Cucumber Soilless Culture
How to cultivate cucumber without soil? At present, there are many vegetable varieties are in soilless cultivation. Now we will introduce them to you. If you are interested, please have a look.
1. Seed treatment
Before soilless seeding of cucumber, the seeds should also be treated. Generally, the method of treatment is to scald the seeds in warm water, with the water temperature of 55-65 ℃. After 10-15 minutes, add cold water to keep the water temperature at about 30 ℃. Soak the seeds for 5 to 8 hours and then remove them out. Finally, wrap the seeds with cotton cloth and place them at a suitable temperature for germination.
2. Seeding and seedlings
After the cucumber seeds germinate, they can be put into the soilless substrate for seedlings, and 1 or 2 seeds can be put into each acupoint, and then moistened with clean water.
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3.Transplanting
Before colonization, be sure to prepare the planting trough and nutrient solution, and pay attention to check whether the nutrient can be transported normally. When the cucumber seedlings have grown three or four real leaves, carefully remove the them from the tray together and transplant them into the planting trough. Remember to water once after transplanting.
4. Seedling management
The concentration of nutrient solution is very critical to the management of seedlings, because them grow faster, and are easy to age. After planting, 400-500ml of nutrient should be poured every day. At the development stage, about 2000-2500 ml of water should be watered every day. After the development of cucumber seedlings, the concentration can be appropriately reduced. And the temperature should be about 15 to 25 degrees. When the cucumber plant grows to 15-20cm, the it is necessary to install a bracket in the greenhouse and let the cucumber seedlings grow along it.
5. Disease and pest control
Aphid, powdery, downy mildew, whitefly, etc. are the most common diseases and pests in soilless cucumber culture. Downy mildew is generally controlled by prick, while powdery mildew is controlled by triadimefon. Insect pests are treated with professional anti insect agents. In addition, you should remember to remove the dead and yellow leaves in time.
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