How To Grow Cucumbers In Bottles!

Convenient and profitable!

Advantages of the method

Plastic bottles have already been adapted for different needs. The method of growing seedlings in them is widespread. This container is convenient, light and practically free.

Planting cucumbers into plastic bottles allows you to grow a vegetable on the balcony in the apartment. Successful experiments on the cultivation of vegetables on the balcony are already known, but earlier they used boxes or buckets. This container does not look very presentable and requires a lot of space for accommodation. A plastic one – is more compact, it perfectly passes the sun’s rays, the plants in it feel very comfortable.

Produced in bottles seedlings can be planted and at the cottage in the open ground, and in the greenhouse. And put the plants there along with the bottle.

If you have an open ground, which will promote a faster growth of cucumbers, which will allow them to ripen even in the period of not too long summer. Or, in the case of planting early varieties, enjoy a crunchy vegetable already in June.

The plastic rim of the bottle will help:

Protect the plant from the bear, in the fight against which the summer residents often lose;

Save water when watering. In this case, water flows directly to the roots, not spreading over the surface;

To save seedlings from weeds, they will not interfere with the normal growth of cucumbers and the development of their root system, nor will they “take away” the minerals useful for development from the vegetable.

In the case of a greenhouse landing, you change the landing soil annually, excluding the formation of pathogens, so the plants will be healthy and strong, which is the basis for obtaining an excellent harvest.

We prepare the landing site

The recipe for preparing the soil for planting can be developed based on personal experience. Its main condition is porosity and looseness so that it has a good ability to pass air. If you are a beginner gardener, you can use the ready-made soil, which is sold in the store and is intended for growing seedlings or vegetables.

The most common recipe for self-preparation consists of 4 components, taken in equal parts:

Ordinary soil, which can be dug in the garden;

Overgrown foliage from any tree, except oak and willow; peat;

Drainage mixture. Under it, you can adapt the husks from sunflower, eggshell or moss sphagnum.

Birch ash will not interfere with the soil. Be sure to fill it, if there is such an opportunity, then a rich harvest is guaranteed to you.

Always try to prepare a quality soil, then the cultivation of cucumbers in bottles will pass without complications, seedlings will develop healthily, and harvesting will be on schedule.