How to reduce the emptiness on cucumbers

Many plants are dioecious, they form female and male flowers. Both are necessary for the continuation of the family, so conceived by nature. That's why cucumbers blossom in a void - so men's flowers are called . The person who grows these vegetables is interested in fruits. And they can be obtained only with mass education of female flowers.

Beginners of vegetable growers and gardeners often wonder how to determine the void. It is not difficult to do this. Under it there is not a small cucumber, and under the female flowers first a green one is formed and only then a flower.

There are several techniques that can significantly reduce the emptiness on cucumbers. The foregoing will apply only to varieties in whose hybrid forms the primary formation of female flowers is genetically incorporated.

Pre-sowing warming of seeds considerably reduces the emptiness on cucumbers. Approximately two months prior to disembarkation, they should be placed in a cotton bag, suspended in a place with a temperature above 35 ° C, but below 40 ° C, for example on a central heating battery or near a stove. This procedure also increases the germination of seeds.

The formation is timely and competent, at which the point of growth of the main stem after the 4th leaf is plucked, also reduces the emptiness on the cucumbers. The side shoots thus formed will predominantly be female flowers. If cucumbers are grown on trellises, then to better illuminate the leaves with sun rays and to prevent fungal diseases, all the rudiments of branches and flowers should be removed to a height of 45 cm. In the sinuses of the next 5 leaves, the stepson should be pinched over the second so that not more than 2 ovaries remain. After such a procedure, all shoots begin to branch evenly.

Pustaceous on cucumbers can be formed and as a result of frequent and abundant watering during the budding period. At this time, it is necessary to slightly reduce the amount of water and increase it closer to mass flowering.

You can resort to ringing the stems, this will also reduce the emptiness on cucumbers. Using a sharp disinfected knife (the tool should be held over fire or treated with alcohol), it is necessary to make a shallow incision around the stem slightly below the top two leaves. This procedure can be carried out only in dry weather.

In addition to the described methods, you can use special drugs. As a rule, these are growth hormones intended to reduce the emptiness on cucumbers and to increase the formation of female flowers. At present, it is not difficult to acquire the necessary chemicals, they are available in almost all garden centers (shops). When deciding on their use, you must exactly follow the dosage specified in the instructions, otherwise the subsequent effect will be difficult to foresee.

Carrying out the methods described above, but violating the cultivation of cucumbers, an excellent harvest is not achieved. But the withdrawal is very simple. Soil cucumbers need nutritious, watering only with warm water, fertilizing with complex fertilizers regular, loosening the surface, removing weeds by the method of cutting at the soil level.

Cucumber - a useful culture. It is impossible to imagine the summer season without this fragrant crispy vegetable, and the winter season - without marinated or salted. Therefore, it should be planted and, using the information obtained, competently grow.