Pollination of cucumbers by hand

Hand pollination of cucumbers is perhaps familiar to many people who spent their childhood with their grandmother in the village, helping her with the housework. When buying cucumber seeds, you need to consider where they will grow - in the open field or in a greenhouse.

Based on this, you should choose varieties of cucumbers. They can be roughly divided into bee-pollinated and parthenocarpic. But what are parthenocarpic cucumber varieties? The fact is that these vegetables do not need pollination. Therefore, they are ideal for growing in greenhouses, where bees or bumblebees are unlikely to fly. However, "parthenocarpics" can be pollinated by insects, but in this case the fruits will grow crooked and not very tasty.

If you are interested in growing cucumbers in the open field, then for this you need varieties of cucumbers pollinated by bees. By the way, some gardeners spray vegetables with specially prepared sugar syrup to attract them. It sounds ridiculous, but what can you do for the sake of getting a good harvest.

In order not to lose the very first ovaries, many people pollinate them, so to speak, by hand. If you see that female flowers have opened first, run to the beds to your neighbors looking for their "soul mate". If you have only male buds in front of you, which are located on thin pedicels, pinch the vine a little. Then female flowers form on the side shoots, which you will then pollinate.

Here, in fact, now you know the important nuances that will help you grow delicious, fragrant, and, most importantly, natural cucumbers.