Cucumber Salt and Pepper

Take care that nocturnal frosts are no longer to be feared. Pickles and cucumbers, very sensitive to cold, are destroyed by the slightest frost. 

Space the cucumber plants 60 cm apart in the row and leave 1 m between the rows. Pickle plants need a little less space, space the plants 40 cm apart in the row and 80 cm between the rows. Regular hoeing and weeding are a must. Regular watering (especially in summer) but without excess.  When setting up the plants, it is a good idea to enrich the planting holes with well-ripened compost. At the start of vegetation, plan to add Potash and Nitrogen.

Powdery mildew and mildew are the most common diseases on garden cucumbers and pickles. It is imperative to avoid watering the foliage at the end of the day, especially in hot and humid weather (stormy summer periods) because mildew contamination occurs on damp foliage. The slug is a great devourer of young, freshly transplanted plants. So that it does not ruin your plantations, place Slug Traps around your plants. The black aphid sometimes attacks stems and leaves. As a preventive measure, massive nitrogen inputs should be avoided. As a curative, spray an Anti-Aphid insecticide based on Pyrethrum in the evening dew.