How to feed cucumbers with yeast in a greenhouse and open field

Feeding cucumbers with yeast is the most common ingredient in traditional medicine recipes. Yeast stimulates plant development, prevents many diseases and keeps pests away from the beds. Their effect is enhanced when combined with other ingredients.

The timing of the introduction of the valuable component

Yeasts are unicellular microorganisms of fungal origin. Can I feed them to cucumbers? Yeast as a fertilizer for cucumbers makes it possible to activate beneficial bacteria in the soil and promote their reproduction. The growth of plant roots is accelerated, receiving natural feeding, they become strong, the ability to fight many diseases increases, and the number of crops increases.

Yeast dressing for cucumbers grown in open beds is applied 2-3 times during the entire growing season.

• The first time feeding cucumbers in the open field is carried out when the first pair of leaves unfold on the sprout. Seedling feeding can be carried out in combination of yeast with other components.
• The second time it is advisable to fertilize before flowering, so that many strong ovaries are formed.
• The last time fertilizer is applied after the first mass harvest. The composition will allow the plant to gain strength again for the subsequent formation of fruits.

The main recommendation of agronomists and experienced gardeners is: “Observe the dosage of the components. Do not overdo it, as this can lead to the development not of fruits, but of green mass. It is better not to feed a vegetable crop than to overfeed. " It is also important to alternately use organic fertilizers with mineral fertilizers.

In a polycarbonate greenhouse or greenhouse, cucumbers need feeding, almost every week, three of them can be replaced with yeast formulations. In greenhouse conditions, the treatment of cucumbers with a composition of yeast, bread and barley culture is popular. Top dressing of cucumbers in the greenhouse is carried out 10-14 days after the seedlings have been planted, before flowering and after the first massive harvest.

Important features

How to fertilize cucumber beds with yeast-based formulations? Using yeast feeding, you must follow and follow some recommendations:

• watering cucumbers with yeast is carried out only in warm, dry weather (air temperature above 16 degrees);
• do not abuse the yeast solution, the best option is two or three times;
• it is imperative to observe the concentration, since not only a deficiency, but also an overabundance of elements can lead to a poor harvest;
• advice: "before watering or spraying, dilute the resulting solution with water";
• effective when grown in an open or closed area, but when using cucumber yeast in a greenhouse, it is not necessary to add sugar;
• foliar and root processing is allowed.

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Numerous positive reviews note the improvement in the condition of the vegetable beds after homemade yeast compositions. “Every year I process the beds of peppers, cucumbers and other vegetable crops with yeast compounds. Experimenting, I add other components as well.

Most of all I like the result after using together with wood ash, chicken dung and whey. "

Tips and videos from an experienced gardener Yulia Minyaeva, who lives in the city of Serpukhov, are very popular. Every year she tries out many new methods of planting and processing vegetables. She believes that the most useful food for cucumbers is yeast talker. It is better to take dry yeast, as the recipe involves the addition of sugar and warm water.

Recipe options

There are several options for feeding cucumbers with yeast. You can use the resulting solution for foliar spraying, or water the plant at the root.

The most important step is fertilization during the cucumber flowering period and during fruiting. This time is the main one for laying the foundation for the future harvest. Timely and properly prepared feeding will allow the formation of ovaries that will not fall off and from them there will be an opportunity to form even, crispy cucumbers.

In order for feeding with yeast to bring only benefits to the development of vegetables, you need to know how to prepare the composition. To do this, you just need to follow the advice of the selected recipe.

• For the fruits to develop and grow faster, it is best to use formulations from dry yeast. In warm water (5 l), you should dilute one sachet of yeast powder weighing 10 g. Pour 100 g of sugar into the solution and leave to ferment in a dark place. Each bush should be watered with the resulting solution under the root. Be sure, before watering the cucumbers, the solution is diluted with water in a proportion of 200 ml per bucket of water.

Watering cucumbers with yeast is best done in the evening, in calm, dry weather. The composition is equally suitable for indoor or outdoor cucumbers.

• Dry yeast for feeding goes well with ascorbic acid. A pack of dry yeast is dissolved in warm water and only 2 g of ascorbic acid is added. Such a composition not only activates the formation of ovaries, but also significantly reduces the number of barren flowers.

For the preparation of nutritious feeding, they take not only dry, but also ordinary culinary pressed, live yeast.

• 12 days after planting the seedlings, it is useful to make the following composition on the prepared site. Take 500 g of pressed yeast, add 200 g of sugar and pour 10 liters of hot water. The resulting solution is diluted with water (1: 5) before watering and poured into the root, counting 500 ml for each.
• The combination of yeast with bread is especially beneficial for cucumbers grown in a greenhouse. You will need to crush the bread, add water and add 100 g of sugar. Any yeast can be used. Dry will need 5 g, pressed - 100 g. The fertilizer will be ready for use in three days. After insisting, the mixture is filtered and diluted with water (1: 5). The solution can not only be watered at the root, but also foliar spraying can be carried out.

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How to properly feed? It is important to know that yeast enriches the soil with potassium and nitrogen, but at the same time reduces the calcium content. Therefore, it is useful to accompany the preparation by adding eggshells and ash.

• You can prepare a fertilizer from yeast together with wood ash.The composition will enrich the soil with trace elements. Raw yeast 100 g or 10 g of dry powder is diluted with three liters of water. Wood ash will need 200 g per 5 liters of water. Before processing, it is necessary to mix a liter of yeast solution with 500 ml of ash water and strain. It is better to use feed for root watering.
• The following composition for feeding cucumbers is also considered good. Pieces of bread or rusks are placed in a bucket, poured with water and manure is added. Leave the mixture to infuse for a week. Before watering, dilute with water: a liter of the resulting solution is useful for a bucket of water. The diluted components do not contain a dangerous concentration of substances that can burn the root system of the plant.

• In order to prepare a composition of eggshell and yeast, each of the components must be insisted. The shell of 5-6 eggs is crushed, 500 ml of boiling water is poured and covered with a lid. You need to insist for a week. The resulting infusion is mixed with yeast water. Before watering, it is recommended to dilute the solution with water in a ratio of 1: 5.

These compositions can even be used for seedlings of cucumbers. Only the amount of solution should be reduced.

Reviews from experienced gardeners who water their cucumber beds with yeast solutions are extremely positive. Everyone notes the active growth of plants that rarely get sick, the formation of a large number of fruits with excellent taste.