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Growing cucumbers has a lot of features, following which you can get a high-quality and plentiful harvest. Tapestry for cucumbers in a greenhouse is one of them.
Conveniences and advantages of designs
2 more ways of growing cucumbers are also common among the people:
- in spreading – the natural and easiest option when cultivating a vegetable;
- in a bag or barrel – original and at the same time not yet widely used.
Growing in spread requires a large area for the normal development of plants. In addition, the risk of fungal disease is increased and the fruits from watering or rain, as a rule, get dirty, acquiring a not very appetizing look. When growing cucumbers in a bag (or barrel), the area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe garden is significantly reduced, the whole structure looks very aesthetically pleasing, however? watering the plant will have much more often than usual.
Thus, the most efficient and convenient way to grow cucumbers is a trellis cultivation system. When arranging trellises both in the greenhouse and in the fresh air, the garden space is used much more efficiently. In addition, it is much easier to harvest from them and cucumbers grow clean, even. Green fruits are the most protected from fungal diseases and rot. The only drawback of trellises can only be designated as self-assembly and construction.
Types of trellises for cucumbers
Tapestries are of two types:
- rigid (structures made of metal, wood or plastic), with large cells;
- mesh (similar in appearance to fishing nets that can be rolled into a ball).
In the first case, the tapestries have a solid frame made of metal or wood, resembling a construction mesh in structure. In general, it consists of several pillars with veined crossbars to mark the upper and lower boundaries.
In the second case, the trellis is a soft, elastic and strong special mesh that can be purchased at a garden store or woven with your own hands. This design has no special restrictions on strength, since it is not difficult to attach the mesh to the frame, because it can go around any obstacles. You can independently make trellises for cucumbers in a greenhouse on average from a 5-meter grid, that is, almost flush along the entire length of a standard greenhouse.
The order of work and the necessary tools
In order to make tapestries yourself, you need to purchase the following set of tools:
- screwdriver, hammer, sledgehammer, knife and pliers;
- embedded wooden blocks, a wooden beam with a section of 3×5 cm, 2 m long (or metal or asbestos pipes);
- screws, self-tapping screws and nails, mesh or twine.
After everything you need has been prepared, you can safely proceed to the following step-by-step list of works:
- On the end sides of the beds, supports are installed (beams with a section of 30×50 mm).
- At a distance of 2,5-3 m from each other, intermediate supports are mounted (for example, for a 5-meter bed, only 3 of them are needed).
- A metal profile is overlapped on the intermediate supports with a screwdriver using small embedded blocks.
- Opposite each plant, nails are driven into a wooden board and shaped in the form of a hook (in case the bed has wooden limiters). If the ridge is without limiters, then pegs are fixed in the ground. The end of the twine or net is fixed at one end on the support and then through the hooks (pegs) along the crossbar it is stretched over the cucumbers in the form of the letter L, that is, it is carried along the entire length of the crossbar to the other end of the second support.
Since cucumbers tend to let out antennae and reach up with them, clinging to nearby vertical supports, here they will rise to the net (twine) and thereby create a beautiful, convenient form of beds for harvesting.
The arrangement of a trellis structure is a creative process. In this regard, each summer resident has an individual look. Devices for cucumbers in the greenhouse are also no exception.
To grow a bountiful harvest with the convenience of collecting and caring for garden plants, any vertical support specially mounted for this purpose will help. The main thing is to do it conscientiously and competently, and the rest is the business of the sun and the sprout itself.
