Video: how to grow cucumber seedlings
Cucumbers are a common and favorite vegetable on the table and in the garden. To get an early harvest of cucumbers, it is better to grow them from pre-prepared seedlings.
How to grow healthy and strong seedlings of cucumbers will be told by Alexander Krot, the author of the video and an experienced amateur gardener.
For faster and better germination, Alexander recommends germinating seeds on a damp rag for 1-3 days.
It is better to plant cucumbers for seedlings in plastic cups with a sprout length of no more than 3 to 5 mm. Sowing is carried out to a depth of a centimeter and a half, after which the soil is thoroughly moistened.
If everything is done correctly, then the seed germination occurs in 3-4 days, then the seedlings need regular watering and spraying with warm water, sufficient lighting and systematic feeding.
Hardening of seedlings begins a week or two before planting in open ground, the time of contact of plants with open air is gradually increased - from 15-20 minutes at first to several hours later.
As a result, the seedlings should turn out to be strong with short internodes, colored dark green and with a developed rhizome. Good seedlings are the key to the health and stability of plants, as well as a large and high-quality harvest in your country house and garden!