Cucumber is very good for the body, it reduces fat, provides antioxidants, prevents cancer, and beautifies the skin. Cucumber is a food that every family needs. In the video, I show you how to grow cucumbers with seeds in soil bags, suitable for small gardens that do not have much space. Cucumbers grow very well in the sunny season, after 1 month of growth, cucumbers have started to bear fruit.
Cucumbers need warm, fertile soil with a pH of 6.0 to 6.8, although they will tolerate a bit more alkaline soil to 7.6. To improve the soil and help create the root environment needed for a big harvest, work several inches of aged compost-enriched Miracle-Gro (® Performance Organics® All Purpose In-Ground Soil) into the top few inches of your existing garden soil.
Compost or composted manure will work, too. Plant seedlings 36 to 60 inches apart, depending on variety (check the stick tag). For vines trained on a trellis, space plants 1 foot apart.
In areas where spring is long and cool, you can warm the soil 3 to 4 degrees by covering the hill or row with black plastic. If you do not plant in black plastic, then mulch with pine straw, wheat straw, chopped leaves, or your favorite organic mulch shortly after planting.
If the weather is unseasonably cool, you can wait a while to mulch until the ground is warmed by the sun. Mulch is especially important to keep the fruit clean for bush types and vines not growing on a trellis.
Straw mulch is also thought to be uncomfortable for slugs and creates an uneasy footing for cucumber beetles, helping to keep them at bay.
If you can, trellis your vines. This keeps the fruit clean and saves space. A 12- to 18-inch diameter cage made from 4- or 5-foot welded wire fencing or hog wire will support 2 or 3 vines. The wire is easy for the tendrils of climbing cucumbers to grab as the plant grows.
Cucumbers grow fast and don’t demand a lot of care. Just keep the soil consistently moist with an inch of water per week (more if temperatures sizzle and rain is scarce). Inadequate or inconsistent moisture causes oddly shaped or poor-tasting fruit.
If possible, water your cucumbers with a soaker hose or drip irrigation to keep the foliage dry. This helps prevent leaf diseases that can ruin the plant.
For best results, high-quality plant food is just as important as starting with great soil. You can fertilize with a water-soluble food, such as Miracle-Gro (® Performance Organics® Edibles Plant Nutrition), applying it directly to the soil around plant stems.
Or, you can use a continuous-release fertilizer, like Miracle-Gro (® Performance Organics® Edibles Plant Nutrition Granules), worked into the soil.
Both plant foods feed both your plants and the beneficial microbes in the soil that help them thrive. Either way, be sure to follow the label directions.
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