Zelenka for cucumbers: use in greenhouses and open ground, watering, spraying, reviews

It is recommended to treat cucumbers with brilliant green for various purposes. This is a natural fertilizer containing potassium and phosphorus. It is used for accelerated growth of seedlings, formation of ovaries, and for the prevention and treatment of a number of infectious diseases. The solution is applied by root (watering) and foliar (spraying) methods.

Why treat cucumbers with brilliant green?

There are two main purposes for treating cucumbers with brilliant green. The product helps in the prevention and treatment of diseases, such as fungal infections. It also contains quite a lot of microelements.

Therefore, the main benefits of such treatments are as follows:

  1. There is a lot of copper in brilliant green, which makes it possible to treat cucumbers from powdery mildew, root rot, and late blight.
  2. Helps cope with such dangerous diseases as bacterial cancer.
  3. Since the product contains copper, brilliant green can also be used as a top dressing for cucumbers.This is especially important when the soil is marshy, since there are practically no copper compounds in it.
  4. It also contains potassium and phosphorus. These are vital elements that acquire special significance during the formation of buds and fruiting.

Advantages and disadvantages

Practice shows that treating cucumbers with this product provides several advantages:

  • effective prevention and treatment of fungal infections;
  • prevention of bacterial cancer;
  • enrichment of plants with copper, phosphorus and potassium;
  • improvement of ovary formation;
  • increasing endurance;
  • good fruiting and increased yield;
  • strengthening roots;
  • disinfection of cracks, creases and other wounds, accelerating their healing;
  • the lashes become more magnificent;
  • the bushes will be bright green and visually attractive.

However, spraying cucumbers and other crops can lead to negative consequences. If you do not follow the dosage or treat the plantings too often, violating the terms described below, this will lead to the leaves being burned with alcohol, which serves as the main green stuff. As a result, leaves and shoots will begin to die, which will inevitably affect the yield.

The use of brilliant green for cucumbers has a good effect on the formation of ovaries

Processing times

When planning processing, it is important to determine the timing. The fertilizing schedule is as follows:

  1. After the emergence of mass shoots, the seedlings are watered from a sprayer or in a thin stream at the root at the rate of two drops per 1 liter.
  2. After transplanting into open ground or a greenhouse, foliar treatment is done to prevent fungal diseases.
  3. At the end of flowering, treatment is carried out with a weak solution of 10 ml per 10 l to improve the formation of ovaries. The liquid should be poured strictly at the root.

If necessary (the appearance of signs of powdery mildew), it is necessary to carry out several sprayings with an interval of at least 10 days. The maximum number is three procedures. This rule cannot be broken.

Important! Spraying of cucumbers is carried out no more than three times per season. Even if it is necessary to carry out another treatment, for example, against powdery mildew, fungicides should be used, for example, Fundazol or Fitosporin.

How to prepare a solution for treating cucumbers with brilliant green

To cure cucumbers from diseases and feed them with brilliant green, it is important to correctly calculate the proportions and prepare a working solution. The recipes are different, they depend on the purpose of the processing. To treat powdery mildew, there are several proven remedies based on brilliant green and other components.

The first recipe for feeding cucumbers with brilliant green:

  • brilliant green – 10 ml;
  • whey – 2 l;
  • urea granules – 50 g;
  • bucket of water – 10 l.

Also, to spray cucumbers with green powder against powdery mildew, you can prepare a solution with the following ratio of components:

  • milk of any fat content – ​​2 l;
  • brilliant green – 10 ml (can be replaced with pharmaceutical iodine in the same volume).

In this case, there is no need to add water. This solution is not used to treat powdery mildew because it is ineffective. However, the product is good for preventing powdery mildew. It can be an excellent replacement for insecticides, which cause unwanted substances to enter the soil.

There is such a solution for processing cucumbers:

  • brilliant green – 10 drops;
  • milk with fat content up to 2.5% - 1 l;
  • water – 9 l.

For the prevention and treatment of late blight, use the following recipe:

  • brilliant green – 20 drops;
  • bucket of water – 10 l.

The solution is thoroughly mixed, after which the affected plants are treated several times with an interval of 10-15 days. For accurate measurements, you need to use a pipette or measuring cup.

If the product is needed to improve the formation of ovaries, you can prepare a simple solution: 10 drops of brilliant green per 10 liters of water. You can also mix three drops of brilliant green and iodine for the same volume of water.

Another recipe is to prepare a liquid for deep coloring of cucumber bushes. The instructions are as follows:

  1. Take a loaf of white bread, maybe stale, but without mold.
  2. Fill with water to the top - you will need about 1 liter.
  3. Let it brew overnight.
  4. Then add two drops of brilliant green and strain.
  5. Water at the root.

Also, brilliant green is used for watering seedlings - for this, take 1 liter of settled water at room temperature and add two drops of the product, then water it from a sprayer. This will help speed up the growth of seedlings.

How to treat cucumbers with brilliant green

Treatment is carried out in two ways: application at the root, i.e. direct watering or foliar feeding, i.e. spraying the above-ground parts of plants. Conventionally, a third method can be distinguished, when the solution is poured into a sprayer and the soil in which the seedlings have appeared is sprayed.

Watering cucumbers with brilliant green

Watering cucumbers is quite simple. This can be done both in the morning and in the evening. The prepared solution is poured in a thin stream under the root, being careful not to get on the leaves and stems. Liquid consumption is 500 ml for each adult bush.

Spraying cucumbers with brilliant green

For spraying, prepare a weakly concentrated solution, pour it into a sprayer and begin processing.It is important to ensure that the liquid only gets on the leaves and stems, avoiding contact with the flowers.

Features of processing cucumbers in a greenhouse and open ground

If cucumbers are grown in open ground, choose a day with good weather: without strong wind or rain. The liquid is poured into a sprayer and spraying begins.

Feeding cucumbers with brilliant green in a greenhouse has its own characteristics. In this case, you need to pay special attention to the prevention of root rot. To do this, young bushes are sprayed with a solution of iodine (10 ml), brilliant green (3 drops) and water (10 l). After watering or spraying, be sure to ventilate the greenhouse.

In a greenhouse, cucumbers must be treated with brilliant green, this is necessary to prevent the occurrence of root rot.

Advice from experienced summer residents

Treating cucumbers and other crops with brilliant green is quite simple. However, novice summer residents can make mistakes that are undesirable. Therefore, it is recommended to pay attention to a few tips from experienced gardeners:

  1. Spraying cucumbers with drops of brilliant green is especially important in cases where obvious signs of copper deficiency are detected. In this case, the leaves turn pale, the shoots wither and become weak. The flowers quickly fall off, which produces fewer ovaries, and therefore the yield is greatly reduced.
  2. Since measurements are taken in milliliters, particular accuracy must be observed. The easiest way is to buy a 10 ml disposable syringe or use another measuring cup.
  3. If you water cucumbers with brilliant green or carry out foliar treatment, it is important to follow the described dosages. It is not worth increasing their quantity, since excess alcohol will simply burn the leaves, so there will be no therapeutic effect.On the contrary, plants will suffer more from such spraying.

Conclusion

You can treat cucumbers with brilliant green 3-4 times per season. The first time the product is given to young seedlings, after which preventive spraying is done during transplantation to a permanent place. The final stage is post-flowering treatment to accelerate the formation of ovaries.

Reviews from gardeners about the use of brilliant green for cucumbers

Mishina Marina, 52 years old, Krasnodar
I treat cucumbers with a solution of brilliant green for prevention. There may be rot or powdery mildew in the greenhouse. And if you spray, then really no diseases are observed. If they appear, it is easier to spray with a fungicide, since this is a more effective option.
Daria Krasikova, 46 years old, Ulyanovsk
For several years now I have been spraying cucumbers after flowering with an aqueous solution of brilliant green. After a few days I spray boric acid. The ovaries form together, even faster than usual. So there is definitely a result, especially if combined with different means.

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