There are no weeds.
Planting cucumbers with plastic sheeting.
When the cucumbers sprout give them about 1 inch of water per week and add a trellis for their vines to attach to which will help.
3 spread black plastic mulch over the bare.
Remay cloches plastic sheeting or cold frames.
Plant cucumbers when average daily temperatures reach the mid 70s f.
Both black and clear plastic also preserve soil.
Like i said itty bitty miracle.
Plastic sheeting has many uses in the home garden.
For vines trained on a trellis space plants 1 foot apart.
How to plant cucumbers.
Cucumbers a warm season crop are members of the same family as squash pumpkins muskmelons and gourds.
Ranging in size from tiny gherkins to 20 inch serpent like fruits most cucumbers grow on vines.
Plant seeds 1 inch deep and about 2 to 3 feet apart in a row depending on variety see seed packet for details.
The question is how do we plant seeds into the plastic mulch.
This is vital when growing warm season plants such as most vegetables.
A layer of black plastic over bare soil raises the soil temperature 3 to 5 degrees f to a depth of between 2 and 6 inches.
But where there s a will there s a way is a very true statement.
It works real slick for the larger seeds like the corn seed squash melons and cucumbers which is what we will show you today.
The first year we used black plastic mulch i had cucumber plants popping out of the soil four days after the seeds had been put in the ground.
It also helps warm up the soil and keeps it warm.
It is harder to do the smaller lettuce and carrot seed.
Black plastic prevents weed growth eliminating the need for hand weeding between your plants.
They can t grow if there is a black plastic sheet.
Quick guide to growing cucumbers.
You re covering and smothering where the weeds would normally be growing.
This means that the growing area warms up earlier in the spring and the.
Then plant your cucumbers by pushing a group of 3 to 4 cucumber seeds into about 1 inch of moist soil making sure that the groups are about 18 to 36 inches apart.
To grow cucumbers look for a growing spot that gets plenty of full sun and has loose sandy soil.
To speed up the soil warming process use season extenders such as row covers e g.