After heavy rain, why do cucumber gardens water instead of draining? Aren't the old farmers afraid of drowning the plants?

The heavier the rain, the more cucumbers need watering? This view seems hard to stand up to scrutiny. This statement still needs to be properly understood. Judging from the views of many netizens online, because heavy rainstorms will submerge the cucumbers, and if they stay soaked in the soil for a long time, the cucumber roots will suffocate due to lack of oxygen, affecting the growth and development of the cucumbers.

And the water used for irrigation itself carries a considerable amount of oxygen. After the heavy rain submerges the plants, irrigating with fresh water displaces the rainwater, which can revive the roots and let them continue growing! And the meaning contained in this, I want to emphasize, is drainage to replace oxygen, not watering! Watering is only a measure, not the goal!

If you look at this statement only on the surface, don't you notice that after watering, the soil will once again become submerged in the soil, and the cucumbers will once again fall into a state of oxygen deprivation? This is very possible! Therefore, after a rainstorm, watering is actually not the first choice. Science Xingnong believes that drainage should come first, and then loosening the soil!

Drainage

In the north, waterlogging actually occurs relatively rarely, but in the south, waterlogging occurs relatively much more often. Heavy rain can occur every few days, and at such times the first thing we should pay attention to is doing timely drainage work after heavy rain, to avoid the cucumber field suffering from waterlogging and causing blocked root respiration.

From a cultivation standpoint, Science Xingnong also suggests that when planting cucumbers, it is advisable to adopt the method of planting cucumbers on high ridges, so that even if a rainstorm hits, it will not cause too much waterlogging damage to the cucumbers. At the same time, in the deep furrows below the ridges, the rainwater will also flow out of the field along the furrows and avoid causing waterlogging.

Loosen the soil

The purpose of loosening the soil is first to increase the soil's air permeability, provide more oxygen to the roots, and let the roots breathe more smoothly; second, while loosening the soil, it can also clean up the weeds on the surface, achieving two goals at once.

As for loosening the soil, this is also a major option after waterlogging. In some places it is also called drying the soil moisture, allowing the water content in the soil to drop rapidly, which is very helpful for improving soil permeability and increasing the utilization rate of soil nutrients.

In summary, Science Xingnong does not agree with the so-called plan of rushing to water after a rainstorm. This statement lacks scientific basis. After heavy rain or after waterlogging, do not rush to water. What is needed is drainage and loosening the soil.

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