Proper watering is very important for good growth of seedlings: at different stages of its growth, the plant can harm both surface and excessive watering.
Therefore, it is worthwhile to pay attention to this simple matter.
Details on the rules for watering cucumber seedlings
Cucumbers need frequent watering, several times during the season you need to feed them and pile upDue to this, plants have additional roots. If the leaves have become dark and fragile, it is a sign of a lack of moisture, and when there is an excess of leaves are pale green. With the first watering of seedlings in no hurry, then the plants will become more powerful.
In the very first days of watering should make a teaspoon, because the seedlings are easy to wash out of the ground. Do this only around the seedlings. It is important to prevent the plants from withering away, and excess water is dangerous.
If already at this stage watering the plants with cold water, it will delay the growth of cucumbers and may even cause death.
Strengthened seedlings have 2-3 leaves, it should be watered so that the water reaches the bottom layer of the soil. In opaque containers should be done drainage holes.
How to water cucumber seedlings? Can be used:
- melt water (which is not easy to get);
- ordinary water, which stood for a day or two and always warm. Watering with cold water can cause cucumbers to shed their ovaries;
- filtered water;
- for feeding is used and fertilizer solution.
For dressing use watering:
- yeast. It is a growth stimulator, activating rooting, the seedlings become stronger and less pulled;
- herbal (infusion of green grass). Gives strength to weakened plants;
- ash. Ash solution is used as a mineral fertilizer.
What to water cucumber seedlings so as not to stretch? To do this, you need to monitor the temperature and light: during the day the seedlings need 17-19 degrees, and at night 13-14 plus good lighting. After a couple of days, you can raise the temperature in the greenhouse again.
In the open ground it is necessary to ensure that the cucumbers do not dry out, otherwise they may die. They usually require a little more water than greenhouse plants.
In the heat of the seedlings need to conduct sprinklingpreferably every day. It helps to cool overheated leaves, preventing the fall of the ovaries. At temperatures below 25 degrees there is no need for sprinkling. If it is carried out, then it is possible to lose part of the crop or the entire crop, because moisture provokes the development of diseases.
When the air temperature is high, water better early in the morning - before sunrise or after it sets. In drought, you can water and irrigate simultaneously, morning and evening. Spraying under the scorching rays of the sun will cause burns on the leaves and may cause the death of the plants.
When humidity is most important:
- the time when the first ovaries are formed;
- fruiting plants;
- harvesting.
therefore until flowering is over, cucumbers are watered every 2-3 daysspent on 1 square. m. 9-12 liters of water. After it - every other day, but if you notice a plant whose leaves are drained, it urgently needs moisture.
How often to water cucumber seedlings:
- every day in small portions;
- every 2-3 daysbut then there must be more water;
- drip irrigation. It is used mainly in industrial farms, there are many types of ready-made systems, you can make it yourself.
Watering cans are also used for watering:
- little, at the very beginning of growth;
- more (about two liters)when water consumption increases, because the seedlings have grown up.
It is impossible to boil water, because it loses all dissolved oxygen and the plants receive less of it.
There are eternal disputes about watering time: someone thinks that watering is needed only during the day or in the morning, and someone waters it at night too. During a drought, it is definitely worth watering at least in the morning and late in the evening, and every gardener counts a convenient time for himself.
Wrong hose, intensive watering of cucumber seedlings can expose the root system, the seedlings will produce less fruit, besides having a low quality. If, as a result of careless watering, the roots are bare, you should immediately erect or pile up the fertile soil in the holes, covering the roots.
Care must be taken to ensure that the root always has dry soil, especially if the summer was rainy. On cloudy days, watering should be limited or completely stopped for 2-3 days..
Step-by-step instruction
- Ensure that after sowing the soil remained wet.
- After the plants have risen, make sure that the soil is wet, but not excessively - otherwise the seedlings will die.
- Prepare the water. Well, if it stands for 2-3 days and has a temperature of 20-25 degrees.
- If the seedlings have not yet been planted in open ground or a greenhouse and have only just spiked, pour each sprout from the syringe under the root so that the soil is moistened 5-6 centimeters. Sprinkle dry soil on top - this will save the plants from the disease "black foot". For such kids, one watering per week is enough, the smaller the roots are, the less often it is required.
- When the roots are strong, you can not be afraid of overflow - they stretch the water. For large seedlings, already planted in the ground, watering is required once a day, and with additional lighting - twice a day.
The causative agents of this disease live in the soil and infect weakened seedlings. To prevent the spread of the disease, it is necessary to inspect the plants every day. The first sign - wilting in sunny weather and the dark color of the root collar.
To save the plant, it is necessary to water it with a solution of potassium permanganate, gnaw the ground and root the root neck. Ventilate the room, and move the boxes with plants away from each other. If you notice the disease later, you will not be able to save the seedlings.
It will have to be re-grown, and the soil is needed for another, since the seedlings planted in the same ground will again mow the disease. For the prevention of use of sterile garden soil, ready soils. Ensure that the humidity is moderate, loosen the soil and after watering sprinkle it with dry soil.
The rules of care and watering are simple: prepared warm water, a balance between humidity and dry soil. But each summer resident has his own opinion and a special technique that comes only with experience.
Useful materials
Check out other helpful cucumber seedlings articles:
- How to grow on the windowsill, balcony and even in the basement?
- Tips for growing in various containers, particularly in peat pots and pills.
- Find out the planting dates depending on the region.
- All the secrets of how to properly prepare the seeds before sowing, and especially the picking of seedlings.
