HOW TO GROW CUCUMBERS FROM SEEDS?
The first thing you need is quality organic soil or seeding mix. A good container. Place the soil in the container. Make sure the container is full of soil. Press down the soil make sure there are no air packets. Water the soil for at least 2 hours or more before you put the seeds in it. Make a hole in the container 1- 3 inches deep. Place a individual seed in the container.
Cover the seeds. Place it in a warm area temperature 80 to 85 degrees. Keep them cover creating a green house effect. Label and date the new plant. It will take 10 days to pop up and germinate. Once they have the second leaves they are ready to be transferred to bigger containers or to the ground. Cucumbers germinate faster than other vegetables.
TRANSFERING BABIES CUCUMBER PLANTS TO NEW PLANTERS
Once the new seedling have the second leaves growing and the plant is around a foot long it is ready to transplanted. You move the whole new seedling together. Fill up a bigger container 8 inches by 12 inches with soil. Water the soil before you transfer the new seedling. Make hole in the new planter and transfer the plant. It is ready to grow well. Cucumber plants need 6 hours of direct sun daily. The temperature must continue to be high around 80 to 85 degrees. It will take another 2 to 3 weeks to grow bigger ready to grow the fruit.
TRANSFERING THE CUCUMBER PLANTS TO THE GROUND
The cucumber plants are ready to be placed in the ground or in boxes or in the planters that will stay there for good until they produce their fruits. Dig a hole 6 inches deep. Separate each plant well 4 inches apart. Water the hole before you place the new plant. Plant each plant deep. That will help the plant to send the roots out.
KEEP THE CUCUMBER PLANTS GROWING
After you have place the plant in the ground add some mulch. Some leaves are enough as mulch to regulate the temperature and to retain the moisture of the plant and will allow you to water the plants from above. You will need to place some trellis to help the cucumber plant to grow up. Water the plant once a week thoroughly. It will take a couple of weeks to grow and ready to get the vines to attach to the trellis. keep watering them. Cucumbers produces a lot of fruits.
