How to make a warm bed for cucumbers in the fall

Experienced gardeners have long known that cucumbers love warmth, so a warm garden bed for cucumbers is needed in the summer cottage, which is desirable to make in the fall even before the onset of cold weather. It is quite feasible to build such beds with your own hands, and as soon as the first harvest is harvested, you can begin to prepare the beds for the next season. There are several constructive types that can be built on the site.

Types of warm beds for cucumbers

If we talk about the principle of arranging warm beds for cucumbers, then they are almost the same. In all options, the bed must be raised above the ground and the sides installed, filling the box with fertile soil and organic matter. You can build a garden bed at any favorable time of the year.

Arrangement options:

• cover bed;
• high;
• vitamin.

A covering bed designed for early cucumbers is also suitable for growing eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and other heat-loving crops. The place where it is planned to place the garden bed should be open and sunny. The height of the sides is selected from 30 to 40 cm. For installation you will need:

• edged tes (about 15 cm wide);
• metal profile (square);
• drill and roofing screws;
• several metal rods for arcs (2-2,5 m in length);
• cover material;
• twine for fixing rods.

First you need to connect the future sides with self-tapping screws. The length of the sides should be from 4 to 6 m, and the width should not exceed 1 m. The resulting frame is installed in place of the future beds. Now you need to install the arcs that will be connected from above with twine for maximum strength.

The next step is to fill the box:

• first, chips, branches or leaves are laid;
• further, sand is laid out;
• hay or straw or humus;
• the last layer should be fertile land (from 20 to 30 cm).

You can plant seeds (or seedlings) in the finished bed, you need to cover it with special material. Experienced gardeners recommend preparing the filler in the fall, then the organic matter will rot well over the winter.

The better the high bed

A high warm bed for cucumbers is good for early cucumbers. For it, you need to choose a place on the sunny side of the garden, then remove the top layer by about 0,5 m, the very bottom must be covered with newspaper or cardboard. Then you can proceed to the construction of the frame for the beds. You will need boards and 4 bars to connect the structure. The approximate height of the bed itself should be about 1 m. The filling will be as follows:

• the first layer is rotten leaves (20-25 cm);
• 2nd layer – manure or compost (20 cm);
• 3rd layer – fertile soil.

Such a warm bed is made with the expectation of 5 years. Every spring it will warm up quickly, and in the autumn it will cool more slowly than open beds.

How to make a warm vitamin bed

A vitamin warm bed for cucumbers is a popular option among summer residents. The construction will require the same frame, as well as polyethylene, organics and a decay accelerator. You need to build a bed as follows:

1. Mark the territory of the future beds, then remove the top layer of earth (about 60 cm). The excavated earth should be stacked nearby on cardboard or polyethylene.
2. The walls of the resulting trench are covered with agrofiber or polyethylene. This is necessary so that no weeds germinate in the garden.
3. The bottom is lined with twigs or branches that have been cut from the tree beforehand. Dry branches are covered with young shoots, for example, raspberries or currants along with leaves.
4. Further, you can pour out half of the earth that was dug at the very beginning, and sprinkle it with a special mixture to accelerate the decomposition of organic matter. Mixtures such as Siyanie-3 or Baikal M1 are perfect for this.
5. Spread organic waste, which is perfect for rotted leaves, trimmings from vegetables or tops. All this must be watered abundantly.
6. Half of the remaining earth is poured out, again young shoots are laid on top of it and covered with a special mixture for rapid decay.
7. The final step will be the installation of a wooden frame inside the beds, pouring the earth. All this must be covered with hay or straw.

It is not enough to make a warm bed for cucumbers; proper care is necessary for the culture.

Cucumber Growing Tips

In order to get a good crop of cucumbers from a warm bed, you need to know some rules:

1. Warm beds are installed not only in a sunny, but also in a calm place. No flowing waters should pass through this place.
2. It is important to know that not only the soil must be warm, but also the water with which the cucumbers will be watered, otherwise the plant may die.
3. The best time for planting seedlings or seeds is the end of April, in which case it is possible to get the maximum yield.
4. If weeds begin to appear in the garden, they must be dealt with immediately. During the growth of cucumbers, they need to be pulled out, and before planting, the land should be cultivated.
5. If cucumbers have already grown in the garden before, then before planting new seedlings, it is necessary to remove the top layer and lay a new one.
6. Warm beds are located in the direction from east to west, in which case their heating will occur more intensively.
7. For planting cucumbers, those warm beds on which tomatoes, onions, garlic or cabbage sprouted will also do.

The correct temperature regime is also important for cucumbers. It depends on how the seedlings will develop, how actively fruiting will occur. That is why it is so important for gardeners to take care of the presence of warm beds. It is the branches that are laid out on the bottom that are considered its basis. When they begin to rot, they release methane, which creates heat. It is in a warm environment that abundant reproduction of microorganisms occurs.

Microorganisms begin to oxidize methane, resulting in the formation of carbon dioxide, which has a beneficial effect on fruiting.

Favorable conditions for growing cucumbers will give not only a plentiful, but also a tasty harvest. If you take up the construction of warm beds in the fall, then in the spring there will be more time for planting. During the winter, all the processes of decay will pass, so that crops can be planted in April-May.