What fertilizer is best for cucumbers?

Cucumber fertilization time

Cucumbers need to be fertilized during their growth period, generally once every 7-15 days. In the seedling stage, to promote better root growth, you can apply molar high nitrogen water-soluble fertilizer, one or two times is enough.

What fertilizer to use for cucumber

Cucumber is a high-yield vegetable that bears fruit early and has a long fruiting period. It has a great demand for nutrients during the growing period and needs to be fertilized with fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to meet its nutritional needs for growth and development. In the early stage of fruiting, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus fertilizer and potassium fertilizer should be applied, mainly controlling the amount of nitrogen fertilizer used.

Cucumber fertilization method

1. Applying organic fertilizer properly is the basis. When planting cucumbers, you can use decomposed organic fertilizer as base fertilizer to provide comprehensive nutrition for its growth. It can also mature the soil, improve the soil properties, and make it grow more vigorously in the later stage.

2. Apply fruit-setting fertilizer scientifically. The fruiting period of cucumber is relatively long, more than two months. Water and fertilizer need to be supplemented after each fruiting. Urea can be applied, and it can be supplemented with decomposed human and animal manure.

3. Pay attention to the effect of applying potassium fertilizer. If cucumber is not applied with base fertilizer or the base fertilizer is insufficient, potassium fertilizer needs to be applied to enhance its disease resistance and improve quality.

Cucumber fertilization precautions

When fertilizing cucumbers, be careful not to apply too much nitrogen fertilizer. You also need to balance the ratio of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers according to the growth conditions. Do not use concentrated fertilizers or raw fertilizers. The base fertilizer needs to be fully decomposed. If there is continuous heavy rain, you can stop fertilizing.