The subtleties of processing cucumbers from folk remedies

It often happens that with such difficulty grown cucumber plants die in the prime of their lives from diseases or pests. Not everyone likes to use chemistry, because you want cucumbers without any pesticides, which are already enough in store vegetables and fruits. Fortunately, there are folk remedies. Of course, not all of them can argue with chemicals in their effectiveness, but if a disease or pests are detected in time, then grandmother’s secrets are quite effective.

The fact that this infection settled on cucumbers can be found on the mealy coating on the leaves. If the disease is started, the leaves will turn red and then yellow, and the crop will die. The disease is caused by spores of fungi, wintered in the soil. The trigger for the beginning of the disease is wet cool weather or watering with cold water.

The following folk remedies will help to cope with the scourge:

• diluted in the ratio of 1: 10 whey, which you can add 10 g of copper sulfate to a bucket of water; You can enhance the composition with a decoction or infusion of nettle, wormwood or tansy, for these infusions take 100 g of grass per 1 liter, and whey can be replaced with kefir;
• iodine is also used in the amount of 10 ml of a 5% solution per 10 l of water; after a week, repeat the treatment;
• well helps and the extract of the mullein, which should be diluted with water 1: 3, insist 3 days, strain and pour 3 liters of water;
• one more remedy: 2 tablespoons of soda and 20 ml of liquid soap are taken for 2 liters of water, while soda can be replaced with ash, but it should be taken more;
• a garlic infusion helps with powdery mildew - finely chop 30 g of garlic, pour it with a liter of water for 24 hours, and then adjust the volume to 10 liters;
• It is also advised to try a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate, which need to process cucumbers 3 times.

It differs from the usual one in that the yellow spots of irregular shape appear on the leaves, and the mycelium in the form of a light purple bloom develops on their lower side. This disease often affects plants in greenhouses. It is necessary to immediately stop watering, cut off all infected leaves, and sprinkle the earth with ashes. Spray the plants with a solution of potassium permanganate or soda ash (25 g per 5 liters of hot water), to which 5 g of tar soap are added. Mandatory processing of the underside of the leaves.

This disease often develops in greenhouse conditions. Brown circles appear on the leaves, framed by a yellow border. A 5% solution of copper sulphate will help to eradicate the disease; after treatment, it is useful to put a mixture of honey, lime and activated carbon on the leaves. In the absence of any of these components, you can do with one or two.

Recognize the disease by noticing small cracks at the base of the stem. Treat them immediately with a solution of ash and copper sulphate. If the disease has already developed, the cracks on the stem should be sprinkled with ash, chalk, and preferably crushed activated carbon or a mixture of these components. It can be treated with a mixture prepared from whey diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 10. For 10 liters of the mixture, add 30 drops of iodine and 40 g of soap. The treatment is repeated every 3 days until the symptoms of the disease disappear.

Develops more often in the greenhouse. On leaves and cucumbers, white flakes of rot appear, like cotton wool. Control measures include manual removal of plaque and treating plants with a solution of potassium permanganate. If the humidity in the greenhouse is high, it is useful for prevention to spray cucumber plants with milk diluted with a ratio of 1: 10 with the addition of soap.

Gray rot is manifested as follows: gray slimy spots appear on the ends of the cucumbers close to the stalk. To cope with this disease, mix 1 cup of ash and chalk, stir in a bucket of water and add 1 tsp. copper sulfate. This solution is not only sprayed on the plants, but also watered to ize the contamination in the soil. Another way: sprayed with iodine solution (10 drops per bucket). You can apply solutions of potassium permanganate or 20 g of tar soap in a bucket of water. The treatment is repeated after 5 days.

This small pest settles on the underside of the leaves and sucks the sap from the plants. You can remove it with garlic solution. Per 1 liter, take 100 g of crushed garlic cloves, let it brew, then bring the volume of the solution to 2 liters and spray it with plants. Another way to combat this pest is to pour finely chopped bitter pepper with enough water to cover the pepper, boil for 1 hour, then dilute the decoction in a ratio of 1: 3. After spraying, it is good to sprinkle the plants with tobacco dust.

This yellow aphid settles on the back of the leaves. To combat it, you need to take 400 g of ash per 10 liters of water, grate 125 g of soap and rub the leaves affected by pests with a sponge. The solution is poured over the soil to scare away the ants.

There are some recipes for treatment solutions, such as:

• a glass of 9% vinegar in a bucket of water;
• 3 l of milk and 5 ml of 5% iodine solution per 6 l of water;
• 60 g of soda per bucket of water;
• 400 g of celandine insist day in a liter of water, then the solution is boiled and sprayed with plants with undiluted solution;
• 100 g of minced garlic leave to infuse in 0.5 l of water for 4 days, take half a cup of infusion for a bucket of spraying solution;
• 30 g of fresh chopped pepper and 200 g of tobacco dust are infused overnight in a bucket of water, filtered, and 150 g of ash and 20 g of liquid soap are added.

This small mole settles on the underside of the leaves, covering them with a white sticky coating.

The following folk methods will help get rid of it:

• garlic infusion is prepared in the same way as from aphids, while you can replace the garlic with onions, you need to spray every day;
• the cucumber leaves are treated with a strong solution of soap in a ratio of 1: 6;
• 30 grams of finely chopped garlic are taken in 5 liters of water and left for 24 hours; spray the plants every week until the whitefly disappears;
• tobacco from a pack of cigarettes is poured over 1 liter of boiling water, left in a dark place for 5 days, filtered infusion; the resulting solution is sprayed with cucumbers 2-3 times a week.

In order for the bear to not gnaw the roots, you can plant the seedlings without pulling it out of the plastic cup, but only cutting off the bottom. You can make traps for the bear cubs, pripopav on the garden half-liter jars, in which we pour a little water, while the neck should be at ground level. And also a soap solution is poured into the mink of the bear, prepared at the rate of 125 g of soap per 10 liters of water. If the pest got out, it will have to kill himself.

Onion peel in the volume of a three-liter jar need to pour 6 liters of water, leave to infuse for 2 days, then add 2 buckets of water with laundry soap. This composition should be processed not only the leaves, but also the stems of the cucumber vine.

In small areas, you can scare away slugs from a cucumber bed by sprinkling cilantro, allspice, rosemary or parsley between the rows. You can make the same traps as for the bear, but instead of water, some beer is poured into the cans. And the easiest way to mulch the soil with sawdust, on which slugs do not crawl.

With the help of folk methods you can cope with diseases and pests, if you do not miss a favorable moment to combat them. If you skip it, you will have to resort to the help of chemistry. It is better to engage in prevention and regularly spray plants with diluted whey, diluted ashes, solutions of potassium permanganate, iodine (10-15 drops per bucket of water) or green stuff (5 ml per bucket of water).

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