Baking soda at cucumber cultivation. How to apply and it gives

In the arsenal of folk remedies experienced farmer, soda occupies one of the first positions. It mnogofunktsionialnoe material available, is extremely effective and completely safe for the environment, and for use in food crops, they are treated.

And very often the soda used in the cultivation of cucumbers.

Soda cucumbers assistance begins before their landing - a seed treatment. For this fabric bag must be loaded on 6 hours soda solution (1 hr. l. 1 liter of water), then rinsed with pure water, dried - and they are ready for sowing. Protected against fungal infections.

However, such treatment is not suitable granular seeds - since washes them with a specific protective layer.

When processing soda rising cucumbers, it provides culture:

· Prophylactic protection from vruditeley (e.g., larvae and aphids);

· Comprehensive protection against viral and fungal diseases (including downy mildew);

· Alignment of the acidity of the soil, which affects the rate of growth;

· Extension of fruiting;

· Increase yields;

· Improving the palatability of fruits;

· Protection from early wilting leaves.

Soda means is recommended to apply a spray - to uniformity of plant cover, which must be treated as a whole, including the leaves, fruit, stems and buds. For this purpose is used a 1% solution of soda.

It is also possible to feed the cucumbers 4% soda solution, but in this case it is poured at the root, since the contact of the concentrate with the same foliage can cause burns.

In any case - the water temperature should be about 28 ° C and not higher than 60 ° C (hot neutralizes more properties of sodium hydrogencarbonate).

Optimal treatment time - 6 am or after 6 pm, in calm weather.

For a good formation of ovaries on the seedlings, the first time it is sprayed with soda at 14 days after transplanting to a permanent place and repeat the process in another the same period.

When the plants begin to form the first Zelentsy, you can try to water the cucumbers every 3-4 days. But it is important to monitor their reaction - if they start to wilt, you need to stop - so as soda prevents us from obtaining oxygen root system.

Also, excessive use of sodium can cause fruit curvature Zelentsy forming fruiting and inhibition.