Very often gardeners ask: "Why are there so many empty flowers on cucumbers? Why do plants continuously blossom only with empty flowers? And to whom are these empty flowers useful?"
Of course, in the colossal delay in the formation of female flowers and late fruiting, the quality of seeds plays a significant role. If you do not listen to the numerous recommendations and sow fresh seeds, then plants will grow from them. But which ones? First, male flowers (empty flowers ) are formed, and only then will female flowers appear. You can get a completely different picture if you sow the seeds of two or three years ago. In this case, female flowers will be formed simultaneously with male flowers.
Nobody likes growing cucumbers as a nether. What to do with this phenomenon? First, we will find out what to do if the seeds are fresh and their age is unknown. Clarifying the situation is quite simple. Seeds need to be warmed up. Plants grown from such seeds will give a female color much earlier than the due date. Hardening the appearance of these flowers will also help hardening the seeds with variable or negative temperatures before sowing.
And also why the cucumber is an empty flower
appears? The second reason for cucumber "infertility" is called a violation of a balanced diet. Very often, the presence of a large amount of nitrogen fertilizers in the soil contributes to this. It is this nuance that causes the furious growth of lashes, empty flowers and leaves. In this case, the plants are fertilized with useful dressing. As a rule, these are high-speed
phosphorus fertilizers, for example, extracting superphosphate or infusion of ordinary wood ash. A superphosphate extract is prepared from ten liters of hot water and two tablespoons of top dressing.
Oh, these cucumbers are a weed! What if they appeared? Finding reasons is what you need to do! After all, the third reason for the late appearance of a female color is watering plants with icy water. At least 25 degrees should be its temperature. Do not water cucumbers with water that is colder than soil.
The next reason for the appearance of a hollow is the excess of moisture in the ground. Cucumber beds should not be watered for several days. The earth will dry out, and the leaves on the plants will tuck. And then an abundance of female flowers will instantly appear. But you need to remember - it is also impossible to dry the soil.
If cucumbers have a netflower, not everyone knows what to do. But here is another reason for the occurrence of such a phenomenon. A serious influence on the emergence of the empty flower is provided by hot air, a strong compaction of plants in the greenhouse, and so on.
If all the above recommendations do not help, then you need to pinch the top of the main stem of the plants. It will stop the growth of plants in length, and cucumber lateral shoots and female flowers will begin to develop intensively.
Well, if you still grown cucumbers netherwort? What to do with them? Some gardeners remove most of the empty flowers. They mistakenly hope that this will accelerate the development of female color. Gardeners will not benefit from their removal. They only worsen the conditions for pollination of inflorescences. In fact, cucumber empty flowers themselves quickly turn yellow and fall away.