Many plants are dioecious; they form female and male flowers. Both those and others are necessary for procreation, as nature intended. That is why cucumbers bloom as an empty flower - that’s what male flowers are called . The person who grows these vegetables is interested in the fruits. And they can be obtained only with the mass education of female flowers.
Beginning vegetable growers and summer residents often wonder about how to determine the nettle. Make it easy. Under it there is no small cucumber, and under the female flowers, at first a green leaf is formed and only then a flower.
There are several tricks to significantly reduce the barren flower on cucumbers. The following will only apply to varieties in the hybrid forms of which the predominant formation of female flowers is genetically incorporated.
Significantly reduces pre-sowing seedlings on cucumbers. About two months before disembarkation, they must be placed in a cotton bag, suspended in a place with a temperature above 35 ° C, but below 40 ° C, for example, on a central heating battery or near the stove. This procedure also increases seed germination.
The formation is timely and competent, in which the growth point of the main stem after the 4th leaf is nibbled, also reduces the cactus. The resulting side shoots will be predominantly with female flowers.
If cucumbers are grown on trellises, then in order to better illuminate the leaves with sunbeams and to prevent fungal diseases, you need to remove all the rudiments of branches and flowers to a height of 45 cm.In the axils of the next 5 leaves of the stepson, pinch over the second so that no more than 2 ovaries remain. After this procedure, all shoots begin to branch evenly.
Pustacea on cucumbers can also be formed as a result of frequent and abundant watering during budding. At this time, you need to slightly reduce the amount of water and increase it closer to mass flowering.
You can resort to the banding of the stems, this will also reduce the void on cucumbers. With a sharp disinfected knife (hold the tool over a fire or treat with alcohol), you need to make a shallow incision around the stem slightly below the two upper leaves. This procedure can only be carried out in dry weather.
In addition to the described methods, you can use special preparations. As a rule, these are growth hormones designed to reduce the empty space on cucumbers and increase the formation of female flowers. At present, it is not difficult to purchase the necessary chemicals; they are available in almost all garden centers (stores). Having decided on their use, it is necessary to strictly observe the dosage indicated in the instructions, otherwise the subsequent effect will be difficult to foresee.
Performing the methods described above, but violating the agricultural technique of growing cucumbers, an excellent harvest cannot be achieved. But leaving is very simple. The soil needs nutritious cucumbers, watering only with warm water, regular fertilizing with complex fertilizers, surface cultivation, weed removal by cutting at the soil level.
Cucumber is a healthy culture. It is impossible to imagine the summer season without this fragrant crisp vegetable, and the winter season without pickled or salted. Therefore, it is worth planting and, using the information received, competently grow it.