When you live in a region where there is no way to grow heat-loving plants in the open, you have to resort to help from greenhouses. Fortunately, today this issue is studied perfectly, the variety of greenhouses is simply huge and you can always choose a design for your specific purposes, in extreme cases - to collect it yourself.
To grow cucumbers put forward their own special requirements, so that the greenhouse should match. Which hotbed is better for cucumbers and what its features - you will learn from our article.
What should be the greenhouse for cucumbers?
Cucumbers like the temperature within + 18-24 ° C. At night in the greenhouse should be cooler than in the daytime, otherwise the plants will experience a shortage of water even with moist soil. To regulate the temperature, in the greenhouse there should be ventilation pans. But you must not allow too low a temperature, because then cucumbers can die.
The circulation of air in the greenhouse with cucumbers should in any case be present, it is also necessary to maintain the necessary humidity inside. So the pane windows are just necessary.
As for the material of manufacture, the base can be a metal, wooden, plastic or PVC frame, and the coating is film, glass or polycarbonate.
The metal frame is durable, reliable, durable. It can be any size you need to provide the necessary space for comfortable work. For cucumbers, the greenhouse should be high enough, because they have high growth and the stems must be tied to trellises. The disadvantage of such a frame can be called a great value. Because of this, people often prefer plastic or PVC pipes. They are easier and easier to install, but this advantage is also their disadvantage, because the plastic frame does not withstand heavy loads and is more suitable for film coating. Although if such a framework is further strengthened, you can risk to cover the greenhouse with polycarbonate .
The best modern coating of the "skeleton" for today is precisely polycarbonate, a greenhouse for cucumbers made of this material has many advantages. Among them:
- creating the necessary microclimate to ensure a good growth of cucumbers;
- high resistance to cold and heat, protection of vegetables from unfavorable external conditions, such as strong wind, hail, etc .;
- the material does not rot and does not burn, does not crack on small pieces when struck.
Among the shortcomings can be called the probability of damage to polycarbonate acids and fats, as well as the fact that the greenhouse may not withstand excessive load, for example, a thick layer of snow.
How to make a greenhouse for cucumbers?
To make yourself a mini-greenhouse for cucumbers, which is quite enough for family use, you will need such materials and tools:
- wooden bars;
- polycarbonate;
- self-tapping screws;
- screwdriver;
- plane.
The surface of the bars must be straightened with a plane so that it is as smooth as possible.
Polycarbonate with a thickness of 8-10 mm is fixed to the frame with self-tapping screws. You can additionally use aluminum plates, so as not to screw the screws directly into the polycarbonate. The roof can be made from polycarbonate or from acrylic and one layer of film.
The resulting "house" is quite suitable for growing a small number of cucumbers. In it they will be protected from bad weather and cold.