Cucumber processing

When cucumber finishing one is cucumber plant a pumpkin Underlay Support grafted . This produces cucumber plants that are, on the one hand, more resistant to cucumber wilt , a fungal disease, and, on the other hand, are more resistant to putrefactive bacteria, which can attack the plant, especially at lower temperatures. The main purpose of grafting, however, is accelerated growth and an increased amount of harvest per area. These advantages are particularly evident when growing in a greenhouse.

The refinement is carried out by cutting fig leaf, pumpkin and cucumber plants growing close together at an angle, plugging them together at the interface and connecting them tightly, for example with metal foil. After a few days, one of the two cotyledons and the shoot must be removed from the pumpkin plant so that the cucumber can benefit from the vigor of the pumpkin. After they have grown together, which takes five to six days, the cucumber root is separated. The first few days after that, it must be darkened.

Web links

• Homemade cucumbers on biogemuese.de