How to tie up cucumber bushes

Cucumbers are a culture close to vines and require garters due to their structural and growth characteristics. The presence of long stems and ability of the plant clings to the supports, suggesting growth in an upright position. Use tying on the open ground and in greenhouses. To make cucumbers as comfortable as possible you need to understand how to tie up cucumbers and what advantages this method has.

Proper tying of cucumbers

For why tie up cucumbers

It is easy to care for and harvest when access to crops is unlimited. Without special inconvenience, you can water, plant fertilizers and treat bushes from diseases or pests. It is better to monitor the condition of plants. It is much more difficult to carry out such procedures on a bed completely covered with leaves and stems of cucumbers lying under your feet.

Good ventilation and gas exchange promotes plant growth. Due to the receipt of a sufficient amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen, the processes of photosynthesis pass without disruption. And the bushes produce the necessary nutrients (sugar and starch). And also good ventilation serves as a preventive method against mold and rot.

Tapestry allows you to plant more bushes on a limited area without harm to them. Since the whole green mass will be in an upright position, the bushes will not interfere with each other.

Benefits

The main advantages of tying cucumbers:

• improved ventilation and gas exchange;
• space saving;
• prevention of infection by diseases;
• ease of care;
• simplify harvesting.

Outdoor binding

In order not to harm the plant, you need to know exactly how to properly tie the cucumbers and when to do it.

Start tying bushes when ostizhenii 30-35 cm, and the formation of 4-5 pairs of true leaves. Choose an option that will be convenient for use. There are three main methods for open ground:

• vertical;
• horizontal;
• on the grid.

in more detail these options for tying cucumbers, how to make trellis and what is needed for this.

Vertical

With vertical growth, contact with the ground is reduced to a minimum. The land is often contaminated with fungal diseases. And in contact with her chances of getting a bush infection increase.

The vertical way involves installing two supports at different ends of the bed. Use metal, plastic pipes or wooden sticks.About 2 meters high. If wooden sticks are used, it is imperative that the ends be treated with specialized means to prevent rotting wood (for example, Aquatex). They dig in strong supports to a depth of 35-40 cm.

A strong cord or wire is fastened between the posts at maximum height. And guiding ropes are lowered from it to each individual bush. If the rope is not “at hand”, you can use fabric strips. They are attached to the base of the stem, but not lower than 3 pairs of real leaves, it is important not to tighten the knot on the plant so as not to damage it, the loop should be with a margin for growth. The guides can also be fixed to the ground with wire brackets.

The vertical way to tie is very convenient

This type of garter is very convenient, it allows you to comfortably grow more plants in a limited area. On such a trellis, cucumber lashes rise and weave without problems. If you install the design on each row of planted cucumbers, you get a very convenient bed, which is easy to care for, monitor the condition of the crop, spray. And harvesting is very convenient, the bushes look better, the fruits do not overripe.

The vertical garter also includes tying each bush to a separately secured high support, and also tie the tomatoes.But in the case of cucumbers, this is not very convenient, you need a lot of high beams, and their installation is a laborious process. With a large set of green mass, such a support can easily collapse, breaking and destroying plants.

Horizontal

A frequently used type of garter, well suited for medium-sized bushes, poorly curly. Simplifies maintenance and harvesting.

A very simple design with two beams installed along the edges of the beds and twine (rope) stretched between them along the entire height, maintaining a horizontal distance between 25-30 cm. Stems are attached to the lower level. For fastening use a rope, fishing line, as well as specialized plastic fasteners and ties for garter.

The disadvantage of this method is that the plant does not always cling to the next level of the stretched rope, but starts to go up. And you have to constantly monitor and redirect the lashes.

On the grid

A very convenient way to garnish cucumbers in modern gardening is a garter on the grid. A special mesh is fixed between the two supports. And the cucumbers perfectly cling to it and creep up. It makes it easier for the robot and requires a minimum of effort to build such a trellis.

The mesh is mainly green (sometimes white), the mesh size is 10×10 cm, it can be of different widths of 1.5 or 2 meters, and the length can be purchased as you need on specific bed.

Tying in greenhouses

Tying cucumbers in a greenhouse is very important because, being in a confined space, the plant is at particular risk. It is possible to become infected with diseases due to a violation of gas exchange and thickening. Many greenhouse varieties require growing on trellises in an upright position. Otherwise, irregularly shaped fruits, such as the variety Teplichnyi f1, Chinese farmer f1 and other similar characteristics.

There are several options for tying cucumbers in the greenhouse:

• vertical;
• horizontal;
• blinding cucumbers;
• V-like.

Vertical and horizontal garter in greenhouses, similar to the methods used in the open ground, which are described above.

Let’s dwell on other types in more detail.

V-like

With the V-shaped method, the plant is well ventilated

This kind of tying is quite simple. For fastening use the frame of the greenhouse. Fix strips of fabric or rope to the frame, then lower them to the bush, and attach to the main and side stalk. Take away at an angle of 45 degrees and lift up, fasten to the frame. Long strips will be required, they can be knitted or sewn together to get a sufficient length.This type of garter has proven itself very well in the greenhouse cultivation of cucumbers. The bush is divided into two parts, it is better ventilated, does not thicken, receives a lot of light.

Blinding cucumbers

A modern method that is increasingly used in gardening, and recommended by professionals.

Based on the method of plant growth control. The main stem is attached to a vertical support, and all lateral processes that grow on a bush above 50 cm are removed. This operation stimulates fruiting on the main stem. Allows the plant not to waste energy on supporting and growing lateral shoots. Which improves the fruiting and resistance of cucumbers.

Tie in greenhouses made of polycarbonate

Tie cucumbers in greenhouses made of polycarbonate has its own characteristics. In these greenhouses, two main types of garters are used:

• vertical;
• horizontal.

The vertical pattern is used in polycarbonate greenhouses greater than two meters. Ropes are fixed on the frame, lowered to the bushes, and attached to the ground with brackets. You can also drive in wooden pegs near the bushes and attach ropes to them. The stem is allowed to curl up.

The horizontal method is suitable for low or curved polycarbonate greenhouses. Supports are driven in at opposite ends, rows of rows are stretched horizontally between them every 25-30 cm. Cucumbers are attached to them and allowed to grow in the horizontal direction.

Also used for support are thin branches that attach the upper part to the frame, and the lower part is fixed in the ground. Cucumbers cling to these branches seamlessly and curl along them.

Ties with other methods of cultivation

Many grow vegetables in an apartment or on a balcony. A tribute to fashion or an invincible desire to grow plants even in the absence of a personal plot. The list of farmed garden plants in the apartment includes cucumbers.

The cucumbers that grow in the pot also require garter.

Let’s look at several ways to properly tie the cucumbers on the balcony.

1. Use different ladders , supports (wooden, plastic), the choice in flower shops is sufficient.
2. Fasten in a pot is not how many thin supports in a circle, you can use window glazing beads (they can be found in construction stores). And dividing the bush into lashes, attach to these supports.
3. Can serve as trellis for cucumbers on the balcony and linen ropes to which are attached cords and go down to the bushes.

Conclusion

The advantage of growing cucumbers by the method of gartering to different types of supports and trellises is obvious. The time and effort spent for this process is not so much, and the benefits are huge. A timely and high-quality garter will give a good result and a high yield.