Neighbor grows cucumbers in bottles, adopt his experience, fantasize about a rich harvest.

Planting cucumber seeds in five-liter plastic bottles is a universal life hack that can solve several problems at once.



It will be useful for owners of unheated greenhouses. It will increase the yield of a juicy vegetable in areas with a cold climate and, moreover, if desired, allows you to do without a garden at all!

The advantages of growing cucumbers in plastic bottles Unlike other containers, five-liter bottles do not need to be bought specifically. Do not throw them away during the winter.





In addition, they are compact, easy to carry and, most importantly, perfectly pass the sun's rays! There are several advantages to growing cucumbers in plastic bottles.

  1. Plastic protects against frost.
  2. It becomes a barrier to soil diseases, weeds and insects, such as bears.


  3. Cucumbers in a bottle are convenient to water. Moisture is saved and the roots get it almost instantly.
  4. It is easier to plant plants in the ground.


How to check the germination of seeds, we wrote earlier.



After checking, suitable seeds are advised to disinfect with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Additionally, germination can be increased by soaking seeds in aloe juice or potassium humate.

Soil preparation The soil mixture should be porous and loose. You can buy ready-made in the store or cook yourself.





You will need 4 components: ordinary soil from the garden, overgrown leaves, peat and sunflower husk as drainage.

Planting seeds Carefully wash the bottle. Carefully cut off the top third. But don't throw it away, it'll come in handy. Make several holes in the bottom of the bottle so that excess moisture can drain.





Fill the bottle with a prepared soil mixture, leaving a few centimeters to the edge. For early harvest, pre-germinated seeds should be used. In a 5-liter bottle, 3-4 seeds can be sown. Only the strongest plant can be left.

What's next? We deliver grown in a five-liter container seedlings to the country. For transplantation into the ground, you need to dig a hole, trim the bottom of the bank, plant a jar together with a lump of land in the garden, cover the upper part.



This is how cucumbers should be grown until warm weather is established and the threat of night frosts disappears. Then the jar can be carefully removed from the soil.





For those who are rarely in the country, there is a way of planting, allowing you to do without regular watering. To do this, the seeds are planted not in the bottom, but in the upper part of the can.

The lower part should be filled with water up to half, and the upper part without a lid should be installed in it, dipping the neck of the bottle into water. Cucumbers will extract water on their own. You will only have to fill it from time to time.

How to grow cucumbers if there is no garden? It is enough just to leave shoots in bottles. The method is suitable for those who have a veranda or a glazed balcony. But to choose for it should be self-pollinated varieties of cucumbers. The whole procedure is similar to the one described above. But without contact with the soil will have to pay more attention to feeding.





From the second week after the appearance of shoots, use a solution of 30 grams of superphosphate, 5 grams of magnesium sulfide, 15 grams of potassium and 5 grams of ammonium nitrate on a bucket of warm water. It is also necessary to spray the plants from time to time and shade them from the bright sun.

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As you can see, planting cucumber seeds in 5 liter bottles is an easy way to get strong seedlings, and in the future, environmentally friendly cucumbers. We wish you successful garden experiments and a generous harvest!