To speed up fruiting cucumbers, seedlings are planted in the greenhouse: strong, grown, ready for laying flower buds.
In time the planted seedlings amicably grow and do not get sick. It can be grown from seed or purchased on the market. Novice gardeners should try both ways and choose the right one.
Cucumber seedlings: buy or grow?
Many novice gardeners prefer to purchase ready seedlings. This approach has many advantages: the ability to save time, select plants in the desired growth phase.
Purchase should be done in a specialized nursery or horticultural center. There is always a choice of different varieties and hybrids suitable for a particular region. For wholesale buyers are offered substantial discounts.
An alternative option is to buy at a specialized fair for gardeners and gardeners, which are traditionally arranged at the end of spring. At such fairs are usually very large selection and reasonable prices.
When purchasing it is important to clarify the name of the variety, find out whether the dressing was applied. Important and age of plants. For immediate planting in the greenhouse fit three-week seedlings. Healthy sprouts have a rich bright color, strong leaves and stems without damage.
Growing cucumbers in the greenhouse seedlings also has many advantages. The exact timing of planting, the quantity and quality of fertilizers used in the distillation. Moreover, when sowing cucumbers for seedlings for the greenhouse, the gardener decides for himself. Besides the seeds even the best varieties are worth much cheaper than grown plants.
Selection and preparation of seeds
What seeds of cucumber is better to plant in the greenhouse? For strong and strong seedlings are needed quality seeds. The best germination gives seed in 3-4 years after harvest. Selected varietal seeds are stored for up to 10 years without losing quality. To use the seeds of last year's harvest is not recommended, they should rest for another 2-3 seasons.
You can use seeds grown in its own greenhouse. However, the popular F1 hybrids are not suitable for collecting seed, young plants may not have the desired characteristics.
Collected on their own or acquired from the hands of cucumbers - seeds for greenhouses, you need to disinfect, soaking in an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate or freshly squeezed aloe juice. Seeds of industrial packaging are processed before they go on sale and do not need additional procedures.
Before sowing seeds need sort out, selecting ugly and empty. This is followed by the preparation of seed.
Calibrated seeds are wrapped in a damp cotton cloth for swelling and spread on a plate. Instead of fabric, you can use cotton wool or several layers of gauze. It is important to ensure that the seeds do not dry out.
When to plant cucumber seeds for seedlings for the greenhouse? Some gardeners recommend first holding hardening of seed. Seeds wrapped in cloth are placed in the lower chamber of the refrigerator for 48-56 hours. Seeds should be moist and not yet germinated. After hardening, they are immediately planted in pots. Prepared seeds sprout together, do not get sick and easily tolerate the next transplant.
Tanks and soil
Cucumber seedlings can be placed in the greenhouse or in the apartment. For planting it is more convenient to use peat or plastic pots, paper cups and other containers. Cucumbers do not like transplantation, so they are moved by transfer, with the preservation of earthy coma.
Cucumbers in the greenhouse, seedlings prefer a light alkaline or neutral ground. Soil mixture is compiled on the basis of garden soil or turf with the addition of old humus and washed sand. The soil should be very loose. For greater nutritional value, superphosphate and ash are introduced into it. 
Glasses are filled, the soil is lightly crushed. 1-2 seeds are planted in each tank. Cucumbers do not tolerate picking well, so it is easier to remove a weaker sapling, without touching the one that grows strong and strong.
Seeds are deepened by no more than 1 cm. The cups are tightly placed in a deep pan. It is important to ensure that the containers do not turn over, the seedlings are very fragile and breaks easily.
Seedling care
Planted seeds are placed in a warm place. The ideal temperature for rapid germination is 26-28 degrees. At lower temperatures, the process of spitting is delayed, the shoots are frail. Plantings can be covered with glass or a damp cloth to create a greenhouse effect and accelerate germination.
When shoots appear on the surface of the earth, the temperature in the room should be reduced to 20-22 degrees. As it grows, soil is poured into pots.
Boxes with seedlings should be located in the light, in the shade sprouts strongly stretch and turn pale. In a greenhouse, boxes with seedlings are conveniently mounted on racks, under suspended electric lamps. As the plants grow, the lamps rise.
If the seedlings are grown in an apartment, it is better to place it on a window facing south. From too hot the sun glass is to veil the film. It scatters burning rays and protects the tender shoots from drafts.
It is very important to follow the schedule of watering. After sowing the soil is moistened with a spray bottle, preventing it from drying out. With the advent of germs, the soil is watered from a watering can with warm, settled water twice a week.
After the appearance of 2-3 of these leaves, seedlings can be fed with an aqueous solution of complex mineral fertilizers or pour with ash water. A single top dressing is enough, the subsequent fertilization will be carried out after the resettlement of cucumbers on greenhouse beds.
2 weeks after planting, grown seedlings need temper. In warm, windless weather, it is carried to the open air and left in the scattered sun. A day before moving to a new place of residence, plants in pots should be watered well.
About what pests and diseases can threaten your cucumber seedlings in the greenhouse, read the articles on our website.
A photo
Visually see the seedlings of cucumbers for greenhouses can be in the photo below:
When to plant cucumber seedlings for the greenhouse?
Many novice gardeners are concerned about the question, when does the time come for planting cucumbers for seedlings for the greenhouse?
The seedlings ready for transplanting have a rich green color, not too long dense stems. Ideal length - about 30 cm. Bushes should be compact, with well-developed leaves.
Cucumbers should not have signs of disease, for example, black leg. Frail and sluggish plants better to reject. Detected pests are destroyed before transplanting to the greenhouse.
Before planting cucumbers in the greenhouse, the soil is thoroughly loosened and mixed with rotted humus.
Plants are planted in the wells spilled with warm water, along with an earthy clod or peat pots. In each hole you can put a portion of the hydrogel, which saves moisture in the soil. More information about watering cucumbers in the greenhouse, you can read on our website.
Properly grown seedlings - the key to future harvest. Having achieved success, you can try to grow plants for sale.
Strong and healthy seedlings are in great demand, and in the future can turn into a full-fledged item of income.
