Rules for watering cucumbers with whey
Today there are quite a large number of special substances that are used to process vegetables. Most of them are sold in specialized stores and require purchase. The other part must be prepared at home. Watering cucumbers with whey is best used to fertilize cucumbers and other vegetables.
Rules for watering cucumbers with whey
Correctness of processing
Treatment or feeding of a culture with such solutions allows not only to heal the plant from various diseases, but also to protect the culture from the future influence of parasites. Similar results are due to the fact that a small protective film forms on the leaves and stem.
The thing is that a large number of bacteria are present in milk whey, which, together with a certain alkaline level of the plant, form unique protective properties.
Prophylaxis
It is also possible to process crops for the purpose of prevention, because we all know that it is better to prevent diseases than to cure. This fact applies quite well to garden crops.
Many gardeners note the fact that preventive measures have a much better effect on the plant than the treatment process itself.
You need to process cucumbers immediately after the start of flowering. It is best to use a specialized sprayer for these purposes.
General recommendations
- It is best to spray crops at the moment when the active process of foliage formation begins.
- It is important to be careful during flowering, because the protective film can slightly complicate the process of flower formation and their further development. That is why experts recommend fertilizing or treating crops after flowering has formed.
- All activities are carried out during the daytime, a few days before watering. This is to prevent the water from washing away all the nutrients from the surface.
Serum irrigation
Whey is a substance that is obtained during the souring of dairy products. After people have cooked cottage cheese or yogurt, they get exactly the whey. It is best to use dairy substances that are obtained during the preparation of cottage cheese. They contain more nutrients than option 2.
- This milk product is pretty good for the development of cucumber or other vegetables.
- It contains many vitamins, minerals and proteins.
- For the category of vegetables, it has healing properties, because it contains amino acids, which saturates garden crops.
- It also perfectly nourishes the soil and eliminates the presence of fungal diseases.
Spraying rules
Prepare the mixture for processing
- This will require 5 liters of warm water, better than room temperature.
- 0.5 l of fresh whey is poured into it and 5-6 drops of iodine are added.
- Before spraying, it is recommended to remove all damaged areas of the plant, and only after that you can use the serum for spraying cucumbers.
The repeated course is carried out in 2-3 weeks.
Iodine serum
Fertilizer
Milk substances can be used not only for watering the areas on which this or that disease has formed. Such solutions are often used in order to fertilize the soil and speed up the process of fruit ripening. Due to the fact that serum with iodine has a high concentration of amino acids, they have a positive effect on the development and growth of the culture. To prepare the solution, the following actions are carried out:
- take 1 liter of milk yogurt;
- add 9 liters of pure water at room temperature to it;
- you should also add 5-6 drops of iodine.
Such feeding of cucumbers with serum is carried out several times a month. In just a few weeks, you will notice that the feeding has begun to bear fruit. The plant will begin to develop faster, the germination process will accelerate and the ripening process will come much faster.
Serum with iodine for cucumbers has a fairly large number of positive qualities. But, one should be careful with these substances. The thing is that dairy products have a fairly high concentration of bacteria. Therefore, its abundant use as a top dressing can disrupt the acid balance of the soil and vegetables will stop producing crops altogether.
Treatment of the disease
If you need to get rid of a disease such as powdery mildew, then the following solution should be prepared. Spraying cucumbers with whey or iodine is a fairly simple procedure that does not require special knowledge in the field of agriculture. But, the cooking process is very important, because the quality of the final product depends on it. For the treatment of crops, it is better to use special diluted versions of the substance. They should be diluted with warm water, the temperature of which does not exceed 20-25 ° C. The dilution ratio is 1: 1.
Watering with iodine is quite simple in principle. You only need 10 ml of iodine, to which a small amount of a substance such as Fitosporin is added. Feeding cucumbers with whey has a positive effect on the growing season of the culture and significantly increases the terms of its fertility.
Conclusion
Every gardener knows that vegetables require special care, especially cucumbers. That is why it is important to carry out not only loosening of the soil and removing weeds, but also various kinds of top dressing. They have the best effect on the growing season of the crop, and help to get an amazing harvest.