Cucumbers are plants native to the tropics, so they love warmth. Seedlings of cucumbers can be planted in the soil with a temperature not lower than + 15 Β° C. Without measuring the temperature of the soil, the time of planting cucumbers can be determined by folk signs or other signs – when the air temperature at night does not drop below + 10 Β° C during the week, or when dandelions bloom en masse.
In addition, cucumber varieties are selected according to the type of growth and fruit quality.
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Terms of planting cucumbers in the middle lane and the Moscow region
In Moscow and the Moscow region, cucumbers are sown with germinated seeds in glass and film greenhouses in mid-May, under temporary film shelters – at the end of May, in open ground – until June 5. Ready seedlings in open ground can be planted after June 10. Or in the same period, film shelters are removed. Unfortunately, in the middle lane, cold weather can drag on until mid-June. Given the general recommendations, it is still better to keep an eye on the weather.
Optimal planting dates for cucumbers in the Leningrad region: sowing for seedlings – the end of April-the first days of May, seedlings are planted in an unheated film or glass greenhouse on May 20-25, cucumbers are planted under film tunnel shelters on May 20-25. You can remove film shelters from cucumber plantations on June 10-15.
Sowing seeds of cucumbers for seedlings and in the ground
How to independently calculate the correct sowing time for cucumbers?
The optimal age of seedlings is 25-30 days.Β Quality seedlings should be at least 30 cm high, with 3 to 4 leaves. To calculate the time of the beginning of fruiting, it is necessary to take into account the early ripening of the variety. By early maturity, all varieties and hybrids of cucumbers are divided to:
- Early ripe cucumbers bloom 32-45 days after sowing.
- Mid-ripening cucumbers bloom for 50-55 days.
- Late-ripening cucumbers bloom for 55-70 days.
Planting cucumbers in the Urals and Siberia
The favorable period for the growth and fruiting of cucumbers in the Urals, where the climate is harsh and rather cold, is very limited: frosts can be until the first decade of June, and sometimes until the end of the second decade of June, and already in the third decade of August they begin again. Therefore, in the northern regions, cucumbers are grown mainly in greenhouses and very often through seedlings. Seedlings are planted no earlier than the third decade of May. To quickly warm the soil in the beds, you can use the following method: immediately after the snow melts, the beds are shed with warm water and covered with a film or lutrasil.Β
Cucumber seedlings are planted in the Urals:Β
May 20 in film greenhouses without biofuel,Β
May 1 in film greenhouses with manure.
Cucumbers can be sown in open ground in the 20th of May in the presence of shelter.
Cucumbers are planted in the ground until June 10. In the same period, you can plant zucchini and pumpkins.Β
Early ripe varieties of cucumbers (38-45 days after germination) can be planted in three terms: the first sowing on May 20, the second on June 1-5 and the last sowing on June 15. This will help stretch the fruiting period of cucumbers until September.Β
In the Urals and Siberia for planting cucumbers, it is better to select hybrids with increased resistance to adverse weather factors and diseases. The most productive in the conditions of the Far East are mid-early and mid-ripening varieties of cucumbers, for example,Β Far Eastβ27 or Erofei selection of the Far Eastern Research Institute of Agriculture. Additionally, to increase the resistance of plants, it is useful to carry out pre-sowing preparation of seeds – hardening.
Planting cucumbers in the southern regions of Russia and Ukraine
In the southern regions of Russia and Ukraine cucumber seeds are sown directly in open ground from mid-April to early May. The optimal time for sowing seedlings is the last days of March.
In the Rostov region cucumber seeds can be sown in open ground as early as the end of April. In the same period, seedlings can be planted. When sowing cucumbers for seedlings, keep in mind that they do not tolerate transplanting well: it is better to sow cucumbers in separate peat pots.
Planting cucumbers in the Crimea
Π Crimea cucumber seeds are sown in open ground in early May, at the same time ready-made seedlings are planted, at the age of 25-30 days. For seedlings, seeds are sown in early to mid-March.
If the timing of planting cucumbers in the ground depends on the weather, then when growing cucumbers at home – on a balcony or on a windowsill, cucumbers can be sown much earlier. Step-by-step guide and photo for growing cucumbers at home:
Caring for cucumbers according to all the rules
Cucumbers require constant attention: they need to be watered, fed, constantly tied up and formed into whips.
Watering cucumbers
Cucumbers need constant watering. Especially during the period of active fruiting, about once every three days. With a lack of moisture, cucumbers begin to taste bitter, grow crooked or pear-shaped. But with watering, and even more so with sprinkling, you need to be very careful on dangerous days when the Moon falls under the influence of the sign of Libra and Gemini.
Top dressing, mulching and weeding cucumbers
Feed cucumbers 5-6 times during the entire growth period. Feed the first time when the second true leaf appears, the second – at the beginning of flowering; the third, fourth and fifth – during the formation of ovaries and fruiting, with a frequency of once every 2 weeks. After weeding, the soil can be mulched with mowed lawn grass, sawdust or humus.
Read more in the articles: Why are cucumbers bitter?Β
How to get a good harvest of cucumbers.
Days of planting cucumbers and harvesting according to the folk calendar
May 19 (May 6, old style) – Job Goroshnik
First cucumber day of the year. On this day, cucumbers are planted in the beds: βIf there is a lot of dew on Job, the day is clear, and the night is warm, there will be a big harvest, and if the night is cold, it will not be a cucumber year.βΒ
May 27 (May 14, old style) – Sidor-borage or Sidor-Bokogrey
βIf the day is clear on Sidor, expect a good harvest of cucumbers. If the weather is cold, then the whole summer is expected to be cold.β
June 1 (May 19, old style) Ivan Dolgiy.
Πcontinue to plant cucumbers. If it rains on Ivan the Long, then the whole month promises to be dry.
June 2 (May 20, old style) Falaley the borage or Timofey Gryadochnik.
Continue planting cucumbers in the beds. But in the Northern regions, cucumbers are just beginning to be planted on Timofey: “Timofey came – this cucumber soon.” There is also a sign: if it rained in the first two days of June, the whole month will be dry.
June 5 (May 23, old style) Levon Ogorechnik, Levon Konoplyanik
Deadline for planting cucumbers. On Levon (Leontia) it was customary to plant cucumbers for pickling, because cucumbers planted during this period, according to popular beliefs, are the most crispy, strong and sweet. There is an interesting cucumber sign: the first row of cucumbers must be sown secretly, then the harvest will be great!
August 17 (August 4, old style) – Avdotya Malinovka, Cucumber, Senognoyka.
By this time, the last harvest was ripening in the beds. Now, in the presence of greenhouses and tunnel shelters, the cucumber season can be extended until September.Β
Planting and caring for cucumbers according to the Lunar calendar 2021: auspicious days
Favorable terms for buying cucumber seeds: 1-9, 12-13, 26-27 March, 1-4, 10-11, 20-23, 28-29 April, 5-6 May;
Favorable terms for sowing cucumber seeds for seedlings and in the ground: 1, 9, 14β20, 22β23, 26β27 March, 3β4, 13β17, 20β25 April, t: 6, 8β9, 12, 15β25 May,
Planting and planting in the ground is IMPOSSIBLE: 3β6, 10β11, 21, 28, 30β31 March, 1β2, 5β9, 26β27 April, 3β4, 26, 30β31 May;
Unfavorable days for watering tomato seedlings: 1β2, 19β20, 28β29 March, 7β9, 15β17 April, 1β2, 8β9, 12, 17β19, 27β29 May, 1β3, 9β10, 28 -30 June;
Favorable days for feeding cucumber seedlings with liquid fertilizers: March 5-9, 5-6, 10-11, 13-14, 24-25, April 26, 1-2, 8-9, 12, 17-19, May 27-29, 7-8, 18-19 , 20β21, June 26β27;
Favorable days for planting seedlings of cucumbers in a greenhouse and open ground: 20β25 April, 6, 8β9, 12, 15β25 May, 7β8, 11β12, 16β19 June;
Favorable days for processing seedlings of cucumbers from diseases and pests: 3β5,10, 12β30, 31β1 January, 2, 3β6, 9β16, 18β3 February, 4β7, 11β16, 18β24, 25β1 March, 4β20, 21 -28, 30β1 April, 2β8, 12β17, 19β27, 31βXNUMX May.
