To grow an early crop of cucumbers, you don’t need a greenhouse. You just need to know a few tricks for growing plants in the ground. In this article, we’ll tell you how to do it.
First you need to choose a place for the garden bed. It should be well lit and protected from the wind. It is best to choose a place near a brick wall, which will warm up during the day and give off heat at night.
At the bottom of the flower bed, place a layer of mown grass about three centimeters thick. Then cover the grass with soil and plant cucumbers. This will allow them to sprout and grow faster as the grass begins to warm the soil from below. In addition, the grass releases nitrogen as it decomposes.
After sowing the seeds a month later, cucumbers can be transplanted into the garden for seedlings. But remember that cucumbers do not like picking, so immediately plant them in separate pots. If you do not plan to grow seedlings, sow the seeds directly into the bed at a depth of 2 centimeters at a distance of 30 centimeters from each other. It is best to pre-germinate the seeds so that they are not eaten by pests. To do this, they must be placed in a damp, warm cloth, and when roots form, they are planted in the ground.
