Cucumber is a popular summer vegetable for its water content and cooling effect. Native to Asia, the cucumber is a deciduous annual plant. It can be eaten raw, in a salad or with raw vegetables. Check out these 5 tips for getting crispy, juicy cucumbers when you harvest them.

To get fresh, crunchy and juicy cucumbers, it is important to grow and harvest this vegetable successfully. To do this, we give you these 5 tips.

How to grow cucumbers and get a crunchy and juicy harvest?

To get crispy and juicy cucumbers when harvested, you must first grow them successfully. To do this, you can follow these 5 tips.

Sowing cucumbers at the right time

Before sowing or planting a horticultural plant, it is important to first know its planting time. You can sow cucumbers between March and May. In addition, the cucumber appreciates a sunny location and a temperate climate.

Sow the cucumbers from March under a heated shelter, with 2 or 3 seeds per pot and a temperature of 20 °C . After the seeds have sprouted, you can transplant the vigorous seedlings outside only from mid-May, at the end of the frost. Maintain a distance of 1 m between plants.

Please note that cucumbers do not like cold or frost. If you want to sow them directly into the ground, do so only after frost, usually around mid-May. Sow up to 3 seeds per bag, that is, per hole, and also maintain a distance of one meter between plants.

Master watering cucumbers

Cucumbers like humidity, but they don’t like soggy soil. Keep the soil around the cucumber plants moist, but not too moist to avoid root rot. Do not water with cold water as it can make your vegetables bitter . In this case, prefer warm water to obtain sweet cucumbers.

Water your cucumbers generously when planting them and then maintain a regular watering frequency. Water stress can also cause your cucumbers to taste bitter. Try not to wet the foliage during watering to avoid fungal diseases. You can also add mulch at the base of the plants to keep the soil cool.

Pruning cucumber plants

Pruning plants is important, it protects them from diseases, promotes healthy and vigorous growth and stimulates fruiting or flowering. However, it is important to prune your cucumbers to optimize their growth and obtain a good harvest. To do this, pinch above the 2nd ^leaf once the plants have developed 4 leaves. This will cause two new stems to form. Pinch them onto the 4th ^leaf once they have 6 leaves. Once the cucumbers are formed, keep only 4 leaves per stem. Keep in mind that pinching a plant means pruning the end of the stem and removing its growing tip.

Fertilize the cucumbers

Cucumber is a gluttonous horticultural plant that appreciates rich soils, especially in nitrogen and potash. Fertilize the cucumber during planting and during harvest. Visited