How to manage cucumbers after they bloom
This article introduces how to manage cucumbers after blooming and the detailed care methods for cucumber flowers, following which you will be taken to learn together.
Management should be enhanced after cucumbers bloom, by spraying agents to stimulate the differentiation of flower buds, which is beneficial for improving the fruit-setting rate in later stages, while avoiding the luxuriant growth of the vines. Appropriate pruning of branches and leaves, removing deformed early fruits, can save the nutrients of the entire plant, improve light transmission, and ventilation, and cutting off aging and diseased leaves can reduce the occurrence of pests and diseases. Maintaining a certain level of air humidity and adjusting the temperature in greenhouses in the morning and evening. Let's take a detailed look at pruning branches and leaves, flower bud differentiation, and temperature adjustment, etc.
1. Pruning branches and leaves
When the trellis branches and leaves of cucumbers are vigorous, they need to be pruned appropriately. The large leaves of cucumbers should be pruned in dense areas to increase light transmission and improve ventilation. Old and residual leaves should be pruned, which can also save nutrients. Deformed and early fruits should be disposed of, as early-growing fruits usually have poor quality. Late pinching is performed to allow new vines to grow.
2. Flower bud differentiation
As the flowering period gradually enters the high-temperature season, it is easy for the vines to grow excessively. You can use 6-8ml of tebuconazole to inhibit the excessive growth of the vines, and use 50ml of biostimulants to improve the plant's resistance. Combined with an appropriate amount of triazole fungicides and sprayed consecutively for two times, it can effectively promote flower bud differentiation and improve the fruit-setting rate in later stages.
3. Adjusting temperature
In the early flowering stage, the daytime temperature should be maintained at 21-28℃, and the night temperature should not be lower than 12℃. In a natural environment, when the temperature rises, ventilation in the greenhouse can be increased, keeping the minimum temperature above 12℃, and ventilation can be done both day and night. At this time, the daytime temperature is controlled at 25-30℃, and the afternoon temperature is maintained at 20-25℃. The air humidity is controlled at 50%-30% during the day and maintained at 85%-90% at night.
The above shares a comprehensive introduction on how to manage cucumbers after they bloom and detailed care methods for cucumber flowers after blooming, hoping to bring some knowledge about green plants to green plant enthusiasts.