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Keep your soil moist and maintain consistent moisture levels with mulch. A layer of mulch around your cucumber plants helps retain water, preventing the soil from drying out quickly, and protects plants from heat stress, which is essential during hot summer months.
Pollination Help 🐝
Cucumbers require proper pollination to produce fruit. If you're not seeing enough bees in your garden, consider hand-pollinating the flowers with a small brush or attract pollinators with bright flowers. More pollination means more cucumbers!
How to Use These Fertilizers:
Banana Peel Fertilizer:
After soaking the banana peels in water for 24 hours, strain out the peels and use the water to water your cucumbers directly at the base.
Eggshell Boost:
Collect and crush eggshells, then sprinkle them around the base of the cucumber plants, mixing them gently into the soil.
Epsom Salt Mix:
Mix a tablespoon of Epsom salt into a gallon of water and use it to water your cucumbers. This solution can be applied every two weeks during the growing season.
Mulching & Watering:
Apply a layer of mulch around the cucumber plants to help with water retention and regulate the temperature of the soil. Water regularly to keep the soil consistently moist.
Pollination Help:
To hand-pollinate, gently brush the inside of male flowers with a soft paintbrush and transfer the pollen to female flowers. You can also plant companion flowers to attract more bees to your garden.
Serving and Storage Tips:
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