Why can't cucumbers and tomatoes be grown in the same greenhouse?

Long road to popularity

In any living organism, be it a plant or an animal, nature has a certain genetic code that determines its properties and requirements for the environment.

Breeding work with seed material carried out for many decades has made it possible to change and improve the appearance and taste of vegetables.

But it is very rarely given the opportunity to change their requirements for the growing environment, although some plants can adapt to changing conditions in nature through mutational processes.

Hot India with high air humidity - homeland of cucumber... In the wild, it still grows in those places.

Images of a cucumber have been found on frescoes in Ancient Egypt and Greek temples. A vegetable known in such ancient times in other countries in Russia was first mentioned in printed sources in the 16th century.

Presumably, the cucumber came to us from East Asia, but it tasted amazingly and became a truly national product.

Bountiful harvests of cucumbers are grown in most of the country - in greenhouses and on the ground. And then, with love and diligence, cucumbers are harvested for eating all year round.

Wild tomatoes were first discovered in South America during the expedition of Christopher Columbus, and their seeds were brought to Europe because of the decorativeness of the bushes. At home, tomato thickets were found on dry and ventilated mountain slopes. The climate of those places was ideal for tomatoes - mild, temperate, with occasional heavy rains. The 24-hour temperature ranged from 20 to 25 degrees Celsius.

REFERENCE: In Holland, France and Germany, tomatoes were grown in the greenhouses of wealthy people, landed for decoration in gardens and near gazebos. Their fruits were considered poisonous. And only in 1811, the German Botanical Dictionary posted on its pages information that tomatoes can be eaten.

Tomato seeds came to Russia under Catherine II, but only at the beginning of the 19th century they began to be grown in the southern regions of the country as edible crop and get good harvests.

Photo

In the photo below you can see cucumbers and tomatoes in one polycarbonate greenhouse:

Capricious neighbors

If there is only one greenhouse, but really want to get a harvest of those and other favorite vegetables, the desire to experiment often wins. Desperate summer residents and gardeners boldly divide the greenhouse area into two adjacent zones and plant tomato seedlings on one, and cucumber seedlings on the other. What is the compatibility of cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse? Let's try to answer this question.

During the summer, both crops in a polycarbonate greenhouse receive the same care and grow in the same microclimate with the same conditions. With special diligence, the owners do not remain without a crop, but they will not have to be called abundant.

The reason for this is all the same genetics that require different conditions for each type of vegetables close to those in which their distant wild relatives once grew.

For cucumbers the optimal conditions for favorable growth will be a hot atmosphere, with high, up to 90-100% humidity.

Drafts are detrimental to this culture. Moreover, wet "bath" procedures greatly increase the yield of cucumbers. To do this, in warm weather, the bushes are well shed under the root and over the leaves, the paths and walls of the greenhouse are abundantly watered.

Then the doors are tightly closed and withstand this mode for 1-1.5 hours, after which the greenhouse is opened for ventilation. The leaves of cucumbers are very large, such procedures allow them to safely cope with the evaporation of moisture, preventing drying out.

With insufficient moisture, cucumbers grow tasteless, ugly in shape.

Tomatoes feel better in a different microclimate. Like their cousins ​​in the wild, they prefer low humidity, 40 to 60%. They are very fond of airing.

Watering tomatoes is enough on average 2 times a week. In a too humid environment, the pollen in the flowers sticks together, the fruits in the brushes are not tied. The consequence of high humidity in the greenhouse is always the appearance of fungal and bacterial diseases of tomatoes.

The yield of vegetables decreases, the taste of the fruits deteriorates, and cracks appear on them.

With such different requirements, any compromise will mean a situation where both sides lose, so it is worth trying to change the conditions by setting up separate zones in capital greenhouses.

Divide living space: growing cucumbers and tomatoes in one greenhouse

Divide the greenhouse into two parts you can partitions from slate, plastic curtains, plywood. Cucumbers are planted in the far "room" where the window is located. Here they will be protected from drafts, it will be possible to provide them with high humidity.

Tomatoes will be planted in the square near the greenhouse door. It is possible by keeping the door open at all times to maintain a relatively low humidity and temperature in the greenhouse.

In order to prevent water from flowing from one section to another, it will be necessary to make a barrier to separate the soil to a depth.

Now you can pamper tomato bushes with good feeding, which they love very much. This is especially true for tall varieties of tomatoes.

For cucumbers in a personal "room" abundant water treatments and high humidity are provided without much harm to neighbors. And tomatoes - generous watering with warm water, strictly under the root, avoiding falling on the leaves.

For lovers of the process itself, working with plants, planting tomatoes and cucumbers in a greenhouse will bring pleasure even if the vegetable harvest is not huge.

The most important thing is that with any method, there will be pimpled green cucumbers and poured raspberry tomatoes in the basket.

ATTENTION: Experienced gardeners, determined to get the best yield possible, will adhere to strict rules to create optimal conditions for each crop. They will grow all vegetables in a separate greenhouse unless they need the same environment for growth. For example, the same cucumbers and bell peppers or melon. Or tomatoes and various green vegetables.

So, is it possible to plant cucumbers and tomatoes in a greenhouse? The answer to the question of how to plant, when to plant, as well as the decision of which method of growing cucumbers and tomatoes in a greenhouse to choose, whether it will be joint or not, remains the right of every gardener. If fussing in the garden is more desirable than the opportunity to get more harvest - experiments are just for you!

Useful video

A video about growing cucumbers and tomatoes in a greenhouse, see below:

Of course, ideally, each crop should be under a separate defensive structure. But what to do if it is difficult? How can these different cultures be reconciled?

Should I plant cucumbers and tomatoes together?

Experienced gardeners believe that growing cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse is not the best option to reap a large harvest.

The point is that tomatoes and cucumbers are completely different crops with distinctive needs. The differences are in the need for lighting, the level of humidity.

Planting cucumbers and tomatoes together can lead to a problematic situation. Summer residents strive to meet the needs of each crop, but this leads to a decrease in yield. By increasing the level of humidity in the greenhouse, the growth of tomatoes slows down and their immunity decreases, the risk of tomato damage by late blight increases. The pollen of the seedlings becomes wet, the inflorescences stop pollinating. As a result, new ovaries do not appear on the plants.

If, on the contrary, you create comfortable conditions for the tomato, then this will reduce the yield of cucumbers. Decreased air humidity, irregular watering, ventilation of the greenhouse can slow down the growth of lashes. Under such unfavorable conditions, the plant may die.

Comfortable conditions:

• Tomatoes: low air humidity, infrequent watering, frequent ventilation and drafts, application of fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium.
• Cucumbers: air humidity above 85%, frequent watering, air temperature not less than + 22 degrees, application of fertilizers with nitrogen content.

How to find a middle ground if there is no opportunity to grow two different vegetable crops separately? Tomatoes and cucumbers can still grow together in the same greenhouse. However, for this, several conditions must be met.

It is important to understand! It is necessary to take into account the characteristics of each culture. What atmosphere in the greenhouse is optimal for the growth of both tomatoes and cucumbers.

Conditions for growing crops

Cucumber growing technique

In a polycarbonate greenhouse:

• Fill in drainage from stones and expanded clay. Drainage is necessary so that excess water does not linger.
• To create soil in the greenhouse, you need to use peat and sawdust in a ratio of 10: 2. Next, 20 g of superphosphate and 10 g of potassium sulfate and nitrate are added to 10 kg of the mixture.
• After two weeks, this mixture must be moistened with water. Then the seeds are soaked in it for about 12 hours.
• The seeds should be planted in furrows approximately 1 cm deep. In winter, the seeds do not require germination. The first shoots, under favorable conditions, will appear after a short period of time.
• In a polycarbonate greenhouse, you need to observe the watering regime. It is worth abandoning private irrigation of the beds. If such nuances are observed, the plants will have inflorescences, and, therefore, it is worth waiting for a good harvest.
• After the fruits appear, watering must be increased.

Tomato growing technique

For tomatoes, it is necessary to create completely opposite conditions. The lack of a ventilation system and high humidity will lead to late blight. Brown spot, gray rot appears on the plants. Such diseases are dangerous for seedlings.

Tomatoes are rarely watered, as they do not tolerate high humidity. The ideal frequency of soil moistening is once a week. It is important to follow the correct watering technique. The water should fall under the root, and not on the leaves and stems of the plant. This is necessary so that evaporation does not occur, and the water goes directly into the ground.

Tomatoes do not tolerate heat. If the air temperature exceeds +25 degrees, then the fruits stop developing and ripening. It is for this reason that the greenhouse needs to be opened during the day, or an artificial draft must be created using the vents.

Tomatoes do not require nitrogen-based fertilizers. On the contrary, it is worth giving preference to fertilizers that contain phosphorus and potassium.

Watch the video! How to grow cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse

The best varieties for co-cultivation

In order to jointly grow cucumbers and tomatoes in a greenhouse, it is necessary to correctly approach the choice of seed.

It is worth paying attention to such varieties of tomatoes that are resistant to high levels of humidity and phytophthora:

• "Dwarf";
• "New Year";
• "Dubok";
• "Lyubasha";
• Soyuz 8;
• "Lark";
• "Dubrava";
• "Blizzard".

These varieties are hybrids and specially bred by experienced agronomists. The varieties of tomatoes presented above have strong immunity and sustainably tolerate diseases that tomatoes are susceptible to if there is high humidity in the greenhouse. Of course, the choice of such a hybrid crop variety does not completely minimize the occurrence of problems with joint cultivation. It should be understood that choosing only a special variety of tomatoes to get a good harvest is not enough, it is important to observe other conditions.

The choice of cold-resistant cucumber varieties should also be taken responsibly. If the temperature in the greenhouse does not meet the declared standards, then this leads to an increased risk of developing diseases in cucumbers. The most famous diseases among such a capricious culture are considered to be: powdery mildew, anthracosis and bacteriosis.

Important! Diseases to which cucumbers are susceptible can be transmitted to tomato crops. And this in turn can lead to the loss of crops like cucumbers and tomatoes.

Well-known agronomists were able to develop many varieties of cucumbers that are resistant to diseases and are suitable for growing in open ground:

• "Masha";
• "Benefit";
• "Herman F1";
• "Thumb Boy";
• "Sister Alyonushka".
• "Goosebump";
• "Crane";
• "Natalie".

Having chosen one of the varieties presented above that are resistant to cold and diseases, you can not worry about creating special specific microclimate conditions. Such hybrid varieties tolerate airing and drafts, which are important for pollination of tomatoes.

Combination conditions

Professionals identify special conditions for a favorable neighborhood of tomatoes and cucumbers:

• Cucumber whips should not shade tomatoes;
• The ideal place for growing tomatoes is considered at the entrance to the greenhouse. It is there that ventilation is much more intense, which in turn reduces the level of humidity and the risk of diseases is less;
• It is worth paying attention to varieties that are resistant to late blight;
• It is important not to forget about additional pollination. To do this, you need to shake the flowering plants slightly;
• The cucumbers should be planted at the end of the greenhouse. It is there that there are no drafts that lead to a decrease in the level of humidity.

Option number 1 - Separation by film

It is worth starting by separating the beds from each other using film. The film must be stretched from the ground to the roof of the greenhouse.This method will help create a specific microclimate for each crop. The only condition is that it is necessary to take into account that a ventilation system is provided in that part of the greenhouse where the tomatoes grow. The entrance to the greenhouse zones should be separate from each end. In addition to the air fencing, the soil must also be protected. It is important to leave a distance between the cucumber and tomato beds. If it suddenly turns out that the beds of tomatoes and cucumbers are too close, then you should use a metal sheet for the fence. This will allow, with abundant watering of cucumbers, not to create unfavorable conditions for tomatoes.

Option number 2 - Separate landing

There is an option without the use of film. To use this method, it is necessary to correctly distinguish between the beds with cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes.

The ideal option would be a competent division of the territory:

• Peppers should highlight the southern side of the greenhouse. This is due to the fact that such a culture is thermophilic;
• Tomato bushes will grow favorably in the center of the greenhouse, since this part is well ventilated. In addition, places near doors, windows may be suitable;
• Cucumbers should be planted from the north, as the moisture from the plant evaporates much more slowly. Draft-protected corners of the greenhouse are not bad for growing cucumbers.

Soil preparation and top dressing

Humus, peat, sawdust, sand must be enriched with a teaspoon of sodium nitrate or urea, and 1 tablespoon each of potassium and magnesia sulfate, add 3 tablespoons of double superphosphate and 500 grams of wood ash. Next, top dressing is scattered over the selected area and the soil is dug up.

Advice! Cucumbers should be fed every decade with nitrate in a proportion of 20 grams per bucket of water.

Tomatoes also need feeding every ten days:

• Option 1: dissolve 0.5 liters of liquid mullein + a tablespoon of nitrophoska in 10 liters of water. Each bush needs about 1 liter of solution;
• Option 2: dissolve a teaspoon of potassium sulfate in 10 liters of water, as well as a tablespoon of complete fertilizer (fertilize in a ratio of 5 liters per square meter);
• Option 3: in 10 liters of water you need to dissolve a couple of tablespoons of wood ash and a tablespoon of superphosphate (fertilize in a ratio of 6 liters per square meter).

Plants on which tomatoes have already formed must be fertilized with a solution of two tablespoons of superphosphate and one spoon of liquid sodium humate (5 l / sq. M). This type of fertilization will speed up the ripening of fruits.

Caring for shared cultures

Cucumber care

Cucumbers are moisture-loving plants that require abundant and frequent irrigation with warm water. Standing water is ideal for irrigation. The use of a leaf sprayer is recommended. The optimum humidity in the greenhouse is -85%. Subject to these rules, the yield of cucumbers will be high.

For even plant growth and the appearance of ovaries, the temperature should be at least 22 and not exceed 28 degrees. Cucumbers do not tolerate airing and natural drafts. Do not forget about regular feeding of seedlings.

Until the time when the fruits of cucumbers appeared, water the seedlings often, but not abundantly. As a result, female flowers will form, which will allow for a good harvest. After the fruits have appeared, it is necessary to increase watering.

Tomato care

You need to grow tomatoes in polycarbonate structures.

• The correct bed should be 90 cm wide and 40 cm high. It is ideal to leave the passage between the seedlings about 60 cm. The passage between the bushes must be necessary for comfortable growth and ripening of fruits.
• Seedlings, the height of which does not exceed 30 cm, should be placed vertically in the ground.
• Add soil to the hole should be added two weeks after the seedlings take root.
• The first two weeks should refrain from abundant watering.
• After the stem is pulled out, it must be tied to the trellis.The most optimal is the ovary of seven brushes with inflorescences. The resulting extra stepsons need to be cut off.

Watch the video! How to water tomatoes and cucumbers in a greenhouse

 

Hydrogel - water substitute

Hydrogel is a salvation for many lovers of joint cultivation of tomatoes and cucumbers. This type of adsorbent ideally solves the problem of waterlogging of air and soil. Hydrogel crystals almost instantly absorb excess water during irrigation. And they pass it on to the roots of moisture-loving seedlings.

Since the hydrogel absorbs water, during watering, intensive evaporation of moisture does not occur into the air, and, therefore, the humidity in the greenhouse does not increase. The adsorbent does not lead to a decrease in the level of immunity in tomatoes, but on the contrary enriches the cucumbers with liquid. Thus, it is comfortable for two crops to grow side by side at the same time.

How to mark out a hydrogel? During planting of cucumber seedlings, 0.5 cups of hydrogel is introduced into the hole, then it is watered abundantly and the plant needs to be dug in.

The hydrogel is ideal not only for absorbing water, but also mineral fertilizers dissolved in them. If the granules are soaked before the first use in a fertilizer solution, then you can not worry about plant nutrition for a long time.

Moisture retention mulch

If it so happens that the cucumbers are already planted in the greenhouse without a hydrogel, then mulching is recommended. This will help to retain moisture at the roots of the plant and the evaporation process will be reduced.

Mulch use rules:

• Prepare cut grass or weeds.
• After the cucumber shoots appear, cover the soil around the shoots with a layer of mulch (about 10 centimeters).
• Continuously add a layer of mulch as it subsides.

Mulching will reduce the amount of watering. In addition, the layer of mulch gives off the heat that cucumbers love so much. Evaporation of moisture will occur under the mulch. The bottom layer of mulch, during gradual decomposition, releases heat and nutritious organic fertilizers, which are necessary for the growth of vegetable crops.

Conclusion

Cucumbers and tomatoes require completely opposite conditions for the growth and ripening of fruits. Cultivation of these two crops together is difficult, but possible. The main rule is to follow the planting scheme and create conditions for the comfortable development of plants. There are many photos and videos on the Internet that allow you to understand in more detail the technology of growing tomatoes and cucumbers in one greenhouse.

Watch the video! Tomatoes and cucumbers in one greenhouse

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 if 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 air 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 to 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 dry out by the sun, and water will not evaporate into the air so intensively 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. In the southern garden it is preferable to grow greens or eggplants. 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 should 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.

Why you can't plant tomatoes next to cucumbers

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Tomatoes and cucumbers are some of the most common crops to be planted side by side in a greenhouse and greenhouse. But you cannot plant them together. Cucumbers, being next to a tomato, wither, turn pale, begin to rot. Cucumbers love high temperature humidity, frequent, but not abundant watering. Cucumbers require a higher temperature for breeding than tomatoes.

Why are cucumbers and tomatoes better separated?

• You cannot plant cucumbers next to tomatoes because high air humidity leads to the fact that tomatoes are covered with fungus and bacterial diseases, their flowers are not pollinated, the yield of tomatoes decreases, and the taste of the fruit becomes bitter. Therefore, in a greenhouse with tomatoes, you can leave the window open overnight, which contributes to good ventilation, saturating the leaves of the plant with oxygen.

High air humidity causes the tomatoes to become covered with fungus

• Cucumber crops suffer from a lack of moisture in the air and soil. Large leaves of cucumbers evaporate a lot of moisture, and if the humidity of the atmosphere is low, then the roots cannot cope with the absorption of moisture from the soil, and the leaves wither. You can grow cucumbers in greenhouses. By actively evaporating moisture, plants create an ideal microclimate with high humidity in a closed room.
• Tomatoes grow better in open ground, in a greenhouse next to cucumbers they find themselves in an overly humid microclimate, which was formed due to the release of excess moisture by the leaves of cucumbers, which causes the tomatoes to become covered with a bacterial crust and infections. If, under such conditions, you open the window in the greenhouse, then the cucumbers begin to suffer from the draft.

These growing conditions make tomatoes and cucumbers incompatible in order to plant them in adjacent beds.

In the same greenhouse, it is undesirable to plant cucumbers and tomatoes together due to different cultivation techniques. If the space is limited and you have to plant conflicting crops nearby, then it is better to enclose their beds with foil and grow them on different sides.

By actively evaporating moisture, cucumbers create an ideal microclimate with high humidity indoors.

Another way to separate cucumbers and tomatoes in the greenhouse is to dig in sheets of old roofing material or iron that separate the soil for both crops, which allows you to control the moisture level and the nature of the fertilizer for each of them.

Another crop that is not recommended to grow next to cucumbers is potatoes. In addition to potatoes, it is better not to plant radishes and radishes next to cucumbers.

You cannot plant cucumbers next to corn. By itself, this culture does not compete with cucumbers for light and soil, but growing, cucumbers weave on corn, causing harm to the plant.

If in the open ground the differences are slightly smoothed out and various crops can be grown in neighboring beds, then in cramped greenhouses the plants begin to compete for square meters of soil, watering and sunlight. Therefore, it is not recommended to grow ardent antagonists in greenhouses.

Tomatoes grow better in open ground, in a greenhouse next to cucumbers they find themselves in an overly humid microclimate

On the pages of our resource, you can also find out how to keep the buds on seedlings of tomatoes and peppers.

The best neighbors for cucumbers

Cucumbers can be planted next to the following crops:

• beans;
• beans;
• peas;
• bell pepper;
• eggplant;
• cabbage;
• kohlrabi;
• broccoli;
• beets;
• salad;
• basil;
• dill;
• fennel;
• onions;
• spinach;
• garlic;
• calendula.

The best neighbor of cucumbers is bell pepper

Peppers, like cucumbers, prefer warm, stuffy air and do not like drafts. The best way to combine eggplants, peppers and cucumbers in the garden is by planting pepper seedlings and eggplant seeds on the sunny side, and placing the cucumber seeds a little further. The proximity of cucumbers with dill has a good effect on their productivity. Cucumbers are best grown next to cauliflower and early white cabbage.

Methods for dividing cucumbers and tomatoes

To separate cucumber and tomato bushes, it is important to fulfill the following conditions:

• hang the film between crops to create an optimal microclimate;
• divide the soil with an iron sheet;
• make separate entrances for the tomato and cucumber compartments;
• leave a large number of air vents in the tomato compartment.

Cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse (video)

If it is not possible to plant crops in the open field, but it is possible to plant vegetables in a greenhouse, then you can set aside a greenhouse for cucumbers and peppers, and plant tomatoes and eggplants in a greenhouse. Thus, if it is not possible to breed cucumbers and tomatoes in different greenhouses, then, having made efforts to separate crops, you can limit yourself to a single space.

For an untrained person, growing these species at the same time in the same greenhouse can be a real problem, since different conditions are needed for cucumbers and tomatoes, and what is good for tomato bushes can lead to diseases of the cucumbers growing nearby.

Features of growing tomatoes

For vegetables grown in greenhouse conditions, it is very important to ensure optimal moisture. In conditions of abundant moisture, tomato bushes begin to hurt and grow very poorly.

You can not even dream of any high yield, since high humidity and heat will contribute to phytophthora. Following some simple rules will help the gardener grow a healthy crop.

Tomatoes do not like:

• high air humidity (more than 70%);
• frequent watering;
• stagnant air (common in a greenhouse);
• too high air temperature.

For tomatoes growing in a closed place, very useful:

• frequent airing of the greenhouse, in such conditions tomatoes are less susceptible to various diseases;
• maintaining the temperature regime within the range from +20 to +26 degrees (this significantly increases the yield);
• abundant, but very rare root watering;
• top dressing with superphosphates and potassium fertilizers.

Rules for growing greenhouse cucumbers

Cucumbers are a very suitable vegetable crop for growing indoors, because they show the highest yields at high humidity. What is good for cucumbers:

• frequent and abundant watering of the roots and moisturizing of the foliage;
• warm water at room temperature;
• high moisture content in the air, ensuring good growth and development of ovaries;
• regular fertilizing with mineral fertilizers, especially nitrogen fertilizers.

Moisture-loving cucumbers develop very poorly in dry air. Fruits grow small, bitterness appears, ovaries and leaves may begin to fall off. Therefore, to get a good harvest, it is highly not recommended:

• drafts and ventilation in rooms where these vegetables grow;
• too dry air;
• irregular watering.

For cucumbers and tomatoes, some growing conditions are completely opposite; planting these plants in the same greenhouse, while expecting good results, is not worth it without special preparation.

How to grow vegetables in one greenhouse without losing yield

The different characteristics and needs of these species greatly interfere with the gardener and can nullify all efforts, even if they received proper care. There are several ways to achieve amazing results.

One way to grow two crops together indoors is to maintain conditions in which both species can thrive. To do this, the gardener will need constant monitoring of humidity, the indicators of which should not be uncomfortable for all inhabitants.

Cucumbers should not suffer from too dry air, and tomatoes should not be sick from high moisture content. Planting vegetables in different parts of the greenhouse will slightly ease the efforts of the gardener, but this will not completely solve the problem.

A very simple method will help to create the microclimate necessary for different crops - a film curtain, which must be placed between the rows. A transparent stopper will help solve the most important problem that arises when growing these vegetables together.

Keeping the cucumber side humid will be much easier with curtains. Vegetables will not suffer from the ventilation that another species needs, and will receive enough moisture. When the film curtain is closed, a suitable microclimate for each type allows both cucumbers and tomatoes to thrive at the same time.

In modern polycarbonate greenhouses, the kit includes a partition with a door that divides the room in length into two compartments specifically for growing crops that require a different microclimate.

The soil between the plants must also be delineated, because moisture, which the nightshade does not need at all, can get from the cucumber side along the ground. To do this, you can use any waterproof materials that need to be dug in between the plants.

Watering cucumbers must be carried out regularly, and if there is a limiter, the water will not drain under the tomato bushes, which are often limited to drip irrigation.

How to increase the productivity of plants in a greenhouse

From the very beginning, it is worth deciding on the place where tomatoes or cucumbers will grow. Under the latter, it is better to highlight the more shaded side, where they will feel most comfortable. Tomato bushes should be planted on the side where the structure has a large number of openings for ventilation. It is also worthwhile to prepare the soil and apply fertilizers for these crops separately.

Tomatoes need potassium and phosphorus, so the soil where they plan to grow must be enriched with potassium and superphosphate compounds. On the side where the cucumbers will be grown, it is necessary to provide the soil with nitrogen.

You can pick up good fertilizer complexes provided by manufacturers. In such complexes, several substances useful for a particular vegetable culture are very often combined. But if you prefer natural fertilizers, you can use them.

The question of whether it is possible to grow several vegetable crops in one greenhouse is no longer so undecided, because we already know how to provide the necessary care for plants with different needs and get a good harvest of tomatoes and cucumbers from one greenhouse.

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Can tomatoes and cucumbers grow in the same greenhouse? Do I need to partition it off, dividing it into zones, or can you just plant tomato and cucumber seedlings in different beds? This question worries many gardeners on the eve of the new summer cottage season. Indeed, on 6 acres it is difficult to place more than one standard size greenhouse. What to do?

I use my greenhouse to its fullest, as they say. In one greenhouse I grow cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, parsley, dill, onions, radishes, lettuce, basil, marjoram. In addition, in it I grow cabbage, beet, annual flowers seedlings, and even plant early carrots and beets in it.

Of course, I do not sow and plant all this at the same time, there is a kind of conveyor. It is best to do compact planting so that when the main plants have grown and they would need more space, the earlier crops would already be used by you in one way or another. In addition, when planting a greenhouse tightly, plant compatibility must be taken into account.

Today I will tell you about how tomatoes and cucumbers coexist in my greenhouse (arched 3 m wide and almost 6 m long).

To the content

Tomatoes and cucumbers - in the same greenhouse

All the books talk about the fact that cucumbers need moist air and moist soil, and tomatoes need dry air and moderately moist soil. I live in the North-West, and here the air humidity is almost always 70-80%, so tomatoes have to put up with this, and gardeners have to take some tricks to help them.

In addition, the books claim that cucumbers are afraid of drafts, they de cause stem rot disease. However, for cucumbers, it turns out, drafts are not so terrible as stagnant air. It is he who causes the disease with rot. Therefore, arrange through ventilation of the greenhouses, as required by tomatoes, and do not worry about cucumbers.

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Cucumbers in a greenhouse: instead of frequent watering - hydrogel

Now about watering cucumbers. If you water them daily, moisture from the soil will evaporate intensively, increasing the already high humidity in the greenhouse. But this can be avoided by reducing the number of waterings. The hydrogel, which I have been using every year for almost 10 years, helps me with this.

This is a polymer crumb that swells 300 times when soaked in water! Having swollen, it retains moisture in itself, preventing it from evaporating from the surface of the soil and going deep into it, and therefore the moisture goes exclusively to the roots, which suck it as needed. After all, it is well known that when irrigated, plants manage to capture only 25% of the water poured under them, and the rest goes down or evaporates from the soil surface. That is, when watering, we are wasting time and energy by three quarters. Hydrogel, as a true polymer material, decomposes into carbon dioxide and water during oxidation, therefore, not only does it harm the soil, but, on the contrary, is very useful.

How to use the hydrogel - and not just in the greenhouse? In the evening, fill the crumb with water about 300 times more than the mass of the crumb itself. So, for 3 liters of water, you will need only 10 g (usually one sachet) of hydrogel. When planting for each plant, you will need about half a glass of ready-made gel (that is, 100 ml), so this bag will be enough for you to plant 30 plants.

If you grow cucumber seedlings, when planting it in a greenhouse, add half a glass of hydrogel directly to the hole and plant cucumber seedlings (or any other seedlings) on it.If you do not grow cucumber seedlings, and this is reasonable, then after adding the hydrogel to the well, sprinkle it with 4–5 cm of soil on top and then sow the seeds. The fact is that if you put the seeds directly into the hydrogel, it will be tantamount to putting them in water for 5-7 days - they can simply rot or suffocate due to lack of air.

The hydrogel can be dissolved not in water, but in a weak solution of mineral or organic fertilizers. In this case, you at the same time get rid of one more work - feeding the cucumbers. As an organic fertilizer (and at the same time healing the soil) I use a joint solution of Fitosporin and Gumi, and as a mineral fertilizer, either the organo-mineral fertilizer (OMU) of the Buisk plant of mineral fertilizers, or the powder fraction of the unique AVA fertilizer.

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Greenhouse cucumber mulch

How else can you make your work easier when growing cucumbers in a greenhouse if you couldn't get a hydrogel? Immediately after germination, mulch (cover) the soil under the plants with mowed grass or weeds with a layer of 8-10 cm and regularly add this litter, because, when it dries, it settles heavily, but it is necessary that the mulch layer remains approximately the same thickness, that is, 8– 10 cm.

What happens then? Moisture does not evaporate from the soil, and therefore watering will have to be done much less often. In addition, the constantly decaying lower part of the mulch generates heat (and the roots of cucumbers, like all pumpkin crops, love warm soil) and gives the root system fresh food.

In addition, from the top layer of organic green mass, the water under the cucumbers will partially evaporate into the air directly under each plant and at the same time create the same humid microclimate that cucumbers love so much. But since this moisture is not enough to spread throughout the greenhouse, it will not be able to harm tomatoes growing in a neighboring garden, in which excessive air humidity contributes to the appearance of late blight, and even worse - harmful brown leaf spot.

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How to plant tomatoes in a water greenhouse with cucumbers

And what to do with tomatoes? And do nothing. But when planting, 1 tablespoon of superphosphate must be added to the hole. It is known to be poorly soluble in water. So let it dissolve, enough for a long time. I also bring in a handful of feathers from an old feather pillow. What for? The fact is that feathers, down, wool, hair, horns and hooves are almost entirely made of silicon.

Sand, of course, is practically pure silicon, but unlike the above, it is very slowly processed by a small group of microorganisms - stone-eaters, and therefore silicon - sand - is practically not assimilated by plants. But down-feather and its relatives are famously processed by soil bacteria, so the plants receive silicon all season - starting almost from the moment of transplanting seedlings.

Silicon strengthens the walls of vascular vessels in plants. This makes them resistant to all kinds of damage, including those caused by pathogens, and the trunks and stems themselves are strong. It is interesting that by the end of the season there is not even a trace of these feathers, microorganisms are so willing to process them, and the silicon they release is absorbed by plants.

It is not required to add hydrogel under the tomatoes, because they can generally not be watered all season, regardless of the weather. If you don't believe it, check it out. But when planting, at least 5 liters of warm water must first be poured into each hole for tall varieties or hybrids and at least 3 liters for determinant undersized ones. Plant the seedlings immediately and immediately mulch the soil under the tomatoes with newspapers folded in several layers.

What does it do? The water, together with a part of the mineral fertilizer, will begin to go down. And in pursuit of them, the roots of tomatoes will begin to grow down.It is only necessary when picking - their first transplant - not to break off the tip of the central root, as is usually recommended by different authors.

The branching root grows in all directions in search of food and water, that is, it spreads close to the surface. Such a root system makes the plant dependent - dependent, it has to be watered often. But after all, the root system of a tomato, unlike the root system of a cucumber, is capable of deeply penetrating the soil (at least 1.5 m), and there is almost always moisture there (with the exception of sandy soils, but this is a special case).

So the tomato is able to take care of itself. And for this you do not need to cut off the tip of the central root from it. We do not need the root to branch, we need it to grow downward, and since the tips of the roots have a special property, say, a "scent" for food and water, the central root will grow down, where the water and food rushed, and branch will also gradually be there, in the depths, and not under the surface itself.

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How to mulch the ground in a greenhouse under tomatoes

What does newspaper mulching give? It blocks the possibility of moisture evaporation from the surface, thus, firstly, it retains moisture in the soil, and secondly, the air around each plant remains drier than when you mulch the soil with green organic matter. I was doing this experiment. When I mulched the soil with green organic matter in a humid summer, the tomatoes got sick with late blight, but literally nearby, mulched with newspapers, did not.

There is one more nuance here. The fact is that the causative agent of the fungal disease of tomato late blight lives in the soil, like most causative agents of plant diseases. Organic mulch, if it is less than 7–8 cm thick, is not an obstacle to the germination of fungal spores to the surface from which they scatter, falling on the leaves (you, of course, noticed that late blight primarily affects the lower leaves). And several layers of paper, laid on the soil, block the mushroom spores from flying out.

I have been growing tomatoes in this way for many years, and even in the coldest and wettest summer my tomatoes do not get sick with late blight, although I do not do any special prophylaxis against it, except that I spill the soil well with a solution of Fitosporin and Gumi before planting. But I do this not only in the greenhouse, but also on all the beds and under all the plantings twice a year. In the spring, as soon as the soil allows sowing and planting, and in the fall - immediately after cleaning harvest.

We will tell you about how to grow peppers and eggplants in the same greenhouse next time.

Tomatoes and cucumbers - in the same greenhouse: how to plant seedlings and water

Tomatoes and cucumbers - in the same greenhouse: how to plant seedlings and water

Hydrogel for cucumbers and the correct pick - for tomatoes

Can tomatoes and cucumbers grow in the same greenhouse? Do I need to partition it off, dividing it into zones, or can you just plant tomato and cucumber seedlings in different beds? This question worries many gardeners on the eve of the new summer cottage season. Indeed, on 6 acres it is difficult to place more than one standard size greenhouse. What to do?

I use my greenhouse to its fullest, as they say. In one greenhouse I grow cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, parsley, dill, onions, radishes, lettuce, basil, marjoram. In addition, in it I grow cabbage, beet, annual flowers seedlings, and even plant early carrots and beets in it.

Of course, I do not sow and plant all this at the same time, there is a kind of conveyor. It is best to do compact planting so that when the main plants have grown up and they would need more space, the earlier crops would already be used by you in one way or another. In addition, when planting a greenhouse tightly, plant compatibility must be taken into account.

Today I will tell you about how tomatoes and cucumbers coexist in my greenhouse (arched 3 m wide and almost 6 m long).

Tomatoes and cucumbers - in the same greenhouse

All the books talk about the fact that cucumbers need moist air and moist soil, and tomatoes need dry air and moderately moist soil. I live in the North-West, and here the air humidity is almost always 70-80%, so tomatoes have to put up with this, and gardeners have to take some tricks to help them.

In addition, the books claim that cucumbers are afraid of drafts, they de cause stem rot disease. However, for cucumbers, it turns out, drafts are not so terrible as stagnant air. It is he who causes the disease with rot. Therefore, arrange through ventilation of the greenhouses, as required by tomatoes, and do not worry about cucumbers.

Cucumbers in the greenhouse: instead of frequent watering - hydrogel

Now about watering cucumbers. If you water them daily, moisture from the soil will evaporate intensively, increasing the already high humidity in the greenhouse. But this can be avoided by reducing the number of waterings. The hydrogel, which I have been using every year for almost 10 years, helps me with this.

This is a polymer crumb that swells 300 times when soaked in water! Having swollen, it retains moisture in itself, preventing it from evaporating from the surface of the soil and going deep into it, and therefore the moisture goes exclusively to the roots, which suck it as needed. After all, it is well known that when irrigated, plants manage to capture only 25% of the water poured under them, and the rest goes down or evaporates from the soil surface. That is, when watering, we are wasting time and energy by three quarters. Hydrogel, as a true polymer material, decomposes into carbon dioxide and water during oxidation, therefore, not only does it harm the soil, but, on the contrary, is very useful.

How to use the hydrogel - and not just in the greenhouse? In the evening, fill the crumb with water about 300 times more than the mass of the crumb itself. So, for 3 liters of water, you will need only 10 g (usually one sachet) of hydrogel. When planting for each plant, you will need about half a glass of ready-made gel (that is, 100 ml), so this bag will be enough for you to plant 30 plants.

If you grow cucumber seedlings, when planting it in a greenhouse, add half a glass of hydrogel directly to the hole and plant cucumber seedlings (or any other seedlings) on it. If you do not grow cucumber seedlings, and this is reasonable, then after adding the hydrogel to the well, sprinkle it with 4-5 cm of soil on top and then sow the seeds. The fact is that if you put the seeds directly into the hydrogel, it will be tantamount to putting them in water for 5-7 days - they can simply rot or suffocate due to lack of air.

The hydrogel can be dissolved not in water, but in a weak solution of mineral or organic fertilizers. In this case, you at the same time get rid of one more work - feeding the cucumbers. As an organic fertilizer (and at the same time healing the soil) I use a joint solution of Fitosporin and Gumi, and as a mineral fertilizer, either the organo-mineral fertilizer (OMU) of the Buisk plant of mineral fertilizers, or the powder fraction of the unique AVA fertilizer.

Greenhouse cucumber mulch

How else can you make your work easier when growing cucumbers in a greenhouse if you couldn't get a hydrogel? Immediately after sprouting, mulch (cover) the soil under the plants with mowed grass or weeds with a layer of 8-10 cm and regularly add this litter, because, when it dries, it settles heavily, but it is necessary that the mulch layer remains approximately the same thickness, that is, 8- 10 cm.

What happens then? Moisture does not evaporate from the soil, and therefore watering will have to be done much less often. In addition, the constantly decaying lower part of the mulch generates heat (and the roots of cucumbers, like all pumpkin crops, love warm soil) and gives the root system fresh food.

In addition, from the top layer of organic green mass, the water under the cucumbers will partially evaporate into the air directly under each plant and at the same time create the same humid microclimate that cucumbers love so much. But since this moisture is not enough to spread throughout the greenhouse, it will not be able to harm tomatoes growing in a neighboring garden, in which excessive air humidity contributes to the appearance of late blight, and even worse - harmful brown leaf spot.

How to plant tomatoes in the same greenhouse with cucumbers

And what to do with tomatoes? And do nothing. But when planting, 1 tablespoon of superphosphate must be added to the hole. It is known to be poorly soluble in water. So let it dissolve, enough for a long time. I also bring in a handful of feathers from an old feather pillow. What for? The fact is that feathers, down, wool, hair, horns and hooves are almost entirely made of silicon.

Sand, of course, is practically pure silicon, but unlike the above, it is very slowly processed by a small group of microorganisms - stone-eaters, and therefore silicon - sand - is practically not assimilated by plants. But down-feather and its relatives are famously processed by soil bacteria, so the plants receive silicon all season - starting almost from the moment of transplanting seedlings.

Silicon strengthens the walls of vascular vessels in plants. This makes them resistant to all kinds of damage, including those caused by pathogens, and the trunks and stems themselves are strong. It is interesting that by the end of the season there is not even a trace of these feathers, microorganisms are so willing to process them, and the silicon they release is absorbed by plants.

It is not required to add hydrogel under the tomatoes, because they can generally not be watered all season, regardless of the weather. If you don't believe it, check it out. But when planting, at least 5 liters of warm water must first be poured into each hole for tall varieties or hybrids and at least 3 liters for determinant undersized ones. Plant the seedlings immediately and immediately mulch the soil under the tomatoes with newspapers folded in several layers.

What does it do? The water, together with a part of the mineral fertilizer, will begin to go down. And in pursuit of them, the roots of tomatoes will begin to grow down. It is only necessary to prick - their first transplant - not to break off the tip of the central root, as is usually recommended by different authors.

The branching root grows in all directions in search of food and water, that is, it spreads close to the surface. Such a root system makes the plant dependent - dependent, it has to be watered often. But after all, the root system of a tomato, unlike the root system of a cucumber, is capable of deeply penetrating the soil (at least 1.5 m), and there is almost always moisture there (with the exception of sandy soils, but this is a special case).

So the tomato is able to take care of itself. And for this you do not need to cut off the tip of the central root from it. We do not need the root to branch, we need it to grow downward, and since the tips of the roots have a special property, say, a "scent" for food and water, the central root will grow down, where the water and food rushed, and branch will also gradually be there, in the depths, and not under the surface itself.

How to mulch the ground in a greenhouse under tomatoes

What does newspaper mulching give? It blocks the possibility of moisture evaporation from the surface, thus, firstly, it retains moisture in the soil, and secondly, the air around each plant remains drier than when you mulch the soil with green organic matter. I was doing this experiment. When I mulched the soil with green organic matter in a humid summer, the tomatoes got sick with late blight, but literally nearby, mulched with newspapers, did not.

There is one more nuance here. The fact is that the causative agent of the fungal disease of tomato late blight lives in the soil, like most causative agents of plant diseases.Organic mulch, if it is less than 7-8 cm in layer, is not an obstacle to the germination of fungal spores to the surface from which they scatter, falling on the leaves (you, of course, noticed that late blight primarily affects the lower leaves). And several layers of paper, laid on the soil, block the escape of the fungus spores.

I have been growing tomatoes in this way for many years, and even in the coldest and wettest summer my tomatoes do not get sick with late blight, although I do not do any special prophylaxis against it, except that I spill the soil well with a solution of Fitosporin and Gumi before planting. But I do this not only in the greenhouse, but also on all the beds and under all the plantings twice a year. In the spring, as soon as the soil allows for sowing and planting, and in the fall - immediately after harvesting.

We will tell you about how to grow peppers and eggplants in the same greenhouse next time.

I am going to plant cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse. I would like to receive recommendations

A question from our subscriber Marina:

I would like to receive recommendations on the use of a polycarbonate greenhouse. I am going to plant cucumbers and tomatoes in the same greenhouse.

On this issue, the article may be helpful:

Can cucumbers and tomatoes be grown in the same greenhouse?

Irina, Bender

I watched the video offered in the article. It contains a lot of interesting and useful information.

Nina Dmitrieva

I have one greenhouse. Soot and cucumbers (along one mill) and tomatoes. I would very much like to receive comments on this matter.

aprilfantasi, Staraya Russa

Last year, I planted tomatoes and cucumbers in the same greenhouse, without recommendations, for the first time in my life)) 4 pcs. cucumbers (Break F1 - 2 pcs., Courage F1 - pcs.) I planted near the end wall, tied up as it grew. They took about 2 sq. m when they grew. The rest is tomatoes and a few pieces. pepper. Everything grew up beautifully, did not hurt anything. I canned a lot of cucumbers, I generally keep quiet about tomatoes)) De Barao black is still lying on the refrigerator for the sake of experiment, I'm waiting for it to deteriorate))

Ivan Ivanov

lucky with soil and moisture. Tomatoes, of course. In the recommended stories, following the link, in the subject - exactly about this: 4 pieces of cucumbers and forget about them. The main thing for tomatoes is to provide the correct moisture and soil composition.

Dezhits Tatiana, Petrozavodsk

I planted cucumbers on one side in a greenhouse for several years; on the other, tomatoes and tomatoes. Everything grew perfectly. You do not need to water everything in one day. If today you watered cucumbers very well, then water the tomatoes and peppers the next day. If there are enough of them, why another greenhouse. Switch sides the next year. It's good in autumn. spill with antifungal agents. Remove tomatoes from the greenhouse earlier without waiting for late blight.

Greenhouse 15 by 5 made of polycarbonate, special design, the roof opens for the winter. I grow cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, zucchini. In 15, I tried peas so that they ripen earlier, it turned out great. For prevention, I sometimes spray cucumbers with water with ammonia.