4 or 5 leaves, the top must be pinched. This technique will enhance the growth of the root system and lateral lashes. It does not hurt to create additional lighting for the seedlings with fluorescent lamps.

Planting seedlings to a permanent place

After about 25 days, the cucumbers can be transplanted to a permanent place. Seedlings should be planted directly in peat pots in well-moistened soil, additionally watering each cucumber. The photos given in the article show that with this method, growing you can get strong healthy plants. Pay close attention to soil moisture - the soil should never dry out.

Cucumber care

When the seedlings begin to actively grow, you need to stick stakes next to the plants and stretch the ropes along the balcony wall or to the top of the window. Cucumbers need to be tied to them. Then they will cling to the rope on their own. From time to time, feed the seedlings with mineral fertilizers, on cloudy days, supplement the illumination with fluorescent lamps. Do not delay picking ripe cucumbers - they slow down the growth of other fruits.

That's all the tricks on how to grow a cucumber on a windowsill. By following these guidelines, you can get up to 30 cucumbers from each plant.

Growing cucumbers at home all year round

In the cold season, I really want fresh vegetables and fruits, and, in general, they have become available. Any vegetable and fruit products can be bought in stores in large cities all year round. But, you see, cucumbers grown by yourself and bought in a store are very different, and not in favor of store ones. Therefore, some amateur gardeners practice growing cucumbers at home all year round. It turns out that there are no special difficulties in this, especially if you buy the seeds of parthenocarpic hybrids that do not require pollination. Rytov's room cucumber is especially popular. Unfortunately, you can hardly find its seeds in the store, only from amateurs.

First, the seeds of cucumbers are treated with "Epin" to accelerate growth, then they are sown in seedling boxes. The substrate should consist of leafy and turfy soil with the addition of sand for better soil drainage. Wood ash, phosphorus and potash fertilizers can be added. Every day, the soil is watered and, before the shoots appear, the boxes are covered with glass or foil, thus making a mini-greenhouse. Until the seeds germinate, the greenhouse should stand in a warm place, and after the seedlings appear, the temperature is lowered so that the plant does not stretch.

When the plants have 3-4 true leaves, they are seated in separate containers, which must have a volume of at least 8 liters. Water them with warm water and put a trellis ladder or tie them with twine to the top of the window. If you have planted a bee-pollinated variety, growing cucumbers at home involves artificial pollination when the plant blooms. Feed the plant once a week, it also needs spraying, because it loves moist air. Make sure that the temperature does not drop below 20 degrees, and install additional lighting, preferably fluorescent lamps, a cucumber needs a long daylight hours.

Growing cucumbers in an apartment in winter

Many gardeners often have a desire to get ultra-early vegetables in the ground or even on the windowsill. Readers have already been able to get acquainted with the room culture of tomatoes in one of the winter issues, so now we propose to learn about how to grow cucumbers at home in the room, on the windowsill and on the balcony.

You can ask your questions in the comments to the article and on the forum

Indoors, cucumbers are best grown on window sills facing south, southeast or east. There is a lot of light here and yields can be highest. At late sowing dates (May-end of June), it is recommended to put pots or boxes of cucumbers on western and even northern windows, balconies and loggias.

We create the necessary microclimate on the windowsill

To create the desired microclimate on your windowsill, seal all the cracks in the window, and hang the window leaf with plastic wrap so that when you open it, direct cold air does not fall on the plants. It is best to hang a reflective (mirror) film behind the window sill, which will improve the illumination of the plants and allow you to regulate the warm air flow from the battery (by opening or, conversely, pressing the film against the window sill).

What is the best way to grow cucumbers?

Cucumbers should be grown indoors in large clay pots, tubs, buckets with a capacity of 8-10 liters. The best substrate for growing cucumbers is a mixture consisting of humus, low-lying peat, ordinary garden soil and coarse sand in a ratio of 4: 4: 2: 1. High yields of cucumbers !!! can be obtained by using ready-made soil "Rose", with a high humus content and a neutral environment.

When to sow cucumbers in an apartment

You can start sowing seeds from mid-February. In March, of course, you can still sow, with an even greater choice of varieties and hybrids.

Which ones to choose?

Cucumber varieties for growing on the windowsill

For the earliest plantings on the windowsill, hybrids are selected that can actively grow and bear fruit in conditions of lack of light and a short day.

In central Russia, from February 20-25, in a room without the use of electric lighting, the following heterotic cucumber hybrids can be sown:	From March 10-20, you can sow the seeds of cucumber hybrids of the spring-summer ecotype. These include parthenocarpic hybrids:
� bee-pollinated F1 Pallas' cat, F1 Marathon, F1 relay, F1 TSKHA-28, F1 Kamchatka, F1 Sakhalin, F1 Stoat, F1 Gladiator (pollinator), F1 Hercules (pollinator), as well as winter parthenocarpic smooth-fruited cucumbers.	� F1 Danila, F1 Emelya, F1 Zozulya, F1 Mazay, F1 Boy with a finger, F1 Moscow Nights, F1 Regina-Plus, F1 Finist.

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Cucumber varieties for growing in an apartment in a room

Now let's look at the varieties and hybrids most suitable for the room. Rytovsky is considered the best among them !!! The plant is compact, beautiful, easily climbs up the supports.

Cucumber NK-mini is an ultra-early maturing, bee-pollinated variety. The size of the bush is no more than 25-40 cm. There are 2-3 female buds in the axils of each leaf, forming small fruits up to 10 cm. The yield is 30-40 fruits per plant. In the rooms it requires manual pollination. If the seeds are sown in early April, they can be harvested in June.

The Regatta cucumber is an early ripe, parthenocarpic variety with a fruit weight of 150 g. The fruits are characterized by high taste. They work well on window sills, in closed balconies, on verandas. Productivity - up to 30-40 fruits per plant. Differs in disease resistance.

For indoor conditions it is recommended and the Photon variety is early ripe, begins to bear fruit in 40-50 days after germination. Fruits - 8-10 cm long. Differs in increased resistance to powdery and downy mildew. With good care, 40-45 fruits can be harvested from one plant. The following parthenocarpic hybrids work well in the rooms: April, Stella, Zozulya, Debut, Cucaracha, Gribovchanka and others.

Getting seedlings

For growing cucumbers, it is best to use the seedling method. When planting plants in a permanent place, they should have 4-5 well-developed leaves and a strong root system !!!. This usually occurs 25-30 days after germination. With a lack of heat and light, the seedlings can only be ready after 32-45 days. The seeds are sown in peat pots or small containers. After emergence, they are carefully transplanted.

Current care

Before planting, drainage from small pebbles is poured into the container for several centimeters. The plant is planted in the center so that it is 2-3 cm above the soil.

Immediately after planting, cucumbers are watered with settled, warm water (22-24 degrees). The pots are installed in a permanent place (shelves, tables, windowsill) and a trellis made of thin twine is pulled, onto which the curly lashes are directed.

With the appearance of the third true leaf, pinch the top of the shoot together with the bud. This is done to accelerate the appearance of lateral shoots, which are the main carriers of female flowers, ovaries and fruits. With the appearance of the 5-6th leaf, the tops of each lash are removed. Thus, a real trellis is formed. Parthenocarpic short-fruited plants are formed in the same way as ordinary cucumbers.

Formation

When growing a cucumber on a windowsill, a wire (trellis) is pulled over the window, to which twine (twine) is tied. A stalk is wrapped around the twine as it grows. Plants are formed in the same way as in greenhouses. When sowing in the earliest terms, the lateral shoots and female flowers in the lower 5-6 nodes of the main lash are completely removed, in the subsequent nodes the lateral shoots are pinched above the 1-2nd leaf, and in the upper part of the main lash - above the 2-4th leaf ...The top of the plant is carefully wrapped 1-3 times around the trellis wire, released downward and pinched at a height of 30-50 cm from the windowsill. Not one, but two shoots can be released from the upper nodes of the stem.

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Rice Formation and tying of plants of the variety (F1): a - to the trellis; b - after the tapestry.

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Hand pollination

To obtain a high yield of cucumbers, it is necessary to carry out manual pollination during the flowering period. This is usually done like this: the male flower is plucked, the corolla is removed from it and inserted into the socket of the female flower. Pollination is best done between 6 am and 10 am.

Rice. Manual pollination of cucumber flowers

How to water

Cucumbers must be watered with settled water at room temperature. On sunny days, water at least 2 times a day, and in cloudy weather - 2-3 times a week. Watering is recommended only in the morning or in the evening. On hot days, a must humidification of the air with a room atomizer !!!

About fertilizers ..

How to feed cucumbers on the windowsill

Cucumbers can be fed with both mineral and organic fertilizers. When feeding the latter, very good results are obtained.

Organic fertilizers

If possible, it is best to use an infusion of mullein diluted 10 times with water, or bird droppings diluted 15 times. Specific odors can be eliminated with one of such drugs as Baikal M1 and Tamir.

Mineral

Of the mineral fertilizers, crystallin or nitrophoska is appropriate, which should be diluted at the rate of 2 teaspoons for a three-liter can of water, 1-2 glasses per plant, combining top dressing with watering. At the beginning of a slowdown in plant growth or the appearance of the first signs of a lighter color of the lower leaves, the volume of fertilizing is increased to 3-4 glasses per plant.

Vegetable growers also received good results from top dressing with liquid concentrated fertilizers for indoor flowers "Rainbow" or granular fertilizer "Flower". Cucumbers should be fed for the first time 12-15 days after planting. Subsequent feeding is best done once every 10-12 days. The interval between dressings depends on the time of year and the phase of development of the cucumbers.

Protect the plants!

Home cucumber pests�

• spider mite,
• melon aphid,
• sprout fly.

The most common spider mite, against which insectoacaricides are effective. Among them are drugs of biological origin: Fitoverm and Bitoxibacillin.

Diseases of domestic cucumbers

Of the diseases, the greatest harm to cucumbers is caused

• anthracnose,
• powdery mildew,
• mildew,
• root rot
• fusarium wilting.

Biofungicides Fitosporin and Alirin-B can be used against them. It is very important to monitor the temperature regime, avoiding strong temperature changes and drafts.

Hello, friends! It can be a little dreary on winter evenings. The soul requires new sensations. And the "garden soul" - new crops, seedlings and harvest. Of course, not everyone will dare to force their new snow-white plastic or wooden window sills with bucket boxes and pots of soil, others will regret superfashionable curtains, others will not be able to provide additional lighting, but the most desperate I suggest considering growing cucumbers at home. This is not a very difficult matter, and there will be a lot of joy from each cucumber.

When and which cucumbers to plant in winter

Today there are special varieties of cucumber intended for indoor plant growing. They are early ripening, cold-resistant, put up with low air humidity and a slight lack of sunlight, do not require pollination, their lashes are shorter and the roots are more compact than those of ordinary varieties - which significantly reduces the energy consumption of the "gardener" for growing crops.

Of course, you can experiment with the usual early maturing parthenocarpic hybrids, but while there is still time, it is worth looking for special varieties.

The first indoor cucumbers were brought out by the Russian agrobiologist Mikhail Vasilyevich Rytov at the end of the last century. Until now, there are still "relatives" of Rytov's cucumbers. Along with them, the network offers varieties "Room" F1, "Miracle on the window" F1, "Room miracle" F1, "Berendey" F1. The choice is not so rich, but "he who seeks will always find."

If indoor cucumbers are sown in January, then the harvest can be harvested in March, February plantings will delight you in early April. Such plants bear fruit for about three months, so you will not be left without a crop until the first harvest in the open field.

The August crops also give good results.

How to plant indoor cucumbers

Cucumbers can also be grown in a "soilless" way (hydroponic methods) - on only one solution of fertilizers or in bare sand. But for us, it is calmer and more understandable to receive bountiful harvests of crispy fragrant cucumbers by growing this plant in fertile soil. Even good garden soil is good here.

A mixture of manure humus, peat, sod land and sawdust in a ratio of 1: 1: 1: 1: 1 has proven itself positively. Add 1 cup of wood ash, 1 tablespoon of nitrophoska and 1 teaspoon of urea to a bucket of such a mixture. Not all the ingredients will be easy to get now, when the outside temperature is freezing and there is almost 10 cm of snow on the ground, but something similar can be collected.

A simpler mixture: humus, sod land, coarse sand in a 1: 1: 1 ratio with the addition of a 0.5-liter can of woody earth.

Using only purchased soil very often gives a negative result. Cucumbers love slightly alkaline soils, and tomatoes prefer slightly acidic ones. We take soil for tomatoes and get round fruits and leaves with white spots. Be careful!

Before sowing, the seeds are soaked for 20 minutes in a strong solution of potassium permanganate, washed with clean water and slightly germinated (it is possible without germination). Planting is carried out in peat pots to a depth of 1.5-2 cm, which are installed in a warm place, and covered with a film from above until shoots appear.

Caring for indoor cucumbers

After emergence, the cups are transferred to the sunniest windowsill (no drafts).

When the second real leaf appears on the plants, the pots are planted in a permanent place in a large container (up to 10 liters), deepening to the leaves. For such purposes, ordinary plastic buckets are great - both cute and cheap, and with subsequent use of the container. At the bottom we place a layer of small pieces of foam, expanded clay or pebbles.

After the appearance of the third true leaf (and not the third pair of leaves), they “gather their will into a fist” and pinch off this leaf together with the growth point. Side shoots will appear, on which four to five more leaves are counted and the extreme ones are also removed along with the growth points. These very barbaric procedures help to improve yields.

Formation of a plant into one stem is possible. Then the top is pinched already at the maximum possible height (beyond which there is nowhere to "crawl"), and the emerging lateral shoots are left 20-50 cm long.

For plant stems, it is imperative to provide for the possibility of a garter.

About a month after germination, the first flowers appear, and after another twelve to fifteen days the first fruits in "normal" varieties or the first ovary with a hint of a flower in parthenocarpic individuals. By this time, 4 tiny cucumbers have formed on our cucumber. Do not wait until the fruits reach the "Russian" size. Such cucumbers will slow down the development of other brethren and, in general, the harvest will be smaller and of lower quality.

Hilling of the stem has a positive effect on the development of the cucumber plant. The resulting additional roots improve the nutrition of the entire plant.

Avoid stagnant water and drying out of the soil during the growth and development of plants. Enough two or three waterings per week with warm, settled water.It is advisable that there is always water in the pallet under the container with soil. Spraying the leaves will not hurt either.

I advise you to regularly inspect the plants so as not to miss gluttonous pests. A brown caterpillar was eating on our cucumber for a couple of days.

Remember - in parthenocarpic hybrids, Orurians fall off at low soil and air temperatures. Do not overharden!

Highlighting (supplementary lighting) of indoor cucumbers

The January planting of cucumbers in the room, in contrast to the February plantings, needs additional lighting. The process starts from the moment of germination and continues until mid-February.

The state of the February cucumber without additional lighting can be traced from the photo of the article. The first cucumber was eaten only on 07.05. The rest of the ovary (and far from few in number) fell off successfully - chilly and dark. But as soon as the sun warmed up, the harvest went to profit ...

Happy experiments!

Growing cucumbers in the winter at home is quite possible, but this requires some effort. These are light and heat-loving plants, so they should be placed on the sunny, southern side, the temperature in the room should be within + 20 ... + 25 ° C.

All cucumbers are divided into greenhouse (greenhouse) and garden beds (grown in the open field). The peculiarity of these vegetables lies in the fact that they can be grown at home: on windowsills, balconies or loggias in the presence of certain factors required for their cultivation. Growing cucumbers at home requires additional lighting with fluorescent lamps (at least 15-16 hours a day). In order to avoid freezing of the roots, it is recommended to insulate the bottom of boxes or pots (install them on a board, foam rubber or other insulation).

Choosing a variety of cucumbers

For home cultivation, special varieties have been bred - self-pollinating, early maturing and high-yielding. As a rule, these are hybrid varieties of cucumbers. Hybrids are marked with the F1 symbol (heterotic), their shoots differ significantly from the parent plant, since their characteristic features appear only in the first generation.

The parthenocarpic hybrid is gherkins with female inflorescences that do not require pollination to set fruit. Depending on the variety, the size of hybrid cucumbers can reach from 12 to 25 cm, the ripening period is 30-50 days.

To grow cucumbers on a windowsill in winter, the following varieties are most suitable:

• Masha F1;
• Claudia F1;
• Bianca F1;
• Marinda F1;
• Room Rytov F1;
• Shchedryk F1;
• Prestige F1;
• Farm F1.

For example, the variety Masha F1 ripens in 30-40 days, the yield is high (5-7 fruits per branch, on the windowsill - up to 20 pieces per branch). Shchedryk F1 yields a harvest in 40-45 days, fruit size 12-14 cm, yield up to 20 pcs. from a branch. Marinda F1 - a high-yielding variety, characterized by the simultaneous ripening of all fruits.

Cucumber variety Masha F1

Khutorok F1 - early ripening variety (starting from 30 days), fruit size up to 10 cm, green cucumbers with black thorns, manually pollinated. Crunchy F1 - ripening time 50 days, yield up to 7 cucumbers per branch. Differs in tallness, which allows them to decorate the balcony, like a liana. When creating favorable conditions for plant growth, up to 30-40 fruits can be harvested from each bush.

The planting date is determined based on the ripening period of the fruit and depends on the date by which fresh cucumbers are expected. From the emergence of the shoots to the maturity of the fruit, it takes an average of 45-50 days.

Crockery and soil for growing cucumbers on the windowsill

For growing seedlings from seeds, it is better to use small plastic cups (from under yoghurts, sour cream, mayonnaise, etc.), or pots with special soil, or peat cups. 3-4 small holes are made in the bottom of the dishes.

For growing cucumber bushes from seedlings, large containers with a capacity of up to 5 liters or 5 kg are required (plastic pots, buckets, special deep boxes).At the bottom of the container, small holes are drilled to ensure soil ventilation and remove excess moisture. The bottom of the container is covered with drainage from small pebbles or sand with a layer of 5 cm, then covered with soil.

Kitchen garden on the windowsill

The choice of land is of great importance. Gardening stores sell special soil enriched with essential minerals and substances, where you can also get advice on how to grow cucumbers on your own. Experts advise to prepare the soil yourself.

For example, use the following mixture:

• 2/3 of the container is sod or garden soil, which is previously disinfected with a weak solution of potassium permanganate;
• 1/3 of the container - fertilizers (5-6 g of potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen, 20-60 g of lime), humus;
• 1 glass of chalk;
• 2 glasses of ash;
• 4 cups ripe garden tree leaves or rotten sawdust

It is better to prepare such a soil mixture in advance, in the fall. It is calcined in the oven to neutralize the eggs of various insects, then watered abundantly. The soil should be well moistened and loose. When cultivating cucumbers in boxes of 60-70 cm, 5-6 bushes of seedlings are planted.

Growing seedlings

The seeds are pre-soaked in a light pink solution of potassium permanganate; the method of planting dried seeds is also used, or as they are. The seeds are germinated first in a saucer in a warm, dark place at a temperature of + 25 ° C. After the appearance of the first sprouts 0.5-1 cm long, they are transferred into cups or pots with soil, covered with polyethylene and placed in a well-lit place. The temperature regime in the room must be at least + 20 ° C. It is necessary to water and feed the seedlings.

After the appearance of real leaves, the seedlings are carefully transplanted into large containers, making every effort not to damage the roots of the plants. If the seedlings were grown in peat cups, then they can be moved into containers without removing them from the cups.

Seedlings

You can use the method of sowing seeds directly into large boxes. Sprouted or dry seeds are planted in moist soil in holes 1.5 cm deep and covered with soil and polyethylene. The boxes are placed in a warm place with a temperature not lower than + 25 ° С. As soon as the first shoots appear, they are rearranged on the windowsill, where the temperature should be + 20 ° C.

Growing cucumbers from seedlings

Containers with seedlings are placed in a warm and lighted place. During this period, special care for the cucumbers is required. After the appearance of 4-5 leaves, the first pinching is carried out, after 5-6 leaves - the second. Then pinch the main stem over 11 leaves. In the future, as the stem grows, it is necessary to remove the lateral shoots, which take away the vital juices from the plant, interfering with fruiting. Above the ovary, the shoots are pinched and only 1 leaf is left. To support the growing lashes and provide better lighting, they make a garter of the growing stems - they stretch the ropes on which the sprouts are fixed.

It must be remembered that cucumbers are a moisture-loving vegetable and bushes should be sprayed 1-2 times a week from a spray bottle. For spraying, as well as for irrigation, use warm, settled water. Watering is carried out when the top layer of the soil dries up. Excess water in the soil can lead to decay of the roots of the plant and its death.

Seedling

Cucumbers on the window are at risk of dehydration due to dry air. To maintain a humid microclimate, containers with water can be placed near the plants.

Cucumber bushes must be well lit to ensure healthy growth. In winter, additional lighting is used, preferably with special infrared lamps (at least 12 hours a day). The lamps are turned off at night. Cucumbers should be protected from cold air and drafts.

For varieties requiring pollination, manual pollination is required. For this, male inflorescences are plucked and female flowers are pollinated with them.Pollination can be done differently - with a brush or cotton swab.

Top dressing of seedlings

When growing cucumbers in winter, it is very important to feed the plants with special fertilizers every 10 days. It is good to use organic fertilizers, for example, fermented banana peel infusion (ratio 1:10). After the buds appear, the plants are watered with a solution of wood ash (1 glass per 10 liters of water). During the ripening period of the fruit, nutrition from mineral fertilizers (12-25 g per 10 l of water) is very useful, up to 0.5 l of the mixture is watered on 1 bush. Mineral dressings alternate with organic ones.

When weakening plants, it is advisable to use foliar dressing with mineral fertilizers with the addition of trace elements. To prepare the mixture, 5-15 g of urea, 10-20 g of double superphosphate, 1-5 g of sulfur magnesium or 10 ml of a mother liquor of trace elements are added to 10 liters of water. The mixture is prepared 1 day before use, is often stirred and filtered through 4 layers of gauze filter. Cucumber bushes are sprayed with the mixture, usually in the afternoon or in rainy weather. At the same time, salt deposits remain on the leaves, which are recommended to be washed off with clean water.

Harvesting

Cucumbers are harvested daily as they ripen. You cannot leave the ripe fruit on the bush, as it takes away the strength of the plant.

If all the necessary conditions are met, growing cucumbers at home in winter is quite simple. You can provide your table with these wonderful fresh vegetables throughout the year and get a lot of positive emotions from the growing process itself.

Growing cucumbers in winter is a simple process. If certain conditions are met, even a beginner can get a good harvest of cucumbers in winter.

Is it possible to get a harvest of cucumbers all year round

Greenhouses sell their products in markets, shops and supermarkets all year round. The abundance of vegetables and fruits no longer surprises anyone.

The variety of fruits and vegetables on the market has become a familiar picture

Some gardeners are not limited to growing vegetables in the summer on their backyard and grow vegetables in the winter in heated greenhouses, basements and apartments.

Complete care guarantees a good harvest in winter

How many cucumbers bear fruit in winter

At any time of the year, cucumbers ripen four weeks after planting. The average harvest time is three months. These dates are not influenced by the planting time or the external environment. The main thing is quality care.

The volume of the crop is influenced by the correct formation of the plant, as well as the timely removal of ripe fruits. The number of zelents from one bush is on average from 10 to 40 pieces.

How cucumbers are pollinated when grown in winter

In summer, cucumbers pollinate insects. Parthenocarpic varieties are used for cultivation in winter, which do not require pollination. Popular indoor cucumber varieties:

• Lilliput F1;
• Emelya F1 (pickling);
• Swallowtail F1;
• Zozulya F1;
• F1 picnic;
• Hercules F1 (salad);
• Hummingbird F1;
• Dynamite F1 (universal);
• Anyuta F1;
• F1 calendar and others.

If varieties that need to be pollinated are selected for planting, you will have to do this work for the bees. A male flower with dangling petals is applied to a female flower, or pollen is transferred from a male flower to a female one with a brush. This procedure is performed in the morning with high humidity.

Photo gallery: methods of pollination of cucumber flowers

Ways of planting cucumbers in winter

In winter, cucumbers are grown in heated greenhouses, basements and apartments. Growing cucumbers consists of the following stages:

• seed processing;
• seedling care;
• preparation of the premises;
• watering;
• top dressing;
• bush formation;
• harvesting.

Agricultural technology is the same for all types of buried ground structures. Differences will be only at the stage of preparation of the premises.

Seed preparation

Having chosen the hybrid varieties you like, they check the seeds for germination.They are poured into a glass, poured with water, mixed. Leave for planting specimens that have settled to the bottom. Then the seeds are placed in a solution of potassium permanganate (1 gram per 0.1 liter of warm water) for 20 minutes and washed in cold water. After disinfection, the seed is soaked for 12 hours in one of the nutrient solutions of your choice:

• 1 teaspoon of liquid fertilizer Agricola-Start per liter of water;
• 3 teaspoons of bacterial fertilizer Barrier for one liter of water;
• 1 tablespoon of organic Barrier fertilizer per liter of water.

The seeds are germinated for one to two days. Recently, Dutch seeds have appeared on the market, which due to special processing have a high germination capacity and are protected from many diseases. During the preparation of these seeds, heat treatment, dressing and calibration were carried out. They can be embedded in soil after two days of soaking. Popular Dutch hybrids:

• Angelina F1;
• Hector F1;
• Bettina F1;
• Dolomite F1.

Growing seedlings

Seedling preparation takes 4 weeks and is as follows:

1. 8x8 or 10x10 cups are filled with prepared soil (2 parts of peat and humus, 1 part of old sawdust) or ready-made soil.
2. Sprinkle with a solution of liquid fertilizer Ideal and sow germinated seeds. During the preparation of the seedlings, make sure that the temperature does not drop below 12-15 ° C.
3. They are fed with a solution of organic fertilizers. For example, dissolve the Ideal fertilizer in a bucket of water. Solution consumption - half a glass per plant. The appearance of the second true leaf is a signal for the first feeding.
4. When the fourth true leaf appears, it is fed a second time. To prepare the solution, take a teaspoon of urea, superphosphate and potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water.

The seedling is ready for planting if there are already five or six true leaves. The root system must be well developed. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place according to the 50x50 scheme in heated greenhouses and basements. If cucumbers will be grown in an apartment, a separate five-liter pot is used for each seedling.

In the apartment, plants can be planted without growing seedlings. With this method, the roots of the cucumbers will not be damaged during transplantation. The seeds are placed directly into the pots where the cucumbers will be grown. To preserve moisture, the pots are covered with foil. After emergence, the film is removed, the pots are placed closer to the light.

Temperature and humidity

For the cultivation of cucumbers, the optimum air temperature is 25-30 ° C. At a temperature of 12-15 ° C, the process of plant development is delayed, and at zero temperatures, they die. Temperature fluctuations are harmful for a cucumber. The optimum air humidity should be maintained at 80–95%; therefore, it is necessary to spray the plants and install containers with water in the room.

Luminaire selection

In winter, the plants need to be supplemented. For these purposes, different types of lamps are used.

Table: types of lamps for lighting and heating greenhouses

For growing cucumbers in winter, you can use different lighting options. It depends on which fixtures are already in stock. If a new room is being equipped for growing cucumbers, you need to buy LED lamps. Although their price is high, their high cost pays off with their low power consumption and long service life.

LED lamps do not affect the microclimate of the room, the spectrum of their radiation mostly corresponds to the spectrum of photosynthesis.

Regardless of where the cucumbers are grown (in the greenhouse, basement or on the windowsill), install such a number of lamps to provide lighting of 50 thousand lumens for 4-5 square meters. m. For lighting 10 sq. m of the room will require 5 LED lamps with a power of 45 watts.

Table: calculation of the number of lamps for lighting cucumbers in the greenhouse

Preparation of heated greenhouses

Growing cucumbers in heated greenhouses is the most common way to grow cucumbers in winter. To get a large harvest, you need to properly equip the greenhouse. It is important to choose the optimal location, provide water supply and heating.

When choosing a place for building a greenhouse, take into account the illumination of the site, protection from the prevailing winds, the relief of the site, the direction of the greenhouse to the cardinal points. The area for the greenhouse should not be shaded by trees, it should be flat and located in such a way that the illumination is maximum. The winter greenhouse should be built on a foundation, consisting of a roof and a frame. It is recommended to install the structure in a north-south direction. The beds are placed along the greenhouse. Electricity and water should be close to the greenhouse.
When using a water heating system, pipes are laid for heating the soil and radiators for heating the air. Gas, electricity or coal are used as fuel for the boiler. The boiler is selected in such a way that its power is 1 kW for 8-10 sq. m greenhouses. Cucumber beds can be of two types:

• box heated from below;
• "Warm" bed.

When heating beds with pipes, heating elements are placed at a depth of 20–25 cm. Metal pipes with a diameter of 75 to 150 mm are used. Uniform heating of the soil is achieved by using pipes of a smaller cross-section, laid at a higher frequency.

Beds with subsoil pipes allow for uniform heating of the soil

The beds can be heated with an electric cable, reliably protected by a sheath.

The cable must be reliably protected by a sheath

For beds on biodegradable organic matter, a box is built and filled with layers. The first layer is branches, leaves, straw, grass. The second layer is compost, the third layer is soil from the garden. The soil is spilled with a solution of potassium permanganate, then with a solution of Fitosporin. Two days later, treatment with a solution of the Baikal preparation is carried out, covered with a film and left for a week.

For beds on biodegradable organic matter, a box is built

Video: secrets of winter growing vegetables in a greenhouse

Preparing the basement for growing cucumbers in winter

Already from the end of the nineteenth century, people began to use cellars to grow vegetables. The basement for growing cucumbers must first be prepared:

• to carry out sealing to prevent flooding;
• insulate the floor and walls with insulating materials;
• organize heating with electrical appliances or hot water;
• provide basement lighting;
• get rid of fungus, rats and other pests.

The optimum air temperature for cucumbers during the day is 25-30 ° C, at night - 18-20 ° C warm. It is easier to maintain the desired temperature in the basement than in a greenhouse. The air temperature under the building is constant throughout the year. The basement heating system can be shared with the home heating system. In this case, radiators are installed in which power regulation is provided.

If there is no central heating in the basement, infrared heaters can be installed. They are installed on the ceiling. Infrared heaters do not dry out the air. Their number is selected so that for every 10 sq. m of the room had 1 kW of heater power.

Winter cultivation in an apartment

For planting cucumbers in an apartment in winter, it is better to use south-facing windows. If there are gaps in the window, it is better to glue them. To protect the roots of plants from cold air, you need to put foam plastic or several layers of cardboard under the pots.

For additional illumination of cucumbers, you can use energy-saving, fluorescent or LED lamps, which are placed at a distance of 30-40 cm from the plants. To enhance the effect, light-reflecting foil sheets and mirrors are installed.

Props are used to form bushes. A wooden rail with ropes tied to it is attached to the top of the windows. The lower ends of the ropes are tied to the shoots.The attachment point should not interfere with the growth of the plant.

For props, you can use a net that is installed between the glass and the plants. As the bush grows, the cucumber clings to the net with tendrils, keeping in an upright position.

Video: tips for growing cucumbers at home

Care for cucumbers during winter cultivation

Regardless of which variety you grow, it is important to observe the temperature regime, water the cucumbers often and feed them. Only then will the harvest be rich.

Watering

The most necessary step in caring for any plant is watering. Lack and excess of moisture adversely affect the taste of the fruit. Cucumbers love to be watered with warm water. It is good if it matches the temperature of fresh milk.
Before the inflorescences appear, the cucumbers are watered after four to five days, in moderation. During the formation of ovaries - in two to three days. During fruiting - twice a week.

Feeding cucumbers

As the plants develop, fertilizing is carried out according to a certain scheme.

Table: scheme for feeding cucumbers

Cucumber bush formation

Plants are tied to a support after the appearance of 8-9 true leaves. One stem 1.5–2 meters long is left on the bush. The lowest shoots are removed completely along with the flowers; from the fourth to the seventh, the shoots are pinched, leaving 1 leaf and 1 ovary; all the following shoots leave 2 leaves and 2 ovaries.

Photo gallery: schemes for the formation of a cucumber bush

Harvesting

Fruits must be removed as they ripen so that the remaining ovaries ripen. The best time to harvest is in the morning.

Timely harvest will save the lash from brittleness

Using the hydroponic method to grow cucumbers

Using the hydroponic method allows you to grow plants without soil. An artificial environment is used instead of soil. Expanded clay, crushed stone, vermiculite are used as a substrate. The nutrient solution is delivered to the roots by drip or by flooding according to a specific schedule.

Mineral solutions are best purchased in specialized stores. The purchased solution contains everything the plant needs.

Recently, the use of corks, cubes and mineral wool mats as a substrate has become popular. When preparing seedlings of cucumbers, the following order of operations is observed:

1. Seeds are planted in seedling plugs to a depth of 1 cm. Seeds germinate in 2–3 days, provided the temperature is maintained at 20–25 ° C and humidity at 75–80%.
2. After a week, the corks with sprouts are placed in cubes.
3. In cubes, seedlings develop from 3 to 5 weeks, then they are placed in mats soaked in nutrient solution.

Preparing cucumber seedlings using the hydroponic method

Watering is carried out through droppers installed in the mats.

The principle of feeding nutrients by the flooding method is as follows: the tray with plants is fixed at an angle, under the tray there is a reservoir with a mineral solution. With the help of a pump, the tray is filled with solution to the maximum level. The excess solution flows back into the reservoir. A certain amount of solution remains in the tray at all times.

The supply of a mineral solution when growing cucumbers is carried out by the method of periodic flooding

Pros and cons of hydroponics

Benefits of using the hydroponic method:

• the ability to control all processes of plant development, use solutions of different compositions for each stage of growth;
• saving water;
• saving nutrients, all nutrients are absorbed completely, nothing goes into the ground;
• no weeding is needed, no weeds;
• the yield increases, as the plants are healthy;
• the ripening time of cucumbers is reduced.

Hydroponics is suitable for small spaces. First, the roots take up less space, so more plants can be placed in a small area. Secondly, hydroponics does not require a lot of renewal after each harvest, as when using soil.
Disadvantages of the hydroponic method:

• there is a high probability of killing all plants when preparing the wrong solution;
• strict temperature control is required, when overheating, plants die;
• it is an expensive cultivation method, high energy consumption for lighting and climate control.

Features of growing cucumbers all year round in various regions, including the Krasnodar Territory

In our country, they love cucumbers; a festive feast cannot be complete without it. Salads are made from fresh cucumbers, they are crunching with pleasure with pickled or pickled cucumbers. Cucumber yields are low in most Russian regions. This is due to the peculiarities of the climate. The short summer with return frosts does not allow cucumbers to create comfortable conditions for growth and fruiting.

Only in the southern regions, the entire growth cycle of a cucumber is provided with sun and warmth. One of these areas is the Krasnodar Territory. The climate there as a whole is characterized by an excess of solar radiation with moderate moisture, so the vegetable growers of Krasnodar periodically face the problem of a lack of water. But there is a solution to this problem, such as mulching the soil to retain moisture. Interestingly, in the Krasnodar Territory, cucumbers can be grown all year round even in unheated greenhouses - for this purpose, structures with foil walls are used, which allow the maximum heat to be retained inside.

In other regions, especially in Siberia, in winter and autumn, the length of daylight hours is not sufficient to obtain a good harvest. When growing this vegetable in Siberia and other regions, it is better to think over methods of additional lighting and heating in a greenhouse or in a garden bed, for example, supplementary lighting with various lamps.

Video: building a greenhouse in the harsh conditions of Siberia

When growing cucumbers in closed ground conditions, the plants create the necessary microclimate. Plants are provided with the necessary amount of light and heat. It does not matter in which region the greenhouse is located, a good harvest can be obtained in any weather conditions.

It is possible to grow cucumbers in winter. It is important to observe the water regime and provide plants with a sufficient amount of light. We see the results of industrial greenhouses on store shelves in winter. At home, knowing the peculiarities of growing cucumbers and using modern agricultural technology, you can get a good harvest and please yourself and your friends with your own cucumbers in the middle of winter.

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