Garter cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse contribute to plant productivity. The treatment procedures include frequent watering and feeding, which is carried out when attaching the vegetable to the greenhouse.
- Features of tying cucumbers in the greenhouse
- Basic garter methods
- Vertical mode
- Horizontal mode
- “Blinding” cucumbers
- Creating a bush in several shoots
- Mixed way to garter
- Tying to a special net
- How to garter
- Old textile flaps
- Thin long branches
- Twine garter
- Greenhouse requirements
- Conclusion <
Garter of cucumbers in the greenhouse
Features of tying cucumbers in the greenhouse
The tying procedure is carried out to protect the ovary of the cucumber. If it touches the ground, it will quickly decay. The action is performed after 4 weeks of growth of the bush, when its height is from 30 to 40 cm, it should be 6 full leaves are formed. The younger the bush, the more elastic the stem, the older cucumber breaks during the garter.
After the garter, the bush enters the net with a mustache and does not fall down, allowing you to collect fruits from all sides.
Tying cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse not only simplifies their collection, but also helps to care for them more comprehensively.The result of tying is:
- providing the bush with better lighting;
- preserving a large number of flowers;
- preventing the formation of ovaries with other bushes;
- easy access for picking fruit.
A properly tied bush is more illuminated by the sun. Light enters the bush, which allows it to develop better and faster.
For each type of cucumber, the binding is selected individually. The base for the frame is assembled from sticks and metal fragments, plastic parts are rarely used.
Basic methods of garter
Before tying cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse, choose the garter method. Today there are such methods of tying in polycarbonate greenhouses:
- vertical;
- horizontal;
- blinding;
- creating a bush into several shoots;
- tying to a special net;
- mixed.
We will analyze in more detail how to tie cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse.
Vertical method
When using vertical knitting in high polycarbonate greenhouses under the ceiling, a support up to 2 m high is made. The bar is placed horizontally from the support. Instead, it is permissible to use wire. It is a place for attaching rope or twine. Stems are tied to it.
Each bush forms its own fulcrum, which greatly facilitates the care of the bush.In addition, cucumbers receive much more sunlight. Gardeners pull the rope onto the frame or attach hooks to the frame, bury the other end into the ground.
The lashes are tied to the outstretched wire
The vertical method is carried out using the frame, where the upper block is located under the very ceiling of the greenhouse and the lower one almost lies on the ground. A wire or rope is stretched between them.
When the bush reaches the top of the support, it is trimmed to complete the growth. So cucumbers do not stop braiding the greenhouse and create a shadow.
Horizontal method
In the horizontal method, knitting in greenhouses made of polycarbonate is carried out by placing several metal supports at different ends. Their size depends on the greenhouse, but about 1 m in height is considered desirable. It is with them that the stretched horizontal rows of strong and thick rope are connected.
The first horizontal step is placed at a distance of 30 cm. Others are attached with a distance of 35 cm. The stems cling to the horizontal ligation, and the cucumber continues its development along it.
The disadvantage of this method is that the bushes, after growing to the first row, stop on it, do not try to crawl up.
“Blinding” cucumbers
The so-called “blinding” of cucumbers gardeners are often used under greenhouse conditions for growing crops. The main stem of the cucumber is tied to the trellis, then all antennae and lateral shoots are removed from it at a distance of 50 cm from the beginning of growth.
Creating a bush in several shoots
Method for creating a bush with cucumbers in several shoots – one of the newest. The plant is created from the main stem and a couple of side shoots. As in the previous method, the main shoot is fixed on the trellis. The lateral mustache is left to form an ovary. Only after the appearance of small cucumbers, shoots are attached to the trunk.
During the formation of the fruit, several garter belts are carried out, while all excess whiskers and shoots are cut off, otherwise the quantity and quality of the crop are reduced.
In order not to injure the bush during the garter, the angle between the main and side shoots should be at least 60 °.
Mixed garter method
This view is used when planting a circle of cucumbers. From 7 to 11 metal rods in the form of a cone are inserted into the soil, a mesh is put on them, antennae are inserted into its holes. Tieing bushes in this way is easy. The plant itself will braid its shape, forming a hut.
The support is prepared before sowing the seeds in the greenhouse, because when it is arranged near young plants, there is a possibility of mechanical damage to the stem or leaves.
Tying to a special net
You can tie home cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse using a net. There are high-quality threads that can withstand weight and do not deteriorate from weather conditions, they are used for mesh. The frame is installed in the greenhouse and the mesh is pulled.
This method facilitates the work of gardeners, because each bush does not need to be tied, and the plant itself grows up with the antennae.
How to carry out garter
Garter materials should not harm the plant
Garter material also plays an important role in bush formation. Incorrectly selected fixatives injure the plant stem.
Old textile flaps
From unnecessary rags and shreds, ribbons from 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide are cut. They are tied or sewn between each other, the result is a trellis of suitable length.
The main disadvantage of this method is the low strength and quick wear of rag trellises.
Thin long branches
Thin sticks are used to form the site. Branches free from all side shoots.
The bushes are fixed to the frame using wire, they are inserted into the ground from below. Cucumbers like to wrap around a support and at the same time normally hold.
Twine garter
Use twine to create a vertical area. Natural jute is considered to be the best.
Do not take twine from nylon or kapron: these materials hurt the bushes, besides, cucumber whips fall under the weight of the plant.
Twine is attached at the top of the greenhouse profile, then he is lowered to the ground. The twine is tied on the lateral shoots of the cucumber, retreating 40 cm from the trellis.
Requirements for the greenhouse
Polycarbonate greenhouses are increasingly being installed to be able to grow plants in winter.
When installing a greenhouse, a number of requirements are observed. The structure is placed in an open area so that a shadow does not fall on it. They also make the foundation by pouring concrete at 40 cm. The best location is from west to east. Such winter greenhouses help to realize all the possibilities of early and late varieties of cucumbers.
Conclusion
When picking up cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse, the gardener gets many advantages: convenience when working with culture from planting to harvesting, preventing the adhesion of plants that grow nearby, reducing infections, preventing the appearance of shade. Subsequently, the number of spoiled fruits decreases and lateral shoots are formed, giving more yield than the central ones.
