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How to improve the cucumber's ability to set fruit continuously? Getting three points right is key

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To improve the cucumber's ability to set fruit continuously, focus on three points

1. Plant adjustment. For cucumbers to yield high, the vines must first grow vigorously, meaning strong plants must be cultivated before fruiting. After entering the fruiting stage, as the plants grow, the plants must be adjusted in time, and it must be ensured that the plants have 16 functional leaves, because fewer functional leaves mean fewer photosynthetic products, which is not enough to supply the growth of the fruit. When lowering the vines, do not lower them more than 20 cm at a time, so as to avoid the leaves suddenly decreasing too much from lowering the vines too far in one go and affecting the growth and development of the fruit at the bottom. At the same time, when lowering the vines, remove old leaves, diseased leaves and tendrils to prevent them from competing for nutrients; 2 to 3 tendrils can consume the nutrients needed for one fruit to grow.

2. Fertilizer and water management. Use less chemical fertilizer and more organic fertilizer or biological bacterial fertilizer. In production, cucumber growers have always insisted on applying decomposed human and animal manure as a top dressing, with good results, generally applying about 700 jin each time mixed with a small amount of compound fertilizer, and when watering they not only pay attention to the weather conditions but also closely watch the plants' growth to decide on watering and fertilizing. For example, every time the cucumber tendrils curl, you know the cucumber is "thirsty" and it is time to water. In the late growth stage of cucumber, make full use of foliar fertilizer by spraying Xinhui Zhimo combined with Zhuanggua Diling, which can not only supplement a large amount of nutrients to the leaves, but also enhance plant resistance, prevent premature aging of cucumbers, and also improve the cucumber's ability to set fruit continuously!

3. Disease control. Controlling diseases is to protect the normal growth of leaves and ensure strong stems and vines. Downy mildew and bacterial angular leaf spot are among the three major diseases that have harmed cucumber growth in recent years. Among them, downy mildew and bacterial angular leaf spot mainly harm cucumber leaves, reducing leaf function. Targeted agents combined with Xinhui Zhimo can be used for comprehensive control of angular leaf spot to improve the control effect.

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