From the middle of summer, you should start morning with the examination of the beds. This should become something more than just a ritual. July and August are sometimes hot, not only because of temperature, but also in the number of diseases. It is enough to skip one day and the green leaves are already covered with strange spots. The faster you find the problem, the more chances to save the harvest of cucumbers.
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Signs include a white plaque, as if someone sought flour on the leaves. The reason for the development can be sharp temperature drops, overfeeding with nitrogen, watering with cold water.
Methods of struggle. Spray every 5 days with a solution of 100 g of soda and 50 g of soap per bucket of water. Apply until the disease disappears. For prevention, use “phytosporin” once every two weeks.
False powdery mildew (peronosporosis)
It manifests itself in the form of yellow fat spots on top of the leaves with purple dust from below.
In this case, immediately stop watering for five days and treat the plants with serum (1 part per 10 liters of water). In severe cases, use the “Ordan” or “Consento”.
Anthracnosis
If this disease is detected, it is necessary to immediately cut off all the affected parts of the plants and spray with a Bordeaid liquid 1%. After 10 days, repeat the procedure.
Root rot
If the bush suddenly hung and wither, in most cases the root rot is to blame.
Gently free the stem near the ground and sprinkle with a mixture of ash and chalk (1: 1). Then pour the “tricephermine”, and pour fresh loose soil on top.
Key protection rules
Before planting, the seeds should be soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, and pour the bed with “phytosporin”.
Water cucumbers only with warm water (from 22 degrees). Before flowering with watering, you must be careful. And with the beginning of fruiting, plants require a plentiful amount of moisture, but the soil should not be excessively filled with water. Regularly remove the lower leaves, tie the plants with a whip.
Summer diseases of cucumbers are not a reason to give up. It is important to take the necessary measures in time and the bushes turn green again, give crops again. Sometimes even until the fall.
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