Growing cucumbers in a barrel is very interesting and entertaining process. For many years we make early sowing of cucumbers in early May. But how do you think - where to sow them?


We should have a barrel without a bottom, in which we collect crop residues. In summer the old branches of raspberry and currant, wood chips, coarse plant residues and small debris should be laid with. By the fall it all ends up in half of a barrel. In the spring we are adding dry leaves of wild strawberry and perennial weeds.

The ubiquitous dandelions that are first awakened with the spring warmth go as a substrate. With a sharp knife, cut them out as deep as possible and lay in a barrel. However along with roots and leaves, part of the soil is left. Weeds with the soil are interblended with humus and sawdust to almost up to the top.

To speed up rotting all layers are to be sprinkled with bio-composition "Country Compost" done on the basis of enzymes. When the soil mixture in a tub settles, loose fertile soil is put on it with a layer of 10 cm. As soon as the temperature of the mixture reaches the optimal for germination (15-18 ° C), sow the seeds of early hybrids of cucumber at the rate of 15-20 pieces to a depth of 1.5 – 2 cm. The top of the barrel is closed with a piece of bubble wrap and is tied with string. Decomposition of the substrate and the release of carbon dioxide create the best conditions for plant growth and development.

When a pair of true leaves emerge, some cucumbers are to be transplanted to a bed or in a greenhouse, leaving the barrel with 4-5 most powerful. Plants in a barrel are not afraid of light frost, they are not shaded by other plants, and roots are cozy and warm. But with strong colds leaves may suffer, so provide protection from frost, use lutrasil or put five-liter plastic containers for water on the plant. In early June cover is to be detached. At this time the pickles are already blooming. For the much of moisture does not evaporate, mulch the open surface of the barrel with mown grass.


Cucumber is the most moisture-loving culture of all the vegetables, so is to be regularly watered and fed with the poor tincture from herbs. Along with the process of decomposition of organic matter, soil begins to settle in a barrel. This time you should add freshly plucked weeds and humus.

Situated high above the earth, plants rarely suffer from root roting and other fungal diseases, are well-ventilated and their fructification continues until mid-September. Cucumbers are more sweet, tasty and crispy than the film grown in the greenhouse.

Collect 1.5 kg gherkin type saplings from each plant after 1-2 days.

Seedlings are planted in a greenhouse on solar heating at the end of May. The root system of cucumber is more sensitive to low temperatures than above-ground part. Therefore, plants are planted in plastic 5-liter containers without a bottom. Cut the throats of containers and arrange for a distance of 50 cm from each other, buried in the ground for 1 / 3. Pour in light and nutritious Substrate with the addition of humus. Such plants come into fruition faster than just planted in the ground.

Some of the plants from the barrel along with a lump of land are planted in loose soil in the open ground and are watered with warm water. Cover them with a newly-mown grass for

1-2 days. Cover them with lutrasil from top, pressing edges with heavy objects. Humidity and heat are well preserved under lutrasil, especially at night. Plants breathe through the fabric, so water them without removing the cover.

At the beginning of flowering, when it gets warm, remove the cover.