Planting cucumbers with corn in open ground: how to plant and is it possible?

Corn does not interfere with the normal development of cucumbers, so they can be planted in the beds nearby. Experienced gardeners claim that, on the contrary, such a neighborhood favorably affects the growth of both vegetable crops. To get a good harvest, you need to know the features of growing corn and cucumbers.

Useful neighborhood

Plants planted next to each other undoubtedly influence each other. But this neighborhood is not always successful. Therefore, you need to know which vegetables get along with each other, and how to properly place them in the garden.

Properly positioned vegetable crops can increase yields, reduce the risk of disease and prevent pest attacks. Mutually beneficial neighborhood allows not only avoiding soil depletion, but also enriching it with certain trace elements.

When planting cucumbers on the same bed with other crops, several conditions must be taken into account:

• enough space on the land allocated for vegetable crops;
• good access to sunlight, no shading;
• be sure to take into account neighbors in the root system;
• even before planting, they are determined with the method of cultivation, on trellises or simply lashes will spread along the ground;
• take into account the timing of the ripening of vegetable neighbors.

Cucumbers are not recommended to be planted annually in the same place.A good option is to plant in the place where tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cabbage used to grow. An undesirable precursor is beans. For compatibility, choose a vegetable crop that needs watering and warmth. Predecessors:

1. You can grow greens at the same time as corn. It increases productivity, serves as a support for long lashes of cucumbers. Powerful trunks of corn cover cucumber leaves from the scorching sun.
2. You can plant cucumbers next to sunflowers. It also serves as a support, and is able to release useful trace elements into the soil, which are necessary for the growth and development of cucumbers.
3. Peas and beans planted next to cucumbers will enrich the soil with nitrogen.
4. You can plant cabbage, onions, beets in the neighboring garden.
5. Some flowers, such as calendula or herbs, will help protect against pests.

Corn coexists well with all these crops. Therefore, you can safely plant other successful neighbors around vegetable crops. “I planted cucumbers with corn several times. Peas were planted around them. We managed to harvest a good harvest from all crops.” It is undesirable to plant cucumbers and corn along with radishes, radishes, tomatoes, potatoes.

Neighborhood with corn

It has been noticed that when planting corn together with cucumbers in the open field, the growth and development of vegetable crops is activated. During the formation of antennae on cucumber lashes, it is recommended to direct their growth towards corn. It will act as a support and there is no need to install an additional support for tying.

In addition, cucumbers grown with corn take longer to bear fruit. The risk of developing fungal diseases is reduced. Climbing up the corn stalk, cucumber stalks free up space, and light and air freely flow to all parts of the plant.Cucumbers spend less energy for evaporation, photosynthesis improves, and most of the energy is spent on the formation of fruits.

Corn roots penetrate to a depth of 1.5 meters. The root system of cucumbers is closer to the surface. The roots deepen no more than 30 cm. Therefore, the root branches do not intertwine and do not interfere with each other.

The only condition is that it is necessary to apply fertilizers on time, and it is also recommended to mulch the soil. As mulch, you can use mowed grass, straw.

The main, numerous crop can be harvested from greens, cobs are only an additional crop.

Features of planting vegetables

Corn and cucumbers are considered thermophilic crops. Planting cucumbers with corn in open ground should begin only when the threat of night frost has passed. Usually this time coincides with the last days of May.

Having made holes in the garden (the distance between them is about 30 cm), they sow three cucumber seeds and the same number of corn seeds. The distance between the beds should be at least a meter.

Seeds are disinfected and germinated before planting to speed up germination. A weak solution of potassium permanganate can be used as a disinfectant. For soaking, the seeds are distributed on two layers of bandage, tied and placed in water with growth-stimulating drugs. In this state, leave for two days.

Seeds of corn dry out after several months of storage, and when sowing dry planting material, sprouts appear slowly. Sometimes they may not even germinate at all. Therefore, the grains must be soaked.

In order for the cucumbers to be ready for bad weather conditions, it is useful to carry out the hardening procedure. To do this, the prepared seeds are placed in the refrigerator for 1-2 days.

After the appearance of the first shoots, the soil is fertilized with humus and mulched with grass. The layer of mulch should be at least 10 cm deep. The procedure will help enrich the soil with essential nutrients, suppress weed growth and reduce the need for frequent watering.

It is imperative to carry out the thinning procedure, leave two strong and he althy sprouts in each well. It is recommended to pinch the main cucumber lash above the fifth leaf.

It's good if corn grows a little faster than cucumbers. Then she will have time to gain strength, and the trunk will be powerful. To do this, you can plant it in the garden a little earlier.

How to plant vegetables?

Corn can be immediately planted in open ground with seeds, but cucumbers are best grown at home in peat pots.

From the experience of vegetable growers: “I have been growing corn and cucumbers for several years in a row. The result pleases with a tasty and plentiful harvest. It is best to plant corn in four rows, so it will be protected from strong winds. And already near each corn bush, plant both one cucumber bush and three cucumber sprouts. It is necessary to allocate this type of landing at least 1 sq. meter.”

You can sow corn at a distance of about 50 cm between rows and plant cucumbers in the middle. The tendrils of cucumbers are directed towards powerful stems, so the main green mass will be between the bushes, without shading the lower part.

A planting scheme is possible, when corn grows on a meter-long bed in the center, and cucumber sprouts are planted on both sides. As it grows, the lashes will curl freely through the corn stalks.

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