What can be grown in a greenhouse besides tomatoes and cucumbers?

Anonymous thread author

Ekaterinburg

There is a garden with greenhouses. For many years it has been a ritual to plant tomatoes and cucumbers in them, to harvest and salt in the fall.
But the parents are gradually becoming unable to do this, and the children - to water, to stepchild, almost daily care - is not very convenient to ride.
At a family council, they decided not to plant tomatoes this year, it's easier to buy at the store: gy:
The question is, so that the greenhouse is not empty - what can you plant such? What also loves warmth but is less demanding to care for? Corn? Or some kind of exoticism? Throw in ideas, huh?

Fantuzzi

Ekaterinburg

mom

Someone last year, so that the greenhouse would not stand idle, planted a turnip there 🙂

And so - there is little fuss with peppers, but of course it is necessary to water

In every pretty girl, in every shy little girl Somewhere the reptile genes of the great-grandmother can be hidden

Sobolev

Pervouralsk

mom

I'm still soot basil and petiolate celery. There is no care, but it reaches me up to the knee and above: gy:

Tigrulay

Moscow

mom

all kinds of greens: dill, basil, salads.

I want the whole beard of Hottabych as a gift)) oh, and I'm natrakhtibedokhayu myself.

Lau

Ekaterinburg

just a visitor

arugula

My cockroaches are not in my head. They are sitting in a bag, in a special jar.

Zeradina

Ekaterinburg

mom

Maybe eggplants? :)

stulay

Ekaterinburg

mom

Green beans, we really like it.

Hold on and never give up!

Orenka

Ekaterinburg

mom

anonymous

decided not to plant tomatoes this year, it's easier to buy in a store

What are you? : = - O:: = - O:: = - O: They can't even be compared !!! I'm for tomatoes, don't be stupid, at least put them on food (not for pickling).

Well, try watermelon 🙁

Primavera_bcn

Ekaterinburg

mom

My grandmother plants peppers and eggplants in the same place

Orenka

Ekaterinburg

mom

stulay

Green beans,

The first time I bought it for trial, yellow, green and purple. Seedlings? When were they planted? How often to water?

Næturylur

Ekaterinburg

I want to become a dad!

Orenka

at least put on food

all the same, greenhouse ones cannot be compared with ground ones from the south) Acidic. and ripen on the windowsill in September: gy:

How people treat you is their karma, and how you react is yours.

Sobolev

Pervouralsk

mom

and yes, I also grow watermelons, but there it is not without care.

Fima Sobak

Ekaterinburg

mom

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, basil.Shop shitty tomatoes with their own can not be compared - neither taste nor smell! Arugula, celery, green beans, salad greens, spinach - they grow well in the open field;) true, this is the South Urals - 250 km south of Eburg :) warmer :)

Naturlich

Well, ripe tomatoes from the south do not reach us, they are plucked green and taken. Even our tomato from a branch tastes better than a southern tomato, but ripened in a wagon.

God, what morals! The grandmothers were right!

Zeradina

Ekaterinburg

mom

Plant beans with seedlings? greenhouses, watered once or twice a week, all norms have grown

Orenka

Ekaterinburg

mom

Zeradina

To plant beans with seedlings? Well, you give the author!

It is not the author who gives it, but me. Did you accidentally confuse beans with beans? : gy: I bought vegetable and asparagus beans, it grows up to 3.5 meters, it says on the bag - in May in the ground, in April through seedlings. Therefore, I ask how people did it.

Zeradina

we plant potatoes

I can't imagine how it would coexist. not a lady

Ekaterinburg

just a visitor

Take the land away, put the kids in a pool

Here and now

Orenka

Ekaterinburg

mom

Naturlich

all the same, greenhouses cannot be compared with ground ones from the south)

Agree.

Naturlich

Sour.

I have a lot of sweets, but they are too small, you cannot compare with the southern ones. Anyway, they like theirs more: y_0022: radaya

Ekaterinburg

mom

Naturlich

all the same, greenhouse ones cannot be compared with ground ones from the south) Acidic. and ripen on the windowsill in September

Are you kidding me?

Næturylur

Ekaterinburg

I want to become a dad!

Orenka

I have a lot of sweets

you are unique to me) even my relatives who know how to grow red plum tomatoes near Perm do not boast of sweet ones ... and others have a specific sour-spicy taste.

And yes, tomatoes and cucumbers should be planted not in one greenhouse, but in different ones. They require different modes of watering-ventilation-humidity. Otherwise, everything will go to unproductive greens.

How people treat you is their karma, and how you react is yours.

radaya

Ekaterinburg

mom

Nothing ripened on the windowsills. All in the bushes. They have eaten since the end of July. Huge yellow and pink (bovine heart, oxheart, persimmon), sweet, very tasty. They cannot be compared with any purchased ones.

Næturylur

Ekaterinburg

I want to become a dad!

radaya

Are you kidding me?

I buy tomatoes from my grandmothers, before that my mother grew (until 2007) and my neighbors - now - in the garden. : pardon: Perhaps the current hybrids are ripening in the bud.

How people treat you is their karma, and how you react is yours.

radaya

Ekaterinburg

mom

Naturlich

My husband would have nailed me if he saw tomatoes on the windowsills (or wherever they ripen there): gy:

I had good Altai seeds, some sort of selection. I planted them this year.

Næturylur

Ekaterinburg

I want to become a dad!

Apparently, this is now a whole industry.
Mother-in-law plants tomatoes, it seems to ripen quickly, we rarely go to her - there are eaters and a cloud without us. : gy: carried in buckets.
In general, because of my mother's negative experience, I swore to be confused with tomatoes)
Shl. my husband is calm, he has cats for anger)) The message was changed by the user on 11-03-2013 at 21:36

How people treat you is their karma, and how you react is yours.

radaya

Ekaterinburg

mom

Naturlich

Why not together with cucumbers, didn’t understand?

The last cucumbers were finished in September.

alita

Tyumen

mom

Naturlich

current hybrids are maturing on the vine.

🙂 and awesomely sweet 😉

Naturlich

But never with cucumbers.

I will look for pictures, the father-in-law has been planting together all his life and everything grows beautifully: gy:

A woman never knows what she wants, but she will not rest until she has achieved it.

For novice gardeners, one of the exciting questions is the following: "What to plant with what in a greenhouse?" And what's wrong with that? For those who have not yet encountered gardening work, this question seems silly. In fact, this is not the case: like flowers in a bouquet, vegetables can "be friends" or "not be friends" with each other, so if you want to have a rich harvest, you need to take into account their compatibility.

Vegetable compatibility

Before planting, you should identify compatible and incompatible vegetables. Why this is done: crops that can grow peacefully nearby will be more resistant to various diseases and pests, which increases yields. Conversely, if there are warring plants in the neighborhood, then the harvest will be small.

How does the amount of the crop depend on the plants themselves? The fact is that they emit special substances that penetrate into the soil and air, therefore, the nearby garden culture absorbs them and can get harm or benefit. Therefore, with proper planting, there will be a rich, nutrient-rich environment, which will allow the use of less fertilizer.

Compatibility criteria

To know what to plant with what in the greenhouse, you need to follow the main criteria by which it is taken into account how effective the vegetable community will be:

1. Plant height. The proximity of low and tall crops should not be allowed.
2. The same need for air humidity. Some need a hot environment, while others need good ventilation.
3. The need for lighting. Plants that need a lot of light should be allocated a spot in the southern part of the greenhouse.
4. Some types of crops are excellent precursors for subsequent seedlings. It is very important to observe crop rotation, especially for mixed plantings.

Crop rotation is the alternation of different vegetable crops. Planting the same species in the same location can cause soil depletion. It is recommended to alternate the beds every three years.

Mixed landings

Most gardeners solve the “what to plant with what in the greenhouse” dilemma by a simple method - mixed plantings. They are believed to help increase yields and stimulate crop growth. In addition, such a neighborhood greatly simplifies the greenhouse life: you can save on fertilizers and protection from pests. The thing is that some vegetables enrich the soil with useful elements necessary for other crops, while others release substances that protect against pests.

But this method also has disadvantages - it is cross-pollination and thickening of vegetables. Pollination can negatively affect the taste of products, and sometimes it also happens that neighboring crops can become infected with pests. Therefore, if a gardener uses a mixed planting, he must monitor the future harvest even more carefully. And in order for the described method to bring good results, you need to remember what to plant with in the greenhouse.

It is best to choose one base vegetable, most often a cucumber or tomato. And already other crops are matched to this basic product.

Mixed planting basic principles

For this method to be effective, you need to know some rules:

• The width of the beds should not exceed 1 m - so it will be more convenient to sow, process.
• Before sowing, you need to mentally divide the garden into several parts. Sowing begins from the central part, in which crops with long growth and the same ripening period are planted. These include cabbage, tomatoes, peppers. By the time of harvest, they will occupy most of the greenhouse.
• Plants with a short ripening period should be planted along the edges of the garden - these are all types of greenery.

Technology for growing vegetables in a greenhouse

In addition to planting vegetable crops, taking into account their compatibility, you need to know how to grow them correctly. Even if you took into account the neighborhood, you can ruin everything if you do not create the necessary greenhouse conditions. What is a greenhouse for? And it is needed in order to create the necessary microclimate for the growth of vegetables.

In fact, a greenhouse is a miniature tropics, but do not forget about one important nuance: the temperature should not be too high or too low. Therefore, in very hot weather, it is imperative to do airing. Watering greenhouse plants should be more abundant than those that grow in the garden, because there is strong evaporation in the greenhouse.

With a mixed planting, you do not need to plant all crops at the same time - it would be more correct to gradually plant, taking into account the ripening time of vegetables.

Year-round greenhouse cultivation

I would like fresh vegetables to be on the table always, and not only in warm seasons. It turns out that cultivation in a greenhouse is possible all year round. For this, a greenhouse made of polycarbonate is best suited, because it has a sufficiently high strength, low thermal conductivity and good light transmission.

But in order to create summer conditions in cold seasons, you need to take care of additional lighting, insulation and ventilation in advance. To improve the quality of year-round plantings, it is worth growing ornamental plants next to them, which will help saturate the soil and air with nutrients.

You also need to take care of additional "warming" of the soil with humus, straw. It should only be remembered that a large amount of humus can cause the appearance of various pests, therefore it is necessary to periodically deal with them. Not all vegetable crops are suitable for year-round planting. Preference should be given to the following types:

• Chinese cabbage;
• radish;
• cucumbers;
• tomatoes;
• Bell pepper.

In pursuit of more crops, some gardeners use a variety of chemicals to accelerate growth and maturation. But as a result, vegetables are tasteless and watery. Therefore, it is better not to stimulate the processes with chemical additives, but to take better care of the plants.

Having considered the basic rules for planting in a greenhouse, it is worth returning to the question of what to plant with what in a greenhouse. The following vegetables will be considered: cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers.

Tomato vegetable compatibility

Tomatoes are quite capricious vegetables, so you need to carefully choose the plants that are adjacent to them. Gardeners often plant cucumbers and tomatoes together, but this is wrong. At first glance, it seems that they are ideal neighbors, but this is a misconception. Although they are similar in their requirements for growing conditions, tomatoes and cucumbers do not get along well together.

Tomatoes need moderate warmth and frequent ventilation because they don't like too much moisture. They should be watered only at the root. Choose places for planting them next to doors or vents.

With what to plant tomatoes in the greenhouse? Eggplants and peppers should be grown with tomatoes because they also need a lot of fresh air. They also grow well next to onions, parsley, herbs, carrots and radishes. But cabbage, pumpkin and strawberries will not get along with tomatoes.

Peppers and other vegetables

Close relatives of pepper are tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes. Therefore, with these agricultural crops, he can easily share one territory. Although, due to their similarity, they can attract the same pests. Some gardeners believe that there can be competition for nutrients and light between related species, resulting in poor harvests.

What is the best way to plant peppers in a greenhouse:

• beans and legumes;
• onion;
• eggplant;
• carrot;
• spices;
• tomatoes.

What is the best way to plant eggplants in a greenhouse

Eggplants are quite demanding vegetables, and although they can get along with peppers, it is highly undesirable to plant any other crops next to them, because they really do not like to share space with other vegetables.

But if there is not much space in the greenhouse, and you want to grow purple vegetables, then beans will become a good neighbor for them. Eggplants also grow well next to bell peppers, potatoes. You just need to be careful: if the Colorado potato beetle appears on the potato, you will have to help the eggplants. Therefore, they still should not be planted together.

Good neighbors will be:

• onion;
• carrot;
• cabbage.

Neighborhood with cucumbers

Cucumbers love heat, high humidity, so you shouldn't often ventilate the greenhouse. During watering, you need to irrigate not only the roots, but also the tops. Use warm water for irrigation. Another feature of these vegetables is that they do not need fertilization, only those containing nitrogen will be enough. The warmest place in the greenhouse should be allocated to cucumbers.

What is the best way to plant cucumbers in a greenhouse? They will be most comfortable with pepper - the harvest will be good. If desired, or a small greenhouse area, you can add eggplant to cucumber and pepper. A great combination will turn out with beans: together they enrich the soil with nitrogen, which is very necessary for good cucumber growth.

Cucumbers in the greenhouse

These are heat-loving vegetables, so you need to be careful about creating the right greenhouse for your cucumbers. It should be kept in a warm place and lit most of the day. The area under the structure must be level, the presence of any slopes or holes is excluded. A greenhouse for cucumbers should not be too large - this will heat up faster. It is imperative to have a ventilation hole so that fresh air comes in at night and in cold weather. The coating is made durable and transparent.

You can make a greenhouse - this is a simplified version of a greenhouse. It does not provide for the installation of an irrigation system, additional lighting, heating. The base of the greenhouse is a strong frame, which can be made of wood or metal. It is fixed on the box, and the coating is made transparent.

A greenhouse or greenhouse made of polycarbonate will be more costly, but effective. Why is it considered the best for growing not only cucumbers, but all crops?

1. Resistant to all the vagaries of the weather (rain, hail, snow), so it can be chosen for year-round cultivation.
2. Heat remains inside due to a special air gap.
3. Cools down slowly.
4. Frost resistant.
5. The material is very durable.

In order for a polycarbonate greenhouse to serve for a long time, one should not forget about a few nuances:

• sheets should be taken with a thickness of 4-6 mm;
• there must be ventilation holes;
• the material is easily scratched, and when using cleaning agents it becomes cloudy, and its light transmittance becomes worse, so you need to treat it with care.

Vegetable compatibility is a very important aspect in horticulture. After all, everyone hopes for a good harvest, and without knowledge of the symbiosis of vegetable crops, it will be very difficult to achieve a good result. Not all plants are undemanding to care for, so it is very important to take into account all their nuances.

Why do gardeners love greenhouses? In addition to the possibility of growing all year round, greenhouse vegetables grow faster and better in terms of taste. But the main guarantee of a rich harvest is still caring for vegetables and a real desire to do gardening.

The possibilities of most gardeners are significantly limited by the small area of ​​\ u200b \ u200bplots and the presence of only one greenhouse on them, which you want to use to the maximum. Many gardeners are wondering whether it is possible to plant tomatoes and cucumbers together in the same greenhouse: how harmful is such a "neighborhood" and will joint cultivation benefit these crops?

Feasibility of joint landing

Experts do not recommend growing tomatoes and cucumbers in the same greenhouse if you want to get a good harvest. It's all about the radically different needs of these crops for illumination, humidity, air quality and watering.

By creating ideal conditions for the growth of a tomato, you will stop the development of cucumbers, and vice versa. So what are the needs of these crops, and how can the atmosphere in the greenhouse be optimized so that they can grow side by side?

Cucumber needs

Cucumbers are very moisture-loving plants that require frequent and abundant watering with warm, settled water, combined with spraying the leaves. The humidity in the greenhouse should be at least 85% - only then this capricious culture will thank you with a generous harvest.

What else do cucumbers need in a greenhouse? The optimum temperature for the development of plants and the formation of ovaries is from 22 to 28 degrees, they do not like drafts and frequent ventilation. In addition, the crop requires regular nitrogen fertilization.

So, cucumbers need constant dampness and absence of drafts, what do tomatoes need?

Needs of tomatoes

Tomatoes need diametrically opposite conditions: dampness and lack of regular ventilation will lead to the development of late blight, brown spot, gray mold and powdery mildew, which is dangerous for tomatoes.

Tomatoes are rarely watered - once a week is enough - but abundantly, while it is important to supply water at the root so that it goes directly into the ground and does not evaporate into the air. Tomatoes do not like heat - at temperatures above 25 degrees, they noticeably slow down fruiting, which is why the greenhouse needs to be left open during the day and drafts should be arranged with the help of vents at the other end of the greenhouse.

Tomatoes do not need nitrogen fertilizers; for their normal development, other feeding is required - with the content of potassium and phosphorus.

Planting tomatoes and cucumbers in the same greenhouse leads to a rather problematic situation: trying to satisfy the needs of both crops, you thereby destroy them or reduce yields. Dampness and high humidity in the greenhouse lead to a decrease in the immunity of tomatoes and an arrest of their growth. In such conditions, tomatoes are almost always affected by late blight. In addition, the pollen becomes wet, the inflorescences are not pollinated, which means that new ovaries will not appear.

If you strive to create favorable conditions for tomatoes, this will lead to a decrease in the yield of cucumbers. Dry air, lack of constant watering, frequent ventilation and drafts cause not only a slowdown in the growth of lashes, but can also completely ruin the plant.

How to find a compromise if there is no way to plant tomatoes and cucumbers in different greenhouses? It is still possible to grow these crops together, and there are several ways to do this.

Selection of varieties for combined plantings

To successfully grow tomatoes and cucumbers in one greenhouse, you should carefully choose the seed.

For joint planting, you should select such tomatoes that are resistant to late blight and are not afraid of high humidity:

• "Dubok";
• "Dubrava";
• De Barao Blacks;
• "Dwarf";
• "Lark";
• "Tsar Peter";
• "New Year";
• "Blizzard";
• Soyuz 8;
• "La la fa".

These hybrid varieties bred by agronomists and created have strong immunity and are resistant to late blight and other diseases that tomatoes are exposed to due to high humidity conditions. Of course, the selection of such seeds will not completely eliminate the problems associated with the joint cultivation of different crops, but you will have a chance to preserve all the plants and get a harvest.

In addition to buying tomato seeds protected from late blight, you should also take care of the choice of cool-resistant cucumber varieties. Insufficient air temperature can cause a whole list of specific diseases in this capricious culture - rot, powdery mildew, bacteriosis and anthracosis.

It is dangerous that these diseases can be transmitted to tomatoes, then, trying to create comfortable conditions for tomatoes, you can lose all the plants in the greenhouse and your future harvest.

Agronomists have developed a lot of varieties of cucumbers that are resistant to diseases and suitable for growing in the open field:

• "Benefit";
• "Crane";
• "Princess";
• Leandro;
• "Thumb Boy";
• "Masha";
• "Goosebump";
• "Natalie";
• Pasadena;
• "Diva";
• "Nightingale";
• "Sister Alyonushka".

By choosing such varieties and hybrids of cucumbers that are resistant to cold and diseases, you can not worry about creating a specific microclimate for plants - they can optimally transfer the ventilation of the greenhouse, which is necessary for the normal development and pollination of tomatoes.

How to plant correctly?

For optimal growth and development of neighboring crops, it is important not only to select the seed, but also to plant the plants correctly. The location of cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse requires taking into account the peculiarities of the microclimate inside the greenhouse.

Separation

Gardeners most often use the crop separation technique when planting cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse. Their physical delimitation in the greenhouse area helps to avoid overflow of tomatoes and protects the whip from drafts.

As a rule, all greenhouses are installed in a west-east direction. This orientation provides optimal illumination of all crops from the south side.

Depending on the width of the greenhouse, 2-3 longitudinal beds are arranged in it:

1. Cucumbers are planted in the northern bed. Here they will not be overdried by the sun, and the water will not evaporate so intensively into the air during irrigation.
2. Tomatoes are planted in the central garden bed. There will be fresh air necessary for their comfort and pollination when ventilated.
3. It is preferable to grow greens or eggplants in the southern garden. It will be too hot for tomatoes and too dry for cucumbers.

Since the soil in the greenhouse is a single whole, before planting seedlings and seed, you should attend to the demarcation of the soil. Sheets of roofing material or iron are dug in between future beds - such a measure will protect tomatoes from waterlogging with frequent watering of cucumbers and will allow you to apply fertilizers intended for each crop.

Zoning

Zoning is perhaps the most effective and optimal way to organize the space inside the greenhouse when growing different crops. This technique allows you to maintain the microclimate necessary for tomatoes and cucumbers in each part of the greenhouse.

The greenhouse is usually zoned across, dividing it into two functional parts.

There are two ways to make a partition:

1. Capital method. A partition is made of cellular polycarbonate inside the greenhouse. The entrance to this compartment can be made both in the created "wall", and on the other side of the greenhouse.
2. Fast way. The space inside the greenhouse can be delimited by hanging a curtain made of double-folded dense film on a stretched string or rod.

When zoning the greenhouse space, one must not forget about the separation of the soil: dig a sheet of roofing material, iron or a piece of polycarbonate of a suitable size into the ground at the border of the crops. It is recommended to put a tank with water in the "cucumber compartment" - it will not only serve for irrigation, but also additionally humidify the air in the separated area.

Hydrogel

When growing tomatoes and cucumbers together, hydrogel becomes a real salvation for many gardeners.

A modern adsorbent perfectly eliminates the problem of waterlogging of the soil and air - the crystals almost instantly absorb water during irrigation and give it to the roots of moisture-loving plants as needed.

Since water is absorbed by the hydrogel, during watering, there is no intense evaporation of moisture into the air and the humidity in the greenhouse does not increase.Thus, the use of an adsorbent does not reduce the immunity of a tomato, and at the same time provides cucumbers with the necessary liquid - both neighboring crops are comfortable.

When planting cucumber seedlings, it is enough to add about 0.5 cups of ready-made hydrogel to the hole, spill abundantly and then dig in the plant in the swollen granules. Most often, seeds are sown in a greenhouse - in this case, an organized hole with a sorbent is sprinkled with 5 cm of soil, and the prepared material is sown into the ground.

The hydrogel is convenient because it absorbs not only water, but also mineral fertilizers dissolved in it. If you soak the granules in a weak fertilizing solution before the first use, you can not worry about the nutrition of the cucumbers for a long time.

Mulch

If you have already sown cucumbers in the greenhouse and it was not possible to add the hydrogel to the soil in time, you can use the mulching method. This method also helps to retain moisture at the plant roots and prevents excessive evaporation.

How to use mulch correctly:

1. Prepare grass clippings or weeds that have been weeded out.
2. When the seedlings sprout and the cucumbers release a real leaf, the soil around them is covered with a thick (8-10 cm) layer of mulch.
3. As the layer subsides, it should be raised to the previous level of 10 cm.

Mulching allows you to reduce the number of water-loving plants, in addition, the gradually decaying lower layer releases heat, which cucumbers love so much, and nutritious organic fertilizers that are important for the development of any crop. Moisture from the soil will evaporate not into the air of the greenhouse, but under a dense mulch, creating a comfortable microclimate under each plant.

Growing cucumbers and tomatoes together in a greenhouse is undesirable, but still possible. The main thing is to divide the cultures and create for each of them the most comfortable conditions for development and fruiting.

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Cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse. Growing features

Cucumbers and tomatoes are the most popular garden crops... There are no land owners who would not grow them. Growing your own cucumbers and tomatoes always gives a lot of pleasure, vegetables grown on your site are always much tastier and healthier than those that can be purchased at the market or in a store.

If you are lucky enough to have a greenhouse, then you always have the opportunity to harvest vegetables much earlier than in the open field. There is a rather controversial issue of whether it is possible to plant these crops in the same greenhouse.... One often hears that this is impossible. But we will prove the opposite to you and help you grow a good harvest of vegetables in your greenhouse.

Can cucumbers and tomatoes be combined in the same greenhouse?

Every greenhouse owner always wants to get the maximum vegetable yield in it. And since cucumber and tomato are the most popular vegetables, you want to combine them and grow both vegetables with only one greenhouse. If you have several greenhouses, then of course you will not have a question about the compatibility of these vegetables, but if there is only one, then this question is very relevant for you.

Let's take a closer look at this issue. Let's start by examining what conditions are necessary for each vegetable separately.

Conditions for growing cucumbers in a greenhouse

Everyone knows that a cucumber for the most part consists of water and it is a great water lover and a lover of moisture. For normal growth of cucumbers, good watering is necessary, he loves very moist soil. But the cucumber lives in the greenhouse not only by watering, he also loves to have high air humidity in it, the ideal humidity for cucumbers is 80-90% at least. He is also capricious about the temperature, he needs the temperature in the greenhouse not lower than 22 ° and not higher than 28 °, he does not like cucumber and frequent airing, and even more drafts. And the cucumber also loves to be fed with nitrogen fertilizers.

And so the conclusion is that a slightly capricious cucumber loves moisture and does not tolerate a draft and low and high temperatures. But what about the tomato?

Conditions for growing tomatoes in a greenhouse

But with a tomato, the story is completely opposite, they like moderate watering and directly under the root itself. Humidity such as is needed by cucumbers, they do not need at all. Increased moisture can lead to the covering of tomatoes with such a disease as brown spot, lead to late blight, and powdery mildew can also occur. And it will not be news to anyone that tomatoes ripen at elevated temperatures, they need a temperature above 25 °, ideally 30 °. Tomatoes love airing and as often as possible, they are not afraid of a draft. Tomatoes do not like to be fertilized with potassium and phosphorus.

So can cucumbers and tomatoes be planted together in a greenhouse?

Considering the needs of these two cultures, the picture is very bleak. If you start creating all the conditions for your tomatoes, you will immediately dream of a cucumber harvest. But if you create all the conditions for your cucumbers, you will lose the tomato crop, because moisture can not only infect the ovary and fruits, but also prevent the fruits from setting due to the fact that moisture and the absence of a draft will not allow them to simply pollinate.

So be it? What to do? After all, I really want to use the greenhouse to the maximum and grow the entire salad set of vegetables. This question has long been resolved for you by breeders. And do not despair when listening to friends and neighbors that you will not be able to grow cucumbers with tomatoes in a greenhouse. This problem was solved a long time ago and has ceased to be a problem. There are many varieties of these crops these days that can coexist perfectly. It is enough to purchase seeds of suitable varieties, and you can safely start growing.

Which varieties of cucumbers and tomatoes can be grown together in the greenhouse?

There are a lot of similar varieties of these two crops bred today. These varieties grow quite well together in a greenhouse. The selection of varieties given by us are the most popular and have been proven over the years by all summer residents and gardeners who have greenhouses. Just choose the ones that you like the most and then you can safely plant them every year and get an excellent harvest.

The listed varieties of tomato seeds are very resistant to late blight and easily grow and bear fruit in conditions of increased moisture, which is so necessary for cucumbers.

So, for planting in a greenhouse together with cucumbers, we advise you to purchase tomatoes of these varieties - Dubok, Dubrava, Tsar Peter, La la fa, De Barao black, Soyuz-8, Blizzard, Gnome and New Year. These varieties will greatly increase your chances of growing a great crop.

The varieties of cucumbers that we will present to you respond well to airing and are not afraid of drafts. They grow well in conditions without increased moisture. Also, these varieties grow well in the open field and are not afraid of any weather conditions. They will grow well in conditions suitable for tomato growth and yield good yields.

To grow cucumbers in a greenhouse with tomatoes, you should purchase these types of cucumbers - Crane, Leandro, Benefis, Princess. A boy with a finger, Goosebump, Natalie, Masha, Pasadena, Prima Donna, Sister Alyonushka, Chinese miracle and the Nightingale. All these varieties are not the most whimsical to growing conditions and will get along well in the same greenhouse with tomatoes.

How to plant cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse

The correct selection of planting material is, of course, very good, but this is only half the battle. Cucumbers and tomatoes in the greenhouse also need to be planted correctly. Proper planting of vegetables in the greenhouse is the key to a good harvest. There are some rules to follow.

Rule one - distinction... When planting cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse, they must be delimited and planted in more than one garden bed.This way you can avoid overflowing tomatoes and drying out cucumbers.

If you placed the greenhouse correctly, then it stands to the west-east, respectively, the lateral parts of the greenhouse are in the north-south. Divide the greenhouse into two halves, with a wide path between the halves, make it as wide as possible. You can already do the rows in the halves as you like and conveniently.

So, we proceed to the planting sites - you need to plant cucumbers in the northern part, it will rarely be sunny from the northern side and, accordingly, the earth will not dry out so intensively, and this will not allow moisture to evaporate strongly and create a lot of moisture in the air harmful to tomatoes.

Naturally, you need to plant tomatoes in the southern part of the greenhouse, this will give them more sun and, accordingly, heat, which they will have enough and you will not have the need to increase the temperature in the greenhouse by any method, which is not needed by cucumbers.

This will create enough warmth and moisture for both crops. Depending on the season, you can plant a row of greens on the south side if the temperature is too high for the tomatoes.

Rule two - tillage by zone... Since vegetables will grow in different parts of the greenhouse, it is worth cultivating the land in different ways. The soil will need to be delimited first. To do this, at the border of the bed, sheets of roofing material, iron or slate are dug in to a depth of preferably at least a meter. This will not allow moisture from the cucumbers to go to the tomatoes and there will also be no exchange of fertilizers between the beds, which will allow each bed to be fertilized correctly. Apply the necessary fertilizers to the soil before planting according to the culture.

Rule three - zoning... It is best to divide the greenhouse into zones. This is not at all difficult to do; it is enough to stretch a rope or wire under the very ceiling of the greenhouse. On this rope you need to hang a film like a curtain. It is best to make such a curtain on the side of the cucumbers, since they need more humid air. You can also use sheets of roofing material, for example, but this is less convenient than a regular film. In the part where the cucumbers can be placed in a tank or barrel of water for irrigation, so the cucumbers will receive additional moisture in the air, which will not affect the tomatoes.

Following such simple and affordable rules, you can easily grow a great harvest.

Tips for growing cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse

By following the rules, you will provide yourself with a crop, but there are some times when some rules are problematic to fulfill due to the same size of the greenhouse itself. Usually, zoning serves as such an obstacle stone. It is not always possible to make this border, and if the greenhouse is small, then by creating such a curtain, you can spoil the cucumbers by creating a high temperature behind the film, in addition to high humidity. How to be in this case? Cucumbers need moisture.

Plant hydrogel

Nowadays, this is not a problem at all, thanks to such modern development as Hydrogel... It will help you give your cucumbers enough moisture. The hydrogel is able to absorb a lot of moisture, but it is not only able to keep it in itself, but also to give it to the roots of the plant. You can buy Hydrogel in a specialized store.

Using it, you will provide the cucumbers with the necessary amount of moisture, while they do not need to be watered often, which will not increase the humidity that tomatoes do not need. It certainly costs money, but if you consider that it will need to be watered less often with it, it turns out that by buying it you will save on watering. It is used immediately when planting a plant. When planting, you need to immediately pour about half of a regular faceted glass of dry hydrogel into the hole when planting, plant a sprout and, as usual, cover it with earth. At the first watering, it will swell as needed.

Soil mulching

When planting crops in a greenhouse, it is best to mulch the soil under the cucumbers. This will help you retain moisture without using a hydrogel. This method will cost you much less or even free of charge. Mulch, like hydrogel, will help you retain moisture in cucumbers for a longer time without evaporating moisture into the air. This method, in addition to helping to retain moisture, will also help you to nourish the plant, because the decomposing mulch material will give the cucumbers additional fertilization.

Soil mulching

Making mulch is very simple. You just need dry grass, straw will do. You can simply dry all the weeds from the garden in the fall and put them in a storage shed, you can purchase a bale of hay for this in advance in the fall.

When the plant leaves its leaves, place it around this dry grass. It is necessary to lay out a layer of grass at least 8 cm, it is better the layer will be a little more than 10 cm.

Then nothing special, just water your cucumbers, check soil moisture under mulch. The layer of mulch will naturally gradually settle, it will need to be added periodically, each time bringing the layer to a thickness of 10 cm.

Spraying in the greenhouse

A spray can be added to create moisture for the cucumbers. This is done mainly when zoning is available, but it is possible without zoning. If you spray your cucumbers a little more than once a week, with the most common spray, you will not harm the tomatoes, but you will delight the cucumbers. But only the spraying should be fine and should be sprayed as close to the plant as possible.

What else to plant in the greenhouse?

If you grow cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse, then you can also grow greens. It is necessary to plant greens only in the area where tomatoes grow.... Such a planting of plants has grounds for failure. Greens always have great juiciness and, accordingly, they need a lot of moisture. By planting greens among the tomatoes, you will help rid this area of ​​excess moisture, the greens will take over it.

Lettuce leaves, dill, parsley and basil collect moisture very well, these plants will allow you to increase your tomato yield and also grow greens for vegetable salads. You can also plant onions on greens, it is also water-loaf and absorbs water not only with roots, but also with greens.

Having studied this question, we can safely answer that you can grow tomatoes and cucumbers in the same greenhouse! With a greenhouse, you can easily grow these two crops for a great harvest!

Successful cultivation!