When to plant autumn cucumbers? Planting time and management methods
Autumn cucumber is a variety of cucumber, with short club-shaped fruits, tender green color, and a sweet, crisp, palatable taste that many people love. So what are the planting time and management methods for autumn cucumbers?
1. What is autumn cucumber?
Autumn cucumber is a variety of cucumber, also called dry cucumber (han huanggua), a type of cucumber produced in Zunhua, and its price is slightly higher than other cucumber varieties.
The nutrients in autumn cucumber include vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin A, riboflavin, and so on.
2. Planting time and management methods for autumn cucumbers
1. Planting time
Generally, planting in early August is more suitable, with the specific time based on the local climate.
2. Seed and site selection
Choose excellent varieties with strong resistance and few diseases, and plant them in fertile sandy soil.
3. Planting management
Before sowing, soak the seeds to promote germination. During the seedling stage, pay attention to thinning the seedlings, water and fertilize according to growth conditions, and also carry out pruning in the later stage.
Soaking seeds to promote germination: soak in 50-degree warm water for more than ten minutes to disinfect; if you find it troublesome, you can also soak with carbendazim. After disinfection, soak in 30-degree warm water for five to six hours to promote germination.
Fertilizing: before sowing, while there is moisture in the soil, broadcast decomposed cake fertilizer and farmyard manure, mixed with potassium sulfate compound fertilizer. Then deep-plow and prepare the soil, without large clods of earth. After breaking them up, form small raised beds, which help drainage and also help prevent disease.
Thinning seedlings: according to growth vigor, use an appropriate amount of decomposed human excrement and urine, or other nitrogen fertilizer, to promote seedling growth.
Pruning: when pruning, you can keep the main vine, pinch off the side vines after they set 1 to 2 fruits, and remove the old leaves and yellow leaves on the lower part.
In addition, it is also necessary to spray broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs for pest and disease control.