What is the best way to grow cucumbers on a trellis or on the ground?

Traditionally, cucumbers were grown and grown in the open field in the spread, but now gardeners are increasingly growing cucumbers on a trellis. After all, the yield obtained in this way turns out to be much higher.

What is a trellis

Trellis is a vertical structure for growing vegetables. These can be wooden or metal posts dug into the ground. A wire or mesh is pulled between them, and sometimes slats are attached.

Such a bed looks neat, it is convenient to harvest on it, since all vegetables are clearly visible.

However, not all types of cucumbers need a trellis. So, bush cucumbers, due to their compactness, grow well without trellises, but their yield, in comparison with woven cucumbers, is much lower. Therefore, if it is important for you to harvest a large harvest, then you will have to purchase or build a support for your cucumber vine.

Types of trellis for growing in the open field

If earlier vegetables were grown on a trellis mainly in a greenhouse, now they are increasingly used in the open field. Tapestries come in various shapes - in the form of a wall, rectangle, square, tent, circle. They are made from almost any material - wooden slats, beams, bicycle wheels, metal tubes, metal or plastic nets with different mesh sizes. Consider the most convenient and easy-to-manufacture designs:

• Tapestry in the form of a wall. To install such a structure, it is enough to drive in pillars on both sides of the garden bed, and pull the net between them. You can set 3-4 pillars along the bed and pull a net or wire on them, on which a rope or twine is attached.

  Tapestry in the form of a wall - a design common due to its simplicity

• Round trellis. As a rule, it is constructed from bicycle wheels and a stick or metal tube. Wheels are strung on it from different sides through the hub and fixed with screws and washers twisted into the end of the stick. The ropes are tied to the spokes of the wheels or to the rim of the wheel. Then the structure is installed in a place suitable for cucumbers.

  Bicycle wheel trellis - compact and convenient

• Sunflower and corn can also act as a support, which at the same time attracts beneficial insects, shelters from the sun. As a result, you have cucumbers, seeds or corn. To use this method, cucumbers are sown in two rows, and auxiliary crops are sown between them.The central row is sown earlier so that young shoots have time to grow up.

  A corn support is an interesting solution that allows you to grow a good harvest of cucumbers

• Trellis made of branches. To make it, you will need at least 20 branches with a diameter of 1 cm, the number of branches and their length depends on the desired size. Arrange the branches according to size, stick the first of them into the ground to a depth of 10–12 cm. Next, after about 15 cm, at an angle of 60 ° to the first, insert the next branch. Tie them together at the point of intersection with wire. Repeat these steps until you get the desired size of the trellis. When the support is ready, cut the ends of the branches so that you get a rectangular trellis.

  Difficult to make, but very practical trellis made of branches will help you get an excellent harvest.

• Tapestry in the form of a rectangle. First, a frame is made of bars, two of which are about 2 meters long, two equal to the length of the bed. Fasten the bars in a convenient way for you. You can fix them with metal corners or join them "in a thorn", and also when chamfering, it is easy to glue the bars along the edge.

  Methods for joining bars used to make trellises

  Whichever method you choose, you need to complete the fastening by tightening the screws. Then a mesh is attached to the frame. A square trellis is made in a similar way, only all the bars are taken of equal length.

Such a rectangular trellis not only helps to grow cucumbers, but also serves as a decoration of the site.

Methods for planting cucumbers on a trellis

You can grow tasty and healthy cucumbers in various ways. Let's consider the most convenient ones.

In the open field

Seeds or seedlings of cucumbers are planted in one or two rows. When planting in one row, the distance between rows should be 1.0–1.3 m, between plants in a row - about 25 cm. When planting in two rows, the distance between rows is 50–70 cm. The distance between plants in a row is 25– 30 cm. If you plant cucumbers too close to each other, they will interfere with each other's development, which means that the harvest will be weak.

A rail is attached above each row or a trellis wire is pulled at a height of about 2 m from the ground. The gap between the pillars is 1.5–2.0 m. Between the pillars under the upper wire or rail, 2 more wires are pulled (at a height of about 15 cm, 100 cm from the ground level), for which a mesh with 15–20 cm cells is attached. Instead of a net, a rope can be tied to the upper crossbar for each shoot, around which the stem is wrapped around as it grows.

In order for cucumbers to harvest faster, they are planted in seedlings. And if you decide to plant with seeds, then prepare a temporary film shelter for young shoots.

At 3-4 weeks of growth, when the length of the stem reaches 31-35 cm and 5-6 leaves have formed, you can start the garter. It is more convenient to tie up young shoots of cucumbers, because they are more elastic than the stems of a mature cucumber. The trellis is installed before disembarking the seedlings. You need to tie the plants under the first leaves not tightly, but freely, without interfering with their development and growth.

The next stage is pinching, that is, removing the top of the main stem (the carrier of male flowers that produces barren flowers) over 5-6 leaves, in order to activate the growth of lateral shoots, on which female flowers will appear, from which fruits are formed. Thanks to this procedure, the yield will be high, the cucumbers will not taste bitter. Pinching is done both in greenhouse cucumbers and in plants in the open field.

When growing cucumbers on a cellular support, do not break off the antennae, with them the plant clings to the cells. To prevent the main stem from falling, pass it 3-4 times through the cells.

During cold snaps, throw a non-woven covering material over the trellis. Try to install the supports so that they are closed from the wind, because of the swaying in the wind, the yield can be significantly reduced. Place it next to your house or shed.

It is easy to distinguish a male flower from a female one: the female has an ovary in the form of a small cucumber, and the male grows on a leg

In the greenhouse

Planting cucumbers on a trellis in a greenhouse is carried out in the same way as in open ground, only the distance between rows is 50-60 cm, between plants in a row is about 40 cm.

Table: advantages and disadvantages of growing cucumbers on a trellis and in spread

Video: vertical cultivation of cucumbers in a greenhouse

Growing cucumbers on a trellis can significantly save time and garden area. and also to reap a high yield.

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Cucumber is one of the main vegetables in our summer cottages, we all love to crunch a cucumber in the summer, pickle or preserve it for the winter. But the efficiency of cultivation is different for all owners, it depends on the care and the method of cultivation itself. Recently, more and more often cultivated cucumbers on a trellis in the open field, which has a number of advantages when compared with growing "in spread". Growing cucumbers on a trellis cannot be called a new invention; in greenhouses, cucumber lashes are always tied up because of space saving. But this method, used in the garden, has other advantages besides compactness.

Benefits of growing on a trellis

Cucumbers are native to warm countries and need plenty of sun and moisture to grow well. Spreading on the ground, they create a shadow for themselves, often suffer from diseases, the pathogens of which freely move from the ground to leaves and shoots. Powdery mildew gives gardeners a lot of trouble, an almost inevitable evil when the cucumber vine comes into contact with the ground. Trellis allow you to arrange the entire green mass so that leaves, branches, fruits receive maximum sunlight and heat, have unlimited access to fresh air, and do not interfere with each other. This minimizes the risk of disease.

Cucumber culture has the genetic ability to curl, rise upward, as evidenced by the formation of tendrils. The trellis for cucumbers creates optimal conditions for the development laid down by nature itself, this is confirmed by the results of cultivation - with vertical development, the yield increases quantitatively, lengthens in time and provides the plant with a healthy existence.

This method of cultivation creates convenience for the owner, caring for vegetables, you do not need to work with your back bent, constantly raise cucumber lashes, risking damage to them in order to weed, loosen the soil under them. Collecting cucumbers, beautifully hanging from the net, clean, almost the same size, gives only pleasure, does not cause any inconvenience.

Watering and feeding vegetables is easy to carry out, as expected, at the very root, so that water does not fall on the leaves. You can arrange a drip irrigation system, which will further facilitate the care of cucumbers. And saving space in small summer cottages is not the last argument. A beautifully executed trellis can look very decorative. Such an organization of cultivation allows you to easily change the place for growing cucumbers on the site every year or two, as required by the rules of crop rotation.

Video "Growing on a Trellis"

From the video you will learn how to properly grow cucumbers on a trellis.

Preparatory stage

It is advisable to select and prepare a plot for growing cucumbers in the fall, immediately after the harvesting of the previous crop is completed. The soil should be non-acidic (or slightly acidic), light, loose, nutritious, sandy loams or loams rich in humus are perfect. Cucumbers can be grown in one place for no more than two years in a row, then it will be possible to return to it only after two years. You cannot plant them after all types of melons, they are too close relatives for our zelents, they have common risks of diseases, and the roots choose all useful substances from the same soil level. Cucumbers should be planted in the area after cabbage, tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, onions, garlic or legumes. The choice is large enough that you can change the place often.

Immediately after the release of the bed, the earth must be thoroughly dug up, humus must be added (from 5 to 8 kg per square meter), it will not hurt to add a tablespoon of superphosphate, a glass of wood ash or dolomite flour. If the soil is heavy, then the structure must also be corrected in the fall - to add peat, sawdust or just clean river sand to make it more permeable to water and air. Until spring, she will have time to moisten, lie down, all new components will be perfectly distributed in the fertile ground level.

In the spring, before planting, the area should be shed with a hot solution of potassium permanganate, this will help warm the earth and at the same time disinfect it. Some gardeners put manure or bird droppings into the holes just below the level of the seeds, the decomposition of organic matter will provide a long-term release of heat, such a spring heating. Cucumbers, like all pumpkin crops, feel comfortable at an air temperature of +22 to +28 degrees, at night it should not drop below + 18 degrees. At a temperature of +10 cucumbers stop growing, at a lower temperature they simply die. Therefore, for sowing or planting seedlings, the earth should already warm up well. The seedling method allows you to get the first fruits earlier, so many summer residents prefer to condemn themselves to the hassle of growing it.

It is believed that the seeds retain their germination for up to eight years, but starting from the third it inexorably decreases. Last year's seeds germinate well, but produce a lot of barren flowers, so it is best to sow seeds that are two or three years old. First, they are prepared - soaked for up to 12 hours in growth stimulants. You can buy a ready-made mixture, dilute 20 ml of humate in a liter of water, or prepare such a solution: for one liter of water, take half a gram of potassium permanganate and ammonium molybdenum, add boric acid (0.2 g) and copper sulfate (0.01 g). Such a composition will immediately enrich the necessary elements and disinfect the seed. After soaking, they must be dried until they flow.

Specialized shops sell already prepared, pelleted seeds, which can be simply dry without any additional preparation and placed in the substrate. They are usually covered with a special coating and therefore have an unnatural coloration.

Trellis making

Tapestries of various sizes, types and designs can be bought in stores, or you can make yourself, moreover, from improvised means, in the full sense of the word. The supports must be strong, half a meter dug into the ground, with a height of one to two meters. They are made from plastic pipes, metal stakes, wooden beams. A wire (necessarily covered with an insulating layer so as not to injure plants), a rope, twine is pulled between them. It is better to install a wooden or metal horizontal beam from above between the supports so that it does not bend under the weight of plants, which will be tied vertically to it with ropes. If the structure is long, then every 1.5 - 2 m you need to install intermediate supports.

Tapestries can be straight, inclined, installed with a hut. Between the supports, you can stretch a net or make a neat lattice from a picket fence.

The simplest wooden trellis can be done like this. At a distance of 2.5 m, support pillars are dug in on the bed, a crossbar up to 80 cm long is fixed on top of each, a spacer bar is strengthened between them. On the crossbars, 25 cm from the central spacer bar, nails are hammered in to strengthen the wire, or two more bars are installed instead of the wire. Ropes tied to cucumber stalks will be thrown over them.

You can install a U-shaped wooden structure, pull the mesh inside it. You can take strong branches of the same length, set them up with a hut, tie the tops, or it is better to attach a horizontal bar, which will give them stability.There can be many options, the main thing is to install a strong, stable support frame, pull the ropes along which the cucumber whips will curl.

Planting methods and formation options

Garden beds for cucumbers in the open field are made on a flat surface, raised to a ridge or lowered below the level of the path. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages over the others. When using trellises, cultivation in raised beds has recently become very popular. The beds are raised 15 - 20 cm above the level of the garden, the supports are firmly installed, the cucumber lashes are tied up after they reach 30 cm in length, they quickly understand that they need to curl up, and the antennae find support for themselves.

After waiting for suitable weather, the degree of heating of the soil and air, the owner places the seeds (or seedlings) on the garden bed. The distance between the rows is left at least one and a half meters, and between the plants 25 cm. The seeds are buried by 2 - 3 cm, then they are covered with mulch by another 3 cm, it can be peat, sawdust, hay. Landings are covered with foil for a while. The trellis is installed immediately or after the emergence of sprouts, when it is already clearly visible how convenient it will be for them to curl up.

If the support looks like a hut, then vegetables are planted on both outer sides, then they are tied up and directed to curl along the inclined plane of the trellis. Cucumbers can be tied on one vertical trellis on one side or on both sides. In the second case, they are planted in a checkerboard pattern (for which a special scheme is being developed) so that at least 120 cm remains between the plants on one side, then another plant can be located on the trellis on the other side between them. Each vegetable that is planted will have enough room to grow.

Common varieties of cucumbers are formed so that lateral shoots develop, because the bulk of the fruit is tied on them (more female flowers are formed there). To do this, the main shoot is pinched, making it possible to develop lateral. Hybrid varieties are very often grown on the trellis, among the most popular are Asterix F1, Vocal F1, Motiva F1, Opera F1. Their peculiarity is that female flowers are formed on the main stem. During the formation of such plants, the lateral shoots are pinched after the first or second leaf, which allows the main stem to grow intensively.

Usually, all flowers or stepchildren up to the sixth leaf are ruthlessly removed, because they slow down the development of the entire plant. If you allow the first cucumber to grow below the sixth leaf, then this can postpone the formation of other fruits, and if you break off this first ovary in time, then the harvest will be postponed, maybe by a week or a half, but then the harvest will be massive.

The cucumber bed is looked after, as usual, watered regularly (otherwise the cucumbers will acquire bitterness), periodically fed, alternating organic and inorganic fertilizers, and regularly harvest. Watering and root dressing is carried out so that moisture does not get on the leaves, since it is easy to do this when using trellises. If the leaves and stems noticeably turn pale (which indicates a lack of nitrogen), then foliar dressing is carried out by spraying the plants with a urea solution. It is better to do this in the evening just before sunset. Dried leaves, damaged fruits or other parts of the plant must be removed in time, it is better to cut them off with pruning shears early in the morning, so that the wounds dry out before the evening, so they will heal more easily.

Harvesting and end-of-season work

A month and a half after planting the seedlings, mass ripening of fruits begins. They need to be collected regularly, this contributes to the formation of new ones. So, zelents (cucumbers aged from 8 to 12 days) are harvested every other day, pickles (aged 2 - 3 days) and gherkins (4 - 5 days) - every day. The crop is usually harvested in the morning or evening.If you stop harvesting for a certain period, the formation of ovaries will sharply decrease, after a long break it may stop altogether.

By the end of the season, when fruiting has ceased completely, the crop will be harvested and processed, all the cucumber tops must be removed from the trellises. Greens are usually sent to compost, of course, if there are no signs of any diseases on them. Nets, wire, twine, everything that was used to support the cucumber lashes, are removed from the supports, cleaned of plant residues, and stored. All wooden parts (support posts, pegs, props) are removed, washed, dried. Then they are wrapped in natural fabric and sent for storage until next year.

The site is dug up, roots and other plant residues are removed, and it is prepared for the next planting.

Growing cucumbers in the open field on a trellis is more efficient, profitable and it is just a pleasant way in comparison with the usual, but already outdated "spreading" method.

Video "Do-it-yourself tapestry"

From the video you will learn how to make a trellis with your own hands.

Not enough space, but want to get the maximum yield of cucumbers? Do you want to make effective use of the available space, but do not know how to do it? This article is for you.

We offer several effective ways to grow cucumbers in a small area. Today you will learn how to get the most out of the smallest space.

1. Growing cucumbers on a trellis

Growing cucumbers on a trellis allows you to use the available space very economically.

What it is?

Some summer residents, without knowing it, use the following growing method: so that the lashes of cucumbers do not crawl along the ground, they are tied up vertically. This is the essence of growing cucumbers on trellises. The latter are special support structures, along which cucumbers subsequently "rise".

This method of growing cucumbers has many undoubtedadvantages:

• saving space;
• the possibility of creating drip irrigation;
• good lighting of landings;
• the fruits remain clean and do not outgrow;
• ease of care (it is easier to artificially pollinate, weed, process, collect, etc.).

Features of growing cucumbers on trellises

• In the fall, on the site where the trellis is planned to be placed, add humus at the rate of 10 kg per 1 square meter and dig it over the shovel bayonet (do not break the lumps). In the spring, level the soil with a rake.
• When creating a trellis design, think over a mobile option - after all, later you will have to "relocate" the cucumbers to new, inexhaustible beds.
• Place trellis stands at a distance of 0.5 m from each other. Pull 3 rows of wire onto the posts - top, center and bottom. Attach a mesh with cells of about 15x18 cm to the wire.Try to make the height of the structure at least 180 cm.
• To protect the soil from weeds and drying out, cover the bed with black plastic.

When the ground warms up well (to at least 14 ° C and to a depth of at least 15 cm), you can transfer the seedlings to the ground or sow seeds. To do this, make small slots in the film and place 2-3 seeds or one seedling in them.

Watch the plants: until 6 real leaves appear, be sure to pluck out all the ovaries. This will lead to a later, but more abundant harvest of cucumbers.

Notice the direction of growth of the cucumbers and "help" them to occupy the available space on the trellis. If the whips could not catch themselves, tie them with twine or twine.

So that a lot of cucumbers ripen and they are all even and beautiful, get rid of dried and diseased leaves in time, pinch off male flowers and ugly greens so that the plant does not waste energy on their development.

When the fruits are 6 cm long, harvest them so the plant does not starve and the following cucumbers do not grow crooked or bitter.

It is easy to care for cucumbers on a trellis, and such plantings look very neat

2.Growing cucumbers in a barrel

Growing cucumbers in a barrel has recently become more and more popular, and for good reason, because this method has a lot advantages:

• saving space for planting and the mobility of such "beds";
• saving time and effort for caring for cucumbers;
• visual appeal - cucumber lashes mask the barrel;
• clean fruits that are easy to pick.

The best cucumber varieties to grow in barrels

Cucumbers ripen in barrels quite quickly, so for this method it is better to choose early ripening varieties or hybrids:

• Muromsky;
• Chinese frost-resistant;
• Connie F1;
• Othello F1;
• Ekol F1;
• Pace F1.

How to grow cucumbers in a barrel?

Cucumber barrels must be prepared in advance. As soon as the snow melts, fill metal drums with vegetable food waste, old grass, alternating layers with earth or rotted manure. To ferment faster, spill the layers with EM formulations. Then pour the resulting mass with hot water, cover with foil and leave for 7-10 days.
After this time, the mass will settle - refill the barrels to the top and repeat the procedures until the beginning of May.

Never put meat or fish waste into the cucumber barrel.

At the 10th of May, pour about 10 cm of soil on the plant residues, scald it with boiling water, spill it with a pink solution of potassium permanganate and plant cucumber seeds (6-8 pcs. In a barrel). Cover the barrel with cellophane or black plastic.

If you place a small bucket (1 liter) in the center of the barrel and regularly fill it with water, the cucumbers will grow by leaps and bounds.

When 3 leaves appear on the shoots, attach a frame of arcs to the barrel, along which cucumber lashes will curl later.
By mid-June, when it will already be possible to remove the shelter, the barrel will be only 3/4 filled with earth (it will settle again), and the cucumber lashes will already reach the metal arcs. After that, they will grow over the edge of the barrel and end up outside.

The most important point at this stage is correct and regular watering of the plants. There is no need to pinch them or weed the weeds.

Cucumbers planted in a barrel look very original and attractive.

3. Growing cucumbers in bags

The vertical cucumber beds can be arranged in bags or bags. TO advantages this method should be attributed:

• saving space;
• mobility of the beds;
• early ripening of cucumbers;
• ease of planting care and harvesting.

True, it is worth noting that growing cucumbers in this way requires some materials, as well as time to create such a vertical bed. In addition, there is a risk of waterlogging in the bags, and therefore you need to be very careful when watering the plants.

How to make a "bag" for growing cucumbers?

For this growing method, they are ideal sugar bags with a volume of 100-120 liters. In addition, to create a suitable design you will need:
• wooden stick 2 m long;
• thick fishing line or cord - 30 m;
• hollow tubes with a diameter of 30 cm and a length of 1 m - 3 pcs.,
• tent pegs (or homemade from wire) - 10 pcs.,
• soil for cucumbers.

Nail a few nails to the top of the wooden stick to attach the fishing line or ropes. In each tube, punch holes along the entire length in a checkerboard pattern. Place the selected bag or bag on the desired area and fill to the top with earth. Place a wooden stake in the middle of the bag, and place hollow tubes around. Make small cuts on one side of the bag. Plant 3 seedlings in each bag.

The hollow tubes will be your irrigation system - pour water or liquid feed into them. Feel the soil through the notches in the bag to see if the plants need watering.

If the summer is hot, you need to water the cucumbers in bags every day, and if not, then once a week.

The appearance of the first cucumber whiskers is the time to create supports for plants.Stick pegs around each bag, to each of which attach at the end of the fishing line, and attach the other ends of these lines to the top of the wooden pole inserted into the bag. So you get a kind of hut, on the roof of which cucumber whips will curl.

Harvesting from sack beds is convenient and pleasant - the fruits are beautiful and clean

4. Growing cucumbers on the balcony

Growing cucumbers on the balcony is a great option not only for those who want to save space in the garden, but also for those who only dream of their own plot.

Balcony cucumber varieties

Self-pollinated hybrids are best suited for balcony cultivation:

• Zozulya F1;
• Stella F1;
• Cucaracha F1;
• F1 debut;
• April F1.

In addition, the following are popular balcony varieties:

• Claudia F1;
• Marinda F1;
• Masha F1;
• Bianca F1.

These plants are characterized by high vigor and high yield.

How to grow cucumbers on the balcony?

Sowing cucumbers for their subsequent cultivation on the balcony can be as early as late December or mid-winter if you can clearly control the temperature.

If this is not possible, sow cucumbers for seedlings a month before transplanting them to a permanent place. Before sowing seeds, you need to carry out a number of activities:

• hold the seeds for 20 minutes in a pink solution of potassium permanganate;
• put the seeds on damp gauze and wait for them to germinate.

The hatched cucumber seeds are ready for sowing in small pots. Sow one seed at a time in one container. Sowing depth - no more than 2 cm. Then place the containers on the insulated loggia or balcony. The air temperature should be approximately 23-26 ° C. Over the next 26-28 days, carry out several dressings for the cucumbers.

When shoots appear, transfer the containers to a well-lit place (an insulated balcony or window sill is ideal for this purpose). For good development, seedlings during this period need the following air temperature:

• in the afternoon - 18-20 ° С;
• at night - up to 15 ° С.

Such conditions will contribute to the good development of the cucumber seedlings.

Transplant the grown seedlings with a lump of earth into the prepared and disinfected soil in advance in narrow but long boxes. If the balcony is closed, then the boxes can be placed in any illuminated place. If the balcony is open, then place the boxes only in the corners to protect the landings from strong winds.

Growing cucumbers on the balcony or on the windowsill is a snap.

You can disinfect the soil for seedlings by spilling it with a warm solution of potassium permanganate.

In such conditions, seedlings are grown for another 30-45 days. When the 3rd true leaf appears, the bee-pollinated varieties will be pinched. If you are growing hybrids, you do not need to pinch the plants. Full leaflets indicate that cucumbers can be transplanted into larger boxes.

Subsequent care for cucumbers includes several points:

• regular removal of the whiskers to form only one stem;
• removal of side shoots;
• pinching the top of the main shoot (when it grows to the desired size);
• protection of cucumbers from harsh wind;
• regular watering of plants;
• preventive treatments against diseases and pests.

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As you can see, growing cucumbers can be enjoyable, simple and aesthetically pleasing.

Gardeners practice 2 ways of growing cucumbers - vertical and spread. When grown on a trellis, cucumbers begin to bloom and bear fruit earlier than with the traditional method of growing on the ground. Varieties and hybrids for vertical formyronaya are selected taking into account the complex resistance to diseases and pests.

Features of the trellis method of growing cucumbers

Cucumber culture grows well on slightly acidic or neutral soils, in an area protected from the wind and well warmed up by the sun. To get a large yield with the trellis method of growing cucumbers, it is necessary to take into account the physiological characteristics of the plant:

1. Site selection: the best predecessors for cucumber are potatoes, tomatoes, peas, cabbage.
2. To protect the site from the winds, a rocker planting of beans, corn, sunflower is carried out.
3. Soil preparation - the cultivated layer should be at least 20 cm. After installing the trellis into the ground, humus is covered (10-15 kg / m2).
4. To ensure an increase in the temperature of the surface soil layer by 1–2 ° C, ridges or a widened one-sided ridge with a height of 20–30 cm are formed. The width of the ridges is 0.9–1 m, and the width of the ridges is 0.6–0.7 m.
5. It is recommended to use black plastic wrap as mulch on the beds. Mulch inhibits the growth of weeds and retains winter moisture. When installing a drip irrigation system, the irrigation hoses are laid out with the holes upwards under the film or placed on the soil surface along the edge of the film.

In autumn, manure or humus is introduced into the soil, loosening material (sawdust, straw, peat, last year's foliage) - 8-10 kg / m2. Simultaneously add simple superphosphate - 30-40 g / m2, potassium salt - 15-20 g / m2, if necessary, ash or lime and dig it to a depth of 25-30 cm. Acceptable soil density for cucumbers - 0.4-0.6 g / cm3. If this figure is higher, the roots may come out on the surface of the ridge or slope.

In spring, ammonium nitrate - 25–30 g / m2, potassium sulfate - 10–15 g / m2 are introduced into the soil, dug to a depth of 15–20 cm. The surface of ridges or ridges is harrowed and leveled with a rake. The seed furrows are moistened.

Growing cucumbers on a trellis in two lines allows you to harvest more crops from a smaller area

Direct sowing in the ground:

• seeds are heated for 3-4 hours at t + 50 + 60 ° C;
• incubated for half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate (1 g per 100 ml of water) or in a pulp of garlic;
• on fertile soils, 3-4 seeds are planted per linear meter, on poor soils - 4-5.

The seedling growing method allows you to get fresh produce 2 weeks earlier. Recommended varieties and hybrids for vertical cultivation:

• Relay class hybrids;
• parthenocarpic hybrids with green leaves up to 20 cm: Mill F1, Makar F1, Marta F1;
• fast-growing hybrids Emelya F1, Mazay F1, Real Colonel F1;
• beam gherkins Anyuta F1, Maryina Roshcha F1, Chistye prudy F1, Three tankmen F1.

Types of trellises for growing cucumbers in the open field

For trellis cultivation, constructions of strong twines are used, stretched in 2-3 rows or placed in the form of a hut. The plastic trellis net for supporting plants with cells of 15x17 cm, 5-10 m long and 2 m wide is very popular. The net is pulled over arcs or attached to the greenhouse wall.

To arrange trellises, pillars are installed at a distance of 1.5-2 m from each other and 2 or 3 rows of wire are pulled between them:

• 1 row 10-15 cm on the ground surface;
• 2nd row - 1-1.3 m;
• 3 row - 2-2.2 m.

A metal or synthetic mesh with 10x15 cm cells is attached to the wire, or a strong twine is tied to the upper level with a double sliding knot. With the second end of the twine, a seedling is grabbed at a height of 10 cm above the ground. While developing, the lash twines around the string and rises up.

The support consists of reinforced metal pipes or a corner and intermediate wooden posts 30 cm in diameter.

Photo gallery: various designs of trellises for vertical cultivation of cucumbers

Arrangement of the drip irrigation system allows to increase the yield by 30%.

Drip irrigation system saves water, energy and time of the gardener

Methods for planting cucumbers on a trellis

The peculiarities of the variety or hybrid determine which planting scheme to choose in the open field - in 1 or 2 lines.

Table: schemes for growing cucumbers

Before the appearance of the mustache, the seedlings are grown under temporary shelter - they place a frame made of arches covered with a film under the trellises, or protect the entire structure with spunbond.

Cucumber lashes are formed - the seedling is tied up with a free loop under the first real leaf.A peg is stuck next to the plant and the free end of the twine is tied to it. The shoot is wrapped with a rope, covering each internode. For better rooting of seedlings, 4 lower nodes are blinded - at the beginning of growth, the buds of female flowers and the rudiments of lateral shoots are plucked from the axils of the leaves.

Further pinching:

• remove the lateral shoot above the first leaf at a distance of up to 1.6 m;
• above the second sheet - on the lash section from 1.6 to 2 m.

When the plant reaches the top of the trellis, the main stem is thrown over the top wire, guided along the row and down. The formation of the plant is carried out within a month after their planting in a permanent place.

Ripe greens are harvested every day, trying not to overgrow. Timely collection of fruits increases productivity, since overgrown fruits inhibit the formation of new ovaries.

Pros and cons of the tapestry method

Growing cucumbers on a trellis has its advantages:

• plants are evenly illuminated by the sun;
• you can effectively use a small piece of land;
• when watering and fertilizing, moisture does not linger on the leaves, so the plants do not get sunburn;
• easier care and harvesting work;
• when collecting fruits, the whips are not damaged.

With the trellis method of cultivation, it should be borne in mind that vertical plants require more fertilizers - the need for phosphorus increases by 20-30%. And they are also subject to the drying effect of wind and sun, therefore they need additional watering.

Video: arranging a tapestry with your own hands from scrap materials

Growing cucumbers on a trellis enables the plant to absorb solar energy more efficiently. Additional light radiation accelerates the development of the cucumber - stems and leaves grow faster, flowers and fruits develop. The intensity of the light affects the yield, which depends on the ratio of male to female flowers. In bee-pollinated varieties, with insufficient illumination, more male flowers are formed, with a high one, the number of female flowers on which the fruit ovary is formed increases.