Whether recreational gardeners harvest healthy, crunchy cucumbers all summer long is decided during cultivation and care. The best starting conditions create healthy and, above all, hardened young plants. This is how the cucumbers succeed from the start of cultivation through care to harvest.

Water cucumbers a little every day or a lot once a day?

Like all cucumber plants, snake cucumbers also drink a lot and react bitterly if they get too little water. On the other hand, they do not tolerate waterlogging. Water cucumbers in doses - which of the watering variants is correct depends on the plant species, the soil structure and the weather.

  • drip irrigation
  • daily moderate watering
  • weekly watering

Ample watering is important for the first 2 weeks after planting cucumbers to activate root formation. After that, twice a week is enough, depending on the weather and soil.

  • Water twice a week
  • Avoid waterlogging
  • Only spray young plants

Take your time when repotting

When the cucumber seedlings get too big, discard the weak ones and transplant the strong ones into peat pots. As soon as the young plants are 10 centimeters high, you can repot them in the greenhouse or outdoors, depending on the season and weather. Important: Repotting takes some time. Because errors, such as root injuries, cannot be repaired.

You can grow or graft cucumbers yourself, or buy grafted cucumber plants from specialist retailers. These are resistant to soil germs and mildew. Such as these cucumber varieties:

  • Midios
  • Sudica
  • Printo

Pinching and cutting - how do you do it right?

Climbing cucumber plants grow endlessly. Unless you cut the cucumber plants or direct them with a suitable cucumber trellis. It is advisable to pinch the side shoots between the leaf axils. You can cut the shoots both in width and in height, so that the plant is dense and concentrates its strength on abundant fruiting.

Diseases and pests in cucumbers

Dangerous cucumbers Diseases and pests that also affect snake cucumbers and what you can do about them.

Too much yellow leaves - what to do?

When yellow leaves and pale greens take over on cucumbers, it's a clear indication of drought or mineral deficiencies. Fertilizers and additional minerals ensure fresh green.

tips and tricks

We eat around 3.3 kg of fresh cucumbers per person in Germany every year. Seen in this way, it is worth growing cucumbers in your own garden - family, friends and neighbors appreciate and enjoy the 1 A organic quality.

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Vegetable garden