Galina Kizima’s tips for growing cucumbers

Kizima’s advice on growing cucumbers for gardeners can be used as a guide to action. They are simple and affordable, and therefore it is not at all difficult to follow, and the effect will exceed all expectations.

Tips for growing Galina Kizima

The essence of the Kizima method

Before planting any vegetables, you need to properly prepare the soil. Kizima believes that nature should not be disturbed. She herself creates all the conditions for excellent growth.

As a result of this approach, Galina developed a special land use system without much work. She removed the most laborious work:

• digging;
• weeding;
• watering.

All this is done by herself nature. The root system of plants, according to Kizima, requires fresh humus.It is obtained as a result of rotting last year’s plant debris. Rotting compost and humus is a strategic stock of fertilizers. It will give new strength, new opportunities for growing strong green mass. This is a cycle of organic matter in nature that cannot be broken.

Nature does not allow empty, bare soil, so as not to collapse from the sun and wind. True fertility is created by the huge number of microorganisms living in the earth. All green mass should be raked under the plants. In no case should you throw away or burn anything.

The only thing you can do is treat the plant residues with biological products in the fall. Pathogens will not remain on them and under them. In late autumn, plant stems will fall and cover the ground. It also retains moisture after snow melts.

Preparing the soil for seedlings

Kizima does not recommend buying soil for growing seedlings at home. She herself brings her from the dacha. Its land is proven and will never be infected with pathogenic microflora and pest larvae. If this is not possible, it is better to warm up the purchased soil. Put it in a sealed bag in a bucket of hot water. Cover and leave to cool completely.

It is better to make the earth from a mixture of coconut substrate and sand. You can replace the coconut substrate with horse peat. But in this case, a liter can of ash or a half-liter dolomite should be added to 1 bucket of substrate.

Store mixes have advantages and disadvantages. They are sterile, they definitely do not have pathogens, and this is their undoubted plus. But at the same time, such mixtures are completely empty and this is their minus. Therefore, top dressing begins immediately after the appearance of the first looped shoots. Top dressing is introduced along with watering. Kizima advises to fertilize with Uniflor-bud or Unifrol-growth. These are chelate fertilizers containing a full range of trace elements. Plants will be able to use such feeding immediately.

The soil must be prepared before planting

The ability to sprout sprouts is very important. Biological products Zircon, Epin-extra, Healthy Garden, Ecoberin and Novosil well help its development. By spraying them with solutions every week, almost all diseases can be avoided.

Planting cucumbers in a cascade way

The choice of planting in a cascade way is not accidental. The greenhouse is located in a southerly direction. This gives the following advantages:

• good lighting;
• maximum heat;
• saving floor space
• ease of maintenance;
• reduction of seed costs.

Each grower chooses the cascade dimensions himself, depending on the number of volumes.

Prerequisites for the cascade method

Before planting, the soil is shed with a solution with phytosporum or a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This will destroy the remnants of the infection or bacteria.

For sowing in the ground, Kizima advises alternating hybrids with varieties of cucumbers. This contributes to better pollination. Galina Alexandrovna advises to cover each hole with a 5-liter plastic bottle with a trimmed bottom immediately after sowing. Spud a little with earth.

Shoots will be protected from slugs that eat cotyledon leaves. Each grower was faced with a problem when, after planting, sprouts did not sprout. After digging the ground, you can see the opened seed, but without a sprout. This earthen pest of Padura eats the insides of the seeds.

The bottles protect the crops from possible frost. Especially if sowing is done early. Plants develop inside while they have enough space.

Replacing watering and feeding

To facilitate watering and feeding, Kizima advises using a dark 2 liter bottle. They are inserted without cork, with a neck in the ground, from the south, between bottles of plants. A weak nutrient solution is poured into them. An earth jam forms. Therefore, the solution will go into the ground very slowly.

This liquid is enough for a long time. The plant receives both moisture and nutrition. The soil does not dry out. Periodically, the liquid in the bottles needs to be replenished.

According to Kizima, the tip of the plant has a scent. The root tip knows where the food is and where the water reaches for this place. In autumn, when harvesting, you can see that all the roots are located near these dark bottles.

Dark bottles are also needed to maintain the temperature in the soil. They heat up well during the day, even if there is no clear sun. And then they transfer this heat to the soil. Seedlings grow well, become green and strong.

Care during growth

Long lashes need to be pinched

After these events, the cascade is covered with a film that can be fixed with clothespins. When the plants become large, the film is replaced with double lutrasil. In hot weather, the film is removed, and lutrasil can not be touched. Unlike polyethylene, it breathes. The bottles were also removed by this time.

As soon as the lashes become too long and hang down to the next stage of the cascade, they are pinched. In this place, new roots grow. At each step, the process repeats as the plants grow. As a result, additional roots are formed 3-4 times along the length of the stem. This is the focus of cascading sowing of cucumbers. A huge crop is obtained from a small number of seeds.

Advantages of planting in the ground

There are two ways to plant in the greenhouse: seedlings and seedlings.It makes no sense to grow cucumbers through seedlings at home. Only 7-10 days are won.

This is because the sucking hairs break off at the slightest loosening of the soil and are no longer restored. Transplanting pumpkin for a lot of stress. Some leaves die, the plant loses its strength. Development slows down by about 10 days. Seeds sown in the ground during this time have time to ascend. They will be much stronger and stronger than transplanted ones. Immediately able to move to growth.

Planting cucumbers in greenhouses

Seedlings should be transplanted at the age of 25 days. At this time, one real leaf has already been formed, and the root system is just beginning to form. She will not be so prone to transplant stress. Better yet, plant with cotyledon leaves.

It is good to plant dry seeds directly in the greenhouse. Usually 2-3 seeds at an equal distance from each other, edge in the soil. Cover immediately.

Usually sowing is done in early May. It grows well on insulated soil. The soil is insulated either with a feather or simply spilled with hot water before landing.

After 7 days, the first shoots appear. The film must be removed so that they do not burn out under the sun. If covered with lutrasil, then it can be left. With this shelter, cucumbers in the greenhouse can withstand frosts of minus 5 ° C -6 ° C.

When these 1-2 leaves appear, carefully plant extra plants from each nest.Dutch seeds are famous for not very good germination according to Galina’s observations. She most often uses Bejo. If there are fears that slugs might start, that you can play it safe and cover the wells with bottles.

Preparing the soil

Before trenching, dig trenches. Depth and width on the bayonet of a shovel. To bring in dry hay, not overripe compost or foliage. From above, lay the earth removed from the trench and walk along it for compaction. Water this soil and cover with opaque film. After 7 days, the soil will heat up, because the hay will begin to rot and give off heat. Cucumbers can be sown.

Soil moisture

Cucumbers need regular watering

Cucumbers are a moisture-loving vegetable crop. But at the same time there should not be excessive watering. Drip irrigation will help to avoid this. Holes with holes or regular plastic bottles can be used for this. Enough 1 bottle for four plants.

Temperature

These vegetables do not like night cooling. If the greenhouse is high, the air may cool excessively, and there will not be enough heat from the soil. Therefore, you need to use any devices for heating. For example: kerosene lamps, tape heaters, electric heaters, etc.

Heated seeds before planting

Not all seeds require preheating. If the landing will be from hybrids, then you do not need to warm up. On packages there is an F1 sign. They have a predominantly female color type.

In the case of planting the usual varieties, especially if the seeds are fresh, it is better to warm them up. This stimulates the rapid appearance of female flowers. The fact is that male inflorescences do not give cucumbers.

A month before sowing, the bag of seeds is suspended from a central heating battery or heated before planting in hot water (53 ° C) for 15-20 minutes . In addition to warming, it will also free the seeds from pathogens of various diseases. Recently, hybrids have been used more often by varieties.

Hydrogel planting method

Hydrogel for growing cucumbers in a greenhouse is a polymer crumb, which increases by 300 times when interacting with water. It retains moisture and, if necessary, sucks it from the roots.

When planting seedlings of cucumbers, the hydrogel must be poured directly into the hole. About half a glass. Sprinkle 4-5 cm of soil on top and then sow the seeds. You can prepare a hydrogel solution in advance. To do this, 10 g of the substance should be diluted in 3 liters of water. When planting, add half a glass of gel under each plant.

Seeds cannot be lowered directly into the hydrogel. This is equivalent to being immersed in water. They can simply rot or suffocate without air.The hydrogel dissolved can be dissolved in a solution of organic or mineral fertilizer. In this case, you can get rid of the laborious process of feeding.

Galina Alexandrovna advises using Fitosporin or Gumi as food. For organic dressing – fertilizer (WMD) or either the powder fraction of the unique AVA fertilizer.

Tips for growing cucumbers in the northern regions

Methods and methods depend on growing region. With a cold climate, it is better to use trellises in not high greenhouses. The horizontal position is suitable for small greenhouses. Warm air from the ground will linger only on a small volume.

In the northern regions, it should be grown in cover spos, covered at night, and opened during the day. This is more convenient if arcs are installed above the ridge. They can be made of metal or from willow twigs without bark. Such natural arcs will last 5-6 years.

After freezing, tie up (if growing on a vertical trellis), to do this, tie a cord under the first real leaf and draw a loop under each leaf, loop and pull it on horizontal wire. Above the ground to 1, 5 m. After reaching the wire, the cucumber vine just needs to be thrown. They will grow down after tying the growing end of the stem to the part that is lower.

Formation of cucumbers

In horizontal position, formation is not required. In the vertical formation is reduced to plucking from the sinus of a sheet of viscera. Thus, 3-4 lower leaves are blinded. This must be done so that the lower lashes do not grow. Which take a lot of nutrients and at the same time do not give fruit. They lack for this light .. They also thicken the bushes. Poorly ventilated and rot.

Conclusion

Applying tips on growing cucumbers from the famous gardener Galina Kizima, you can get a quality and generous crop, with minimal effort. It is important to remember that each method is good in its own way and it is better to try all the methods on different varieties of vegetables.