How to plant cucumber to get high yield

1. Soil selection and soil preparation before planting

Cucumbers like to be warm and not resistant to cold, wet and waterlogging. they should be planted in fertile, sticky sandy soil rich in organic matter and good drainage and water conservation. remember not to continue cropping with melons. When preparing the soil, pay attention to the deep trench high border, the general width of the border is about 1.8 meters, the height of the border is about 30 centimeters, double-row planting, plant spacing to maintain 25-30 centimeters.

2. Correct sowing, seedling raising and planting

The method of seed soaking and budding is widely used in cucumber planting. Spring sowing is generally used to sow seedlings after seed sowing or direct sowing with plastic film mulching, sowing in January-March, sowing in summer and autumn, sowing directly after sowing, sowing in June-August.

If the seedlings are raised in early spring, the seedlings can be raised in a small arch shed and transplant when the seedling age reaches two true leaves (about 15-20 days), and this work should be carried out in the evening on a sunny day. The most important thing to pay attention to when planting is not to hurt the roots, to ensure that the seedlings should be watered thoroughly before planting, and to plant them sequentially and with soil.

3. Fertilizer and water management

The application of sufficient base fertilizer is one of the key links to meet the requirements of high yield in cucumber planting, the principle of topdressing is a small number of times, and the use of farm organic fertilizer is advocated.

Cucumber needs a lot of water in spring, which is usually watered once a day in sunny days and irrigated for 3-5 days in a row in dry days, but attention should be paid to waterlogging prevention in rainy days.

Higher temperature in summer and autumn, faster growth and development of cucumber, coupled with large rainfall, rapid loss of fertilizer and water, so in addition to the application of basic fertilizer, but also depends on the situation, timely topdressing.

4. Increase the number of female flowers of cucumber.

Increasing the number of female flowers of cucumber means increasing the rate of fruit setting and then increasing the yield.

Specific methods such as:

Spraying triiodobenzoic acid in cucumber seedling stage, spraying sodium naphthylacetate after 2-3 true leaves of cucumber, or spraying ethephon after the first yellow leaf can increase the number of female flowers and control the number of male flowers.