Did you know that all you need to do is add something to the cucumber to double its yield in just a week? Let’s find out what to add once a month for lush cucumber growth!
If you like cucumber and want to grow it, it doesn’t take much to get a magnificent yield of the plant. By adding simple school chalk you can double the growth and get many more cucumbers to eat nice and fresh. Let’s find out how to use this product!
What is plaster used for?
Cucumbers can be grown outdoors or in greenhouses, but regardless of the choice, they need a fundamental nutrient such as that provided by chalk. In fact, this substance makes the soil even more suitable for growing vegetables, neutralizes acidity and improves soil structure.
In its composition, gypsum contains substances useful for nourishing vegetables and therefore also cucumbers, such as calcium, a substance that cucumbers require in large quantities to grow and develop.
The high source of calcium contained in gypsum is therefore essential for improving the quantity and quality of the crop. Especially during fruit formation, if the calcium necessary to make them grow luxuriantly is lacking, rotting problems can occur and the harvest could shrink and go bad.
Gypsum is already naturally present in the soil, but sometimes it is not enough to provide cucumbers with all the calcium they need to ensure their magnificent growth. To provide for this deficiency, it is possible to water cucumbers and other vegetables with a chalk fertilizer prepared with DIY, following a simple procedure. Here’s how to do it.
How to prepare gypsum fertilizer
To prepare chalk fertilizer you need a few ingredients, here are which:
- 200 grams of chalk;
- 10 liters of warm water.
The gypsum must be ground before use, a necessary procedure to completely dissolve the substance in the water and distribute it evenly in the soil. In addition to calcium, dissolved gypsum will also provide plants with very important substances such as silicon and magnesium, which are essential for healthy growth.
To grind the chalk, place it in a plastic bag with a zipper closure and place it on a cutting board. With a wooden hammer or meat tenderizer, press the plaster firmly over it many times until it is reduced to powder.
Once you have the chalk powder, pour it into the warm water that you have put in a container. You can do this by reducing the doses, taking into account that you need 50 grams of chalk for 2.5 liters of warm water.
How to use fertilizer for cucumber
Once you have put the chalk powder in warm water, mix the solution carefully and let it rest for 10 minutes. After the time has elapsed, stir again and let it rest for another ten minutes. At this point, put the liquid obtained in the watering can and irrigate the cucumber plants, making the product reach the soil near the plant as best as possible.
Water cucumbers with this solution once a month, preferably in the evening hours, and you will see that the harvest will be more abundant, even doubling after just one week.
The nutrients contained in the chalk will immediately give their effectiveness and will allow you to grow many other vegetables in the best possible way, to always have abundant harvests and healthy products to bring to the table. Whether you use this fertilizer on cucumbers grown outdoors or in greenhouses, you can rid them of gray rot that prevents them from growing healthy.
If you water cucumbers correctly with chalk, you will give these plants the necessary nutrition to develop and multiply, since the soil is made better for this crop. At the same time, you should know that during planting, gypsum protects cucumbers from a large amount of pests, so it keeps them away from plants and preserves them from dangerous attacks.
