Cucumbers are quite capricious guys: with poor preparation of the beds in the spring, shoots can hurt, whips grow slowly, and the yield falls. Return the soil of health and give cucumbers a good start helps a simple autumn technique.
Secret in serum with iodine. A bucket of fresh serum is taken, slightly diluted with water and a few drops of pharmacy iodine are added. The resulting solution is evenly poured under the cucumber beds after cleaning the lashes, when the soil has not yet grinded. The serum nourishes the microflora, saturates the soil with organic, iodine slightly “cleanses” the upper layer of pathogens.
How to apply
- One bucket of the solution is enough for 1-2 m².
- Dilute the serum with water 1: 2–1: 4 and add a few drops of iodine.
- Apply in the fall, after harvesting, no more than once per season.
After such preparation, the soil remains loose and nutritious in the spring, the cucumbers touch growth quickly and tightly, the whips develop healthy, and the ovaries are more active. The bed, as if “resting” in winter and returns strength to plants for the new season.
