What to plant after cucumbers: will give good yields. I will listen to the rules of agronomists and advise everyone
Flaming fireworks, fellow gardeners!
Now, in the middle of winter, we have already started planning future plantings. And I can't imagine a dacha or a vegetable garden without cucumbers. Such loved ones; fragrant and crispy! But... You should not plant cucumbers in the same place as last year. And even more so to break a bed in the same place for several years in a row.
But luckily there are many wonderful vegetables that can grow successfully after a cucumber to give the earth a break. After reading the article, you will find out why agronomists unambiguously give "Red Light" for the annual planting of cucumbers in one garden bed, what crops to plant after them in the greenhouse and open ground, and also how to help the earth recover after the gluttonous plants)
Cucumber is not as simple as it seems
Yes, you heard right. Our cucumbers are extremely gluttonous guys. The yield, size and taste are directly related to the fertility of the soil. Therefore, if something goes wrong with your cucumbers, I advise you to improve the composition of the land in the garden)
Botanical reference: The roots of the cucumber reach a depth of about 80 cm, without the constraint of gutting the nutritional reserves.
Therefore, even after one season of growing cucumber, the land becomes significantly poorer. And not all cultures can put up with it. What they can - read a little below)
In any case, I realized that after cucumbers, regardless of what you want to plant later, you have to work with soil fertility !!! Here we have two effective option:
- Sow siderates. A very good thing, I advise everyone!
- Yearly compensate for all nutritional resources, which a cucumber ate, introducing organic matter and mineral fertilizers.
On the other hand, the need to change cultures is associated with plant health. Indeed, pathogens of cucumber diseases can winter in the ground. It is worth planting the plant again in the same place - and a mini-epidemic is provided to the garden bed.
How to be the owners of greenhouses and greenhouses
Summer residents who cultivate cucumbers in the greenhouse got the most. The area is limited, as are the options for the plants grown on it. Traditionally, these are cucumbers, peppers, eggplants and, of course, tomatoes.
Therefore, "greenhouses" should remember about green manure and an increase in soil fertility every year! And in the spring, plant another greenhouse plant instead of cucumbers - but exclusively because of the "quarantine".
Followers of the cucumber patch
Here are the options:
- to break a flower garden of small but cute annuals in place of a cucumber bed;
- all kinds of greens: dill, parsley, basil, arugula and much more!
- root vegetables: carrots, beets, turnips, radishes;
- onions and spring garlic.
But I will not tire of repeating like a mantra: do not forget about siderates and fertilizers! The soil will not restore itself if you plant vegetables every year. If the article was useful to you, click "Thumbs up" in response! Thank you, my dear ones ❤ And I advise summer residents who grow tomatoes to look here: Bugs that ruin tomato seedlings. I understood from my own experience and from now on I do not allow