To get a bountiful harvest of crisp and juicy cucumbers, you don’t need to have a garden plot or orchard. Cucumbers can even be grown on the balcony of an apartment. The main thing is to properly prepare the soil for planting, as cucumber grows well in cubes.
For growing cucumbers, it is recommended to use plastic buckets, as metal buckets get colder at night, which can lead to hypothermia in the soil, as well as in the root system of the shrubs.
Make drainage holes in the bottom of the bucket to allow excess moisture to drain off.
1/4 of the bottom of the bucket should be filled with weeds, which serve as drainage and, when rotted, will release useful substances that will enrich the soil.
Once the layer of grass is laid, sprinkle a regular bud up to a 5cm layer.
Sprinkle some sand on the soil, as well as rotting manure or compost. After this, add 10 cm of soil and mix the top level of soil well with sand and fertilizer. Pour the last layer of soil on top, without reaching the top of the bucket by 3-5cm.
Since soil in a bucket dries much faster than in the open field, it is necessary to ensure that the soil is constantly moistened; Drip irrigation will help. To perform this drip irrigation, you must fill a 2-liter bottle with water, close the lid tightly and make three holes in the bottom with a pin. You can control the speed of this drip irrigation by lightly unscrewing the cap to make the water flow more vigorously.
We bury the bottle 6-7 cm in the ground so that the holes are naturally directed towards the center of the bucket.
We then planted cucumber seedlings in the center of the bucket. Planting care is minimal as all the necessary nutrients are already contained in the soil.
So you can get a bountiful harvest of juicy and tasty cucumbers, even if you don’t have a garden plot or orchard, you just need to properly prepare the soil to grow in a bucket on the balcony.
