All summer residents know what a warm bed for cucumbers is. The vegetable loves heat very much, so every gardener should have it. It can be built in the fall, before the onset of winter cold. Anyone can make beds like this. It’s worth it, as the harvest will delight you with its volume and ripening time.
Types of warm beds
They can be made for cucumbers in a greenhouse or in an open area. The following arrangement options are popular:
- covering;
- high;
- vitamin
The principles of arranging warm beds (all types) are no different. In all cases, it must be raised above the ground and sides made.
The box itself is filled with soil and various organic substances, depending on the selected type. Any season is suitable for building a garden bed; of course, the time of year should be favorable.
Cover option
This type is suitable for planting heat-loving crops, primarily cucumbers. Before construction, it is recommended to carefully select the site. It should be in direct sunlight. The height of the sides reaches half a meter.
Cucumber seeds and grown sprouts can be planted in the formed bed. Covered with special material. Gardeners who constantly grow vegetables in this way recommend preparing the filler in the fall. Over the winter, organic matter will rot, and the soil will be prepared for planting seeds or seedlings.
High
A high bed for cucumbers is made solely for the purpose of obtaining an early harvest. It is best to place it on the sunny side of the garden. During arrangement, the top layer is removed, and newspapers or cardboard are placed on the bottom. Then they begin to build the frame itself. To connect the structure you will need no more than 4 bars and a sufficient number of boards.
Vitamin
Another popular garden bed option among gardeners is a warm vitamin bed. To build it, you need to make a frame. You will need polyethylene, a rotting accelerator and various organic substances. If everything is done correctly, very soon you will be able to get fresh and aromatic vegetables.
Warm bed of grass
A grass bed is a type that requires a trench. Unlike others, it is prepared exclusively in the spring. For its construction, a ditch of medium depth is dug. The sizes are left the same as in the previous versions, or selected individually in each case.
Prepared after the last spring frosts.You will need freshly cut grass. Moreover, it is necessary to prepare a large amount in advance. Place everything in the trench and try to compact it well. You can simply walk along the trench for several minutes, compacting it with your feet.
If you don't compact the grass, the soil will settle over time and the cucumber seeds may become trapped forever. During the rainy season, vegetables will begin to rot. This cannot be avoided, since the root system is in a hole filled with water.
When equipping an insulated bed, herbs are used as fertilizers. To make it start to rot as quickly as possible, you need to add a mixture of dried bread and potato skins. After welding everything together, place it on top of the grass cushion.
It is recommended to scatter the hot mixture that has just been boiling - it will activate the fermentation process immediately. The mold on the bread and the potato starch will react, and the soil will be filled with substances beneficial to the cucumbers.
A warm do-it-yourself garden bed for cucumbers in the spring is almost ready. When the grass layer is laid, it is covered with earth. The one that was dug out of the trench will do. To ensure that the result lasts as long as possible, the soil is watered with boiling water.
To allow the soil to settle, it is covered with a film, preferably dark, for 2 weeks. This promotes better fermentation.
A mixture of potatoes, bread crumbs, grass and soil saturates the soil with useful substances. This is necessary for good growth of cucumbers. There is no reason to use other organic matter with manure.
Important points when growing
If you adhere to a number of simple requirements, you can easily get a decent harvest:
- If the bed is formed in the garden, there should always be sun on the site.It is recommended to give preference to a windless place. There should not be any running water near it.
- The plant may die if watered with cold water. Like the bed, the liquid should be warm.
- It is recommended to plant cucumbers in the spring. The favorable period is mid-spring. As practice shows, it is possible to reap a rich harvest.
- There should be no other plants on it except cucumbers. If weeds appear, you should get rid of them as soon as possible. To prevent weeds from disturbing you, the soil must be treated with a special compound before planting vegetables.
- If the bed has already been used for growing cucumbers, the top layer is removed and replaced with new soil.
- Intense heating will be observed if it is positioned from east to west.
- Cucumbers are planted in soil in which tomatoes, cabbage, garlic or onions previously grew.
The rules are easy to follow - they do not represent any complex activities. Following them you will be able to harvest a good harvest of cucumbers.
Vegetable growing technology
Warm beds especially delight the residents of Siberia, providing an excellent opportunity to obtain juicy, fresh and aromatic vegetables even in cold climates.
When planting cucumbers after tomatoes, it is better to cultivate the soil. Recently, cases of root rot have become more common. Even better is to remove the top layer of soil and lay a new one to prevent the spread of the disease.
Warm beds are a good alternative to greenhouses. Some people cannot afford to grow cucumbers under greenhouse conditions. Moreover, cucumbers harvested from it will be early, despite the fact that they were not grown in a greenhouse.
They have all the necessary conditions for the good growth of vegetables.Contain useful substances and protect plants from pests. The preparation of the bed is done before planting the plants, so there is no need to re-apply humus or other fertilizers. All you need to do is water the cucumbers in a timely manner with warm water and pull out the weeds.
It only takes a few hours to set up a garden bed. However, the result is worth the effort. The advantage of a warm bed is undeniable. Having planted cucumbers, very soon it will be possible to please your household and guests with crunchy fruits without using a greenhouse. The fruits will be harvested 3 - 4 weeks earlier.
